README.md

google-id-token

A small application to retrieve or verify google ID token

Requirements

• gcloud Command-Line Tool to retrieve Application Default Credentials - Installing Cloud SDK

Install binary release

1. Download the latest release

   Linux

    curl -Lso google-id-token https://github.com/grepplabs/google-id-token/releases/download/v0.0.1/linux.amd64.google-id-token 
   

   macOS

    curl -Lso google-id-token https://github.com/grepplabs/google-id-token/releases/download/v0.0.1/darwin.amd64.google-id-token 
   

2. Make the google-id-token binary executable

   chmod +x ./google-id-token
   

3. Move the binary in to your PATH.

   sudo mv ./google-id-token /usr/local/bin/google-id-token
   

Building

go build

Help output

Retrieve or verify google ID token

Usage:
  google-id-token [flags]
  google-id-token [command]

Available Commands:
  get         get cached or new token
  help        Help about any command
  new         get a new token
  print       print the decoded token
  verify      verify the token

Flags:
      --client-id string   Client ID (optional)
  -h, --help               help for google-id-token
  -t, --timeout int        Timeout in seconds (default 5)

Acquire new user credentials and google ID token

Application Default Credentials

gcloud auth application-default login
google-id-token new
google-id-token verify --id-token="$(google-id-token get)"