(Node.js) Get Google Cloud Storage Access Token using Service Account JSON Private Key

Demonstrates how to get a Google Cloud Storage access token using a JSON service account private key. Obtaining an access token for a service account requires no user interaction (it does not require a browser, nor callback URI's, etc.).

When an access token expires, an application can be (and should be) designed to automatically fetch a new access token.

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var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {  
    if (os.arch() == 'ia32') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win-ia32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win64'); 
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-arm');
    } else if (os.arch() == 'x86') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux64');
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm64') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-mac-m1');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-macosx');
    }
}

function chilkatExample() {

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    // First load the JSON key into a string.
    var fac = new chilkat.FileAccess();
    var jsonKey = fac.ReadEntireTextFile("qa_data/googleApi/ChilkatCloud-13a07a2e8b3f.json","utf-8");
    if (fac.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
        console.log(fac.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // A JSON private key should look something like this:

    // 	{
    // 	  "type": "service_account",
    // 	  "project_id": "chilkattest-1350",
    // 	  "private_key_id": "fa2e36ee26986eab628b59868af8bec1d1c64c38",
    // 	  "private_key": "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\nMIIEvgIjFa...28N64N2n1E4FYzBZjSdy\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n",
    // 	  "client_email": "598922945226-00rb0ppfg0sndajo6bhvd4v17jtj2d3a@developer.gserviceaccount.com",
    // 	  "client_id": "598922945226-00rb0ppfg0snd9jo7bhvd4v17jtj2d3a.apps.googleusercontent.com",
    // 	  "auth_uri": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth",
    // 	  "token_uri": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token",
    // 	  "auth_provider_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs",
    // 	  "client_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/robot/v1/metadata/x509/598922945226-00rb0ppfg0sndajo6bhvd4v17jtj2d3a%40developer.gserviceaccount.com"
    // 	}

    var gAuth = new chilkat.AuthGoogle();
    gAuth.JsonKey = jsonKey;

    // Choose a scope.
    gAuth.Scope = "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform";

    // Request an access token that is valid for this many seconds.
    gAuth.ExpireNumSeconds = 3600;

    // If the application is requesting delegated access:
    // The email address of the user for which the application is requesting delegated access,
    // then set the email address here. (Otherwise leave it empty.)
    gAuth.SubEmailAddress = "";

    // Connect to www.googleapis.com using TLS (TLS 1.2 is the default.)
    // The Chilkat socket object is used so that the connection can be established
    // through proxies or an SSH tunnel if desired.
    var tlsSock = new chilkat.Socket();
    var success = tlsSock.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,true,5000);
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(tlsSock.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Send the request to obtain the access token.
    success = gAuth.ObtainAccessToken(tlsSock);
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(gAuth.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Examine the access token:
    console.log("Access Token: " + gAuth.AccessToken);

    // We're going to save this access token to a file to be used
    // by other examples.
    var sbToken = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    sbToken.Append(gAuth.AccessToken);
    sbToken.WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/googleCloudStorageAccessToken.txt","utf-8",false);

}

chilkatExample();