Using OAuth 2.0 for Web Server Applications

PHP

To run the PHP code samples in this document, you'll need:

• PHP 8.0 or greater with the command-line interface (CLI) and JSON extension installed.
• The Composer dependency management tool.

• The Google APIs Client Library for PHP:

  composer require google/apiclient:^2.15.0

See Google APIs Client Library for PHP for more information.

Python

To run the Python code samples in this document, you'll need:

• Python 3.7 or greater
• The pip package management tool.
• The Google APIs Client Library for Python 2.0 release:

  pip install --upgrade google-api-python-client

• The google-auth, google-auth-oauthlib, and google-auth-httplib2 for user authorization.

  pip install --upgrade google-auth google-auth-oauthlib google-auth-httplib2

• The Flask Python web application framework.

  pip install --upgrade flask

• The requests HTTP library.

  pip install --upgrade requests

Review the Google API Python client library release note if you aren't able to upgrade python and associated migration guide.

Ruby

To run the Ruby code samples in this document, you'll need:

• Ruby 2.6 or greater

• The Google Auth Library for Ruby:

  gem install googleauth

• The client libraries for Drive and Calendar Google APIs:

  gem install google-apis-drive_v3 google-apis-calendar_v3

• The Sinatra Ruby web application framework.

  gem install sinatra

Node.js

To run the Node.js code samples in this document, you'll need:

• The maintenance LTS, active LTS, or current release of Node.js.

• The Google APIs Node.js Client:

  npm install googleapis crypto express express-session

HTTP/REST

You do not need to install any libraries to be able to directly call the OAuth 2.0 endpoints.

PHP

The following code snippet creates a Google\Client() object, which defines the parameters in the authorization request.

That object uses information from your client_secret.json file to identify your application. (See creating authorization credentials for more about that file.) The object also identifies the scopes that your application is requesting permission to access and the URL to your application's auth endpoint, which will handle the response from Google's OAuth 2.0 server. Finally, the code sets the optional access_type and include_granted_scopes parameters.

For example, to request offline access to retrieve a user's YouTube Analytics reports:

use Google\Client;

$client = new Client();

// Required, call the setAuthConfig function to load authorization credentials from
// client_secret.json file.
$client->setAuthConfig('client_secret.json');

// Required, to set the scope value, call the addScope function
$client->addScope(Google_Service_YouTubeAnalytics::YT_ANALYTICS_READONLY);

// Required, call the setRedirectUri function to specify a valid redirect URI for the
// provided client_id
$client->setRedirectUri('http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . '/oauth2callback.php');

// Recommended, offline access will give you both an access and refresh token so that
// your app can refresh the access token without user interaction.
$client->setAccessType('offline');

// Recommended, call the setState function. Using a state value can increase your assurance that
// an incoming connection is the result of an authentication request.
$client->setState($sample_passthrough_value);

// Optional, if your application knows which user is trying to authenticate, it can use this
// parameter to provide a hint to the Google Authentication Server.
$client->setLoginHint('hint@example.com');

// Optional, call the setPrompt function to set "consent" will prompt the user for consent
$client->setPrompt('consent');

// Optional, call the setIncludeGrantedScopes function with true to enable incremental
// authorization
$client->setIncludeGrantedScopes(true);

Python

The following code snippet uses the google-auth-oauthlib.flow module to construct the authorization request.

The code constructs a Flow object, which identifies your application using information from the client_secret.json file that you downloaded after creating authorization credentials. That object also identifies the scopes that your application is requesting permission to access and the URL to your application's auth endpoint, which will handle the response from Google's OAuth 2.0 server. Finally, the code sets the optional access_type and include_granted_scopes parameters.

For example, to request offline access to retrieve a user's YouTube Analytics reports:

import google.oauth2.credentials
import google_auth_oauthlib.flow

# Required, call the from_client_secrets_file method to retrieve the client ID from a
# client_secret.json file. The client ID (from that file) and access scopes are required. (You can
# also use the from_client_config method, which passes the client configuration as it originally
# appeared in a client secrets file but doesn't access the file itself.)
flow = google_auth_oauthlib.flow.Flow.from_client_secrets_file('client_secret.json',
    scopes=['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/yt-analytics.readonly',
            'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.readonly'])

# Required, indicate where the API server will redirect the user after the user completes
# the authorization flow. The redirect URI is required. The value must exactly
# match one of the authorized redirect URIs for the OAuth 2.0 client, which you
# configured in the API Console. If this value doesn't match an authorized URI,
# you will get a 'redirect_uri_mismatch' error.
flow.redirect_uri = 'https://www.example.com/oauth2callback'

# Generate URL for request to Google's OAuth 2.0 server.
# Use kwargs to set optional request parameters.
authorization_url, state = flow.authorization_url(
    # Recommended, enable offline access so that you can refresh an access token without
    # re-prompting the user for permission. Recommended for web server apps.
    access_type='offline',
    # Optional, enable incremental authorization. Recommended as a best practice.
    include_granted_scopes='true',
    # Optional, if your application knows which user is trying to authenticate, it can use this
    # parameter to provide a hint to the Google Authentication Server.
    login_hint='hint@example.com',
    # Optional, set prompt to 'consent' will prompt the user for consent
    prompt='consent')

Ruby

Use the client_secrets.json file that you created to configure a client object in your application. When you configure a client object, you specify the scopes your application needs to access, along with the URL to your application's auth endpoint, which will handle the response from the OAuth 2.0 server.

For example, to request offline access to retrieve a user's YouTube Analytics reports:

require 'googleauth'
require 'googleauth/web_user_authorizer'
require 'googleauth/stores/redis_token_store'

require 'google/apis/youtube_analytics_v1'
require 'google/apis/calendar_v3'

# Required, call the from_file method to retrieve the client ID from a
# client_secret.json file.
client_id = Google::Auth::ClientId.from_file('/path/to/client_secret.json')

# Required, scope value 
# Access scopes for two non-Sign-In scopes: Read-only Drive activity and Google Calendar.
scope = ['Google::Apis::DriveV3::AUTH_DRIVE_METADATA_READONLY',
         'Google::Apis::CalendarV3::AUTH_CALENDAR_READONLY']

# Required, Authorizers require a storage instance to manage long term persistence of
# access and refresh tokens.
token_store = Google::Auth::Stores::RedisTokenStore.new(redis: Redis.new)

# Required, indicate where the API server will redirect the user after the user completes
# the authorization flow. The redirect URI is required. The value must exactly
# match one of the authorized redirect URIs for the OAuth 2.0 client, which you
# configured in the API Console. If this value doesn't match an authorized URI,
# you will get a 'redirect_uri_mismatch' error.
callback_uri = '/oauth2callback'

# To use OAuth2 authentication, we need access to a CLIENT_ID, CLIENT_SECRET, AND REDIRECT_URI
# from the client_secret.json file. To get these credentials for your application, visit
# https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials.
authorizer = Google::Auth::WebUserAuthorizer.new(client_id, scope,
                                                token_store, callback_uri)

Your application uses the client object to perform OAuth 2.0 operations, such as generating authorization request URLs and applying access tokens to HTTP requests.

Node.js

The following code snippet creates a google.auth.OAuth2 object, which defines the parameters in the authorization request.

That object uses information from your client_secret.json file to identify your application. To ask for permissions from a user to retrieve an access token, you redirect them to a consent page. To create a consent page URL:

const {google} = require('googleapis');
const crypto = require('crypto');
const express = require('express');
const session = require('express-session');

/**
 * To use OAuth2 authentication, we need access to a CLIENT_ID, CLIENT_SECRET, AND REDIRECT_URI
 * from the client_secret.json file. To get these credentials for your application, visit
 * https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials.
 */
const oauth2Client = new google.auth.OAuth2(
  YOUR_CLIENT_ID,
  YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET,
  YOUR_REDIRECT_URL
);

// Access scopes for two non-Sign-In scopes: Read-only Drive activity and Google Calendar.
const scopes = [
  'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/yt-analytics.readonly',
  'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.readonly'
];

// Generate a secure random state value.
const state = crypto.randomBytes(32).toString('hex');

// Store state in the session
req.session.state = state;

// Generate a url that asks permissions for the Drive activity and Google Calendar scope
const authorizationUrl = oauth2Client.generateAuthUrl({
  // 'online' (default) or 'offline' (gets refresh_token)
  access_type: 'offline',
  /** Pass in the scopes array defined above.
    * Alternatively, if only one scope is needed, you can pass a scope URL as a string */
  scope: scopes,
  // Enable incremental authorization. Recommended as a best practice.
  include_granted_scopes: true,
  // Include the state parameter to reduce the risk of CSRF attacks.
  state: state
});

Important Note - The refresh_token is only returned on the first authorization. More details here.

HTTP/REST

Google's OAuth 2.0 endpoint is at https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/v2/auth. This endpoint is accessible only over HTTPS. Plain HTTP connections are refused.

PHP

1. Generate a URL to request access from Google's OAuth 2.0 server:

   $auth_url = $client->createAuthUrl();

2. Redirect the user to $auth_url:

   header('Location: ' . filter_var($auth_url, FILTER_SANITIZE_URL));

Python

This example shows how to redirect the user to the authorization URL using the Flask web application framework:

return flask.redirect(authorization_url)

Ruby

1. Generate a URL to request access from Google's OAuth 2.0 server:

   auth_uri = authorizer.get_authorization_url(request: request)

2. Redirect the user to auth_uri.

Node.js

1. Use the generated URL authorizationUrl from Step 1 generateAuthUrl method to request access from Google's OAuth 2.0 server.
2. Redirect the user to authorizationUrl.

   res.redirect(authorizationUrl);

HTTP/REST

Sample redirect to Google's authorization server

The sample URL below requests offline access (access_type=offline) to a scope that permits access to retrieve the user's YouTube Analytics reports. It uses incremental authorization to ensure that the new access token covers any scopes to which the user previously granted the application access. The URL also sets values for the required redirect_uri, response_type, and client_id parameters as well as for the state parameter. The URL contains line breaks and spaces for readability.

https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/v2/auth?
 scope=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.googleapis.com%2Fauth%2Fyt-analytics.readonly&
 access_type=offline&
 include_granted_scopes=true&
 state=state_parameter_passthrough_value&
 redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%2Foauth2callback&
 response_type=code&
 client_id=client_id

After you create the request URL, redirect the user to it.

PHP

To exchange an authorization code for an access token, use the fetchAccessTokenWithAuthCode method:

$access_token = $client->fetchAccessTokenWithAuthCode($_GET['code']);

Python

On your callback page, use the google-auth library to verify the authorization server response. Then, use the flow.fetch_token method to exchange the authorization code in that response for an access token:

state = flask.session['state']
flow = google_auth_oauthlib.flow.Flow.from_client_secrets_file(
    'client_secret.json',
    scopes=['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/yt-analytics.readonly'],
    state=state)
flow.redirect_uri = flask.url_for('oauth2callback', _external=True)

authorization_response = flask.request.url
flow.fetch_token(authorization_response=authorization_response)

# Store the credentials in the session.
# ACTION ITEM for developers:
#     Store user's access and refresh tokens in your data store if
#     incorporating this code into your real app.
credentials = flow.credentials
flask.session['credentials'] = {
    'token': credentials.token,
    'refresh_token': credentials.refresh_token,
    'token_uri': credentials.token_uri,
    'client_id': credentials.client_id,
    'client_secret': credentials.client_secret,
    'granted_scopes': credentials.granted_scopes}

Ruby

On your callback page, use the googleauth library to verify the authorization server response. Use the authorizer.handle_auth_callback_deferred method to save the authorization code and redirect back to the URL that originally requested authorization. This defers the exchange of the code by temporarily stashing the results in the user's session.

  target_url = Google::Auth::WebUserAuthorizer.handle_auth_callback_deferred(request)
  redirect target_url

Node.js

To exchange an authorization code for an access token, use the getToken method:

const url = require('url');

// Receive the callback from Google's OAuth 2.0 server.
app.get('/oauth2callback', async (req, res) => {
  let q = url.parse(req.url, true).query;

  if (q.error) { // An error response e.g. error=access_denied
    console.log('Error:' + q.error);
  } else if (q.state !== req.session.state) { //check state value
    console.log('State mismatch. Possible CSRF attack');
    res.end('State mismatch. Possible CSRF attack');
  } else { // Get access and refresh tokens (if access_type is offline)

    let { tokens } = await oauth2Client.getToken(q.code);
    oauth2Client.setCredentials(tokens);
});

HTTP/REST

To exchange an authorization code for an access token, call the https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token endpoint and set the following parameters:

The following snippet shows a sample request:

POST /token HTTP/1.1
Host: oauth2.googleapis.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

code=4/P7q7W91a-oMsCeLvIaQm6bTrgtp7&
client_id=your_client_id&
client_secret=your_client_secret&
redirect_uri=https%3A//oauth2.example.com/code&
grant_type=authorization_code

Google responds to this request by returning a JSON object that contains a short-lived access token and a refresh token. Note that the refresh token is only returned if your application set the access_type parameter to offline in the initial request to Google's authorization server.

The response contains the following fields:

The following snippet shows a sample response:

{
  "access_token": "1/fFAGRNJru1FTz70BzhT3Zg",
  "expires_in": 3920,
  "token_type": "Bearer",
  "scope": "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/yt-analytics.readonly https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.readonly",
  "refresh_token": "1//xEoDL4iW3cxlI7yDbSRFYNG01kVKM2C-259HOF2aQbI"
}

PHP

To check which scopes the user has granted, use the getGrantedScope() method:

// Space-separated string of granted scopes if it exists, otherwise null.
$granted_scopes = $client->getOAuth2Service()->getGrantedScope();

// Determine which scopes user granted and build a dictionary
$granted_scopes_dict = [
  'Drive' => str_contains($granted_scopes, Google\Service\Drive::DRIVE_METADATA_READONLY),
  'Calendar' => str_contains($granted_scopes, Google\Service\Calendar::CALENDAR_READONLY)
];

Python

The returned credentials object has a granted_scopes property, which is a list of scopes the user has granted to your app.

credentials = flow.credentials
flask.session['credentials'] = {
    'token': credentials.token,
    'refresh_token': credentials.refresh_token,
    'token_uri': credentials.token_uri,
    'client_id': credentials.client_id,
    'client_secret': credentials.client_secret,
    'granted_scopes': credentials.granted_scopes}

The following function checks which scopes the user has granted to your app.

def check_granted_scopes(credentials):
  features = {}
  if 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.metadata.readonly' in credentials['granted_scopes']:
    features['drive'] = True
  else:
    features['drive'] = False

  if 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.readonly' in credentials['granted_scopes']:
    features['calendar'] = True
  else:
    features['calendar'] = False

  return features

Ruby

When requesting multiple scopes at once, check which scopes were granted through the scope property of the credentials object.

# User authorized the request. Now, check which scopes were granted.
if credentials.scope.include?(Google::Apis::DriveV3::AUTH_DRIVE_METADATA_READONLY)
  # User authorized read-only Drive activity permission.
  # Calling the APIs, etc
else
  # User didn't authorize read-only Drive activity permission.
  # Update UX and application accordingly
end

# Check if user authorized Calendar read permission.
if credentials.scope.include?(Google::Apis::CalendarV3::AUTH_CALENDAR_READONLY)
  # User authorized Calendar read permission.
  # Calling the APIs, etc.
else
  # User didn't authorize Calendar read permission.
  # Update UX and application accordingly
end

Node.js

When requesting multiple scopes at once, check which scopes were granted through the scope property of the tokens object.

// User authorized the request. Now, check which scopes were granted.
if (tokens.scope.includes('https://www.googleapis.com/auth/yt-analytics.readonly'))
{
  // User authorized read-only Drive activity permission.
  // Calling the APIs, etc.
}
else
{
  // User didn't authorize read-only Drive activity permission.
  // Update UX and application accordingly
}

// Check if user authorized Calendar read permission.
if (tokens.scope.includes('https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.readonly'))
{
  // User authorized Calendar read permission.
  // Calling the APIs, etc.
}
else
{
  // User didn't authorize Calendar read permission.
  // Update UX and application accordingly
}

HTTP/REST

To check whether the user has granted your application access to a particular scope, exam the scope field in the access token response. The scopes of access granted by the access_token expressed as a list of space-delimited, case-sensitive strings.

For example, the following sample access token response indicates that the user has granted your application access to the read-only Drive activity and Calendar events permissions:

  {
    "access_token": "1/fFAGRNJru1FTz70BzhT3Zg",
    "expires_in": 3920,
    "token_type": "Bearer",
    "scope": "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/yt-analytics.readonly https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.readonly",
    "refresh_token": "1//xEoDL4iW3cxlI7yDbSRFYNG01kVKM2C-259HOF2aQbI"
  }

PHP

Use the access token to call Google APIs by completing the following steps:

1. If you need to apply an access token to a new Google\Client object — for example, if you stored the access token in a user session — use the setAccessToken method:

   $client->setAccessToken($access_token);

2. Build a service object for the API that you want to call. You build a service object by providing an authorized Google\Client object to the constructor for the API you want to call. For example, to call the YouTube Analytics API:

   $youtube = new Google_Service_YouTubeAnalytics($client);

3. Make requests to the API service using the interface provided by the service object. For example, to retrieve a YouTube Analytics report for the authenticated user's channel:

   $report = $youtube->reports->query('channel==MINE', '2016-05-01', '2016-06-30', 'views');

Python

After obtaining an access token, your application can use that token to authorize API requests on behalf of a given user account or service account. Use the user-specific authorization credentials to build a service object for the API that you want to call, and then use that object to make authorized API requests.

1. Build a service object for the API that you want to call. You build a service object by calling the googleapiclient.discovery library's build method with the name and version of the API and the user credentials: For example, to call version 1 of the YouTube Analytics API:

   from googleapiclient.discovery import build
   
   youtube = build('youtubeAnalytics', 'v1', credentials=credentials)

2. Make requests to the API service using the interface provided by the service object. For example, to retrieve a YouTube Analytics report for the authenticated user's channel:

   report = youtube.reports().query(ids='channel==MINE', start_date='2016-05-01', end_date='2016-06-30', metrics='views').execute()

Ruby

After obtaining an access token, your application can use that token to make API requests on behalf of a given user account or service account. Use the user-specific authorization credentials to build a service object for the API that you want to call, and then use that object to make authorized API requests.

1. Build a service object for the API that you want to call. For example, to call version 1 of the YouTube Analytics API:

   youtube = Google::Apis::YoutubeAnalyticsV1::YouTubeAnalyticsService.new

2. Set the credentials on the service:

   youtube.authorization = credentials

3. Make requests to the API service using the interface provided by the service object. For example, to retrieve a YouTube Analytics report for the authenticated user's channel:

   report = youtube.query_report('channel==MINE', '2016-05-01', '2016-06-30', 'views')

Alternately, authorization can be provided on a per-method basis by supplying the options parameter to a method:

report = youtube.query_report('channel==MINE', '2016-05-01', '2016-06-30', 'views', options: { authorization: auth_client })

Node.js

After obtaining an access token and setting it to the OAuth2 object, use the object to call Google APIs. Your application can use that token to authorize API requests on behalf of a given user account or service account. Build a service object for the API that you want to call. For example, the following code uses the Google Drive API to list filenames in the user's Drive.

const { google } = require('googleapis');

// Example of using Google Drive API to list filenames in user's Drive.
const drive = google.drive('v3');
drive.files.list({
  auth: oauth2Client,
  pageSize: 10,
  fields: 'nextPageToken, files(id, name)',
}, (err1, res1) => {
  if (err1) return console.log('The API returned an error: ' + err1);
  const files = res1.data.files;
  if (files.length) {
    console.log('Files:');
    files.map((file) => {
      console.log(`${file.name} (${file.id})`);
    });
  } else {
    console.log('No files found.');
  }
});

HTTP/REST

After your application obtains an access token, you can use the token to make calls to a Google API on behalf of a given user account if the scope(s) of access required by the API have been granted. To do this, include the access token in a request to the API by including either an access_token query parameter or an Authorization HTTP header Bearer value. When possible, the HTTP header is preferable, because query strings tend to be visible in server logs. In most cases you can use a client library to set up your calls to Google APIs (for example, when calling the YouTube Analytics API).

Note that the YouTube Analytics API does not support the service account flow. The YouTube Reporting API supports service accounts only for YouTube content owners that own and manage multiple YouTube channels, such as record labels and movie studios.

You can try out all the Google APIs and view their scopes at the OAuth 2.0 Playground.

HTTP GET examples

A call to the reports.query endpoint (the YouTube Analytics API) using the Authorization: Bearer HTTP header might look like the following. Note that you need to specify your own access token:

GET /youtube/analytics/v1/reports?ids=channel%3D%3DMINE&start-date=2016-05-01&end-date=2016-06-30&metrics=views HTTP/1.1
Host: www.googleapis.com
Authorization: Bearer access_token

Here is a call to the same API for the authenticated user using the access_token query string parameter:

GET https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/analytics/v1/reports?access_token=access_token&ids=channel%3D%3DMINE&start-date=2016-05-01&end-date=2016-06-30&metrics=views

curl examples

You can test these commands with the curl command-line application. Here's an example that uses the HTTP header option (preferred):

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer access_token" https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/analytics/v1/reports?ids=channel%3D%3DMINE&start-date=2016-05-01&end-date=2016-06-30&metrics=views

Or, alternatively, the query string parameter option:

curl https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/analytics/v1/reports?access_token=access_token&ids=channel%3D%3DMINE&start-date=2016-05-01&end-date=2016-06-30&metrics=views

PHP

To run this example:

1. In the API Console, add the URL of the local machine to the list of redirect URLs. For example, add http://localhost:8080.
2. Create a new directory and change to it. For example:

   mkdir ~/php-oauth2-example
   cd ~/php-oauth2-example

3. Install the Google API Client Library for PHP using Composer:

   composer require google/apiclient:^2.15.0

4. Create the files index.php and oauth2callback.php with the following content.
5. Run the example with the PHP's built-in test web server:

   php -S localhost:8080 ~/php-oauth2-example

index.php

<?php
require_once __DIR__.'/vendor/autoload.php';

session_start();

$client = new Google\Client();
$client->setAuthConfig('client_secret.json');

// User granted permission as an access token is in the session.
if (isset($_SESSION['access_token']) && $_SESSION['access_token'])
{
  $client->setAccessToken($_SESSION['access_token']);
  
  // Check if user granted Drive permission
  if ($_SESSION['granted_scopes_dict']['Drive']) {
    echo "Drive feature is enabled.";
    echo "</br>";
    $drive = new Drive($client);
    $files = array();
    $response = $drive->files->listFiles(array());
    foreach ($response->files as $file) {
        echo "File: " . $file->name . " (" . $file->id . ")";
        echo "</br>";
    }
  } else {
    echo "Drive feature is NOT enabled.";
    echo "</br>";
  }

   // Check if user granted Calendar permission
  if ($_SESSION['granted_scopes_dict']['Calendar']) {
    echo "Calendar feature is enabled.";
    echo "</br>";
  } else {
    echo "Calendar feature is NOT enabled.";
    echo "</br>";
  }
}
else
{
  // Redirect users to outh2call.php which redirects users to Google OAuth 2.0
  $redirect_uri = 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . '/oauth2callback.php';
  header('Location: ' . filter_var($redirect_uri, FILTER_SANITIZE_URL));
}
?>

oauth2callback.php

<?php
require_once __DIR__.'/vendor/autoload.php';

session_start();

$client = new Google\Client();

// Required, call the setAuthConfig function to load authorization credentials from
// client_secret.json file.
$client->setAuthConfigFile('client_secret.json');
$client->setRedirectUri('http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']. $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);

// Required, to set the scope value, call the addScope function.
$client->addScope(Google_Service_YouTubeAnalytics::YT_ANALYTICS_READONLY);

// Enable incremental authorization. Recommended as a best practice.
$client->setIncludeGrantedScopes(true);

// Recommended, offline access will give you both an access and refresh token so that
// your app can refresh the access token without user interaction.
$client->setAccessType("offline");

// Generate a URL for authorization as it doesn't contain code and error
if (!isset($_GET['code']) && !isset($_GET['error']))
{
  // Generate and set state value
  $state = bin2hex(random_bytes(16));
  $client->setState($state);
  $_SESSION['state'] = $state;

  // Generate a url that asks permissions.
  $auth_url = $client->createAuthUrl();
  header('Location: ' . filter_var($auth_url, FILTER_SANITIZE_URL));
}

// User authorized the request and authorization code is returned to exchange access and
// refresh tokens.
if (isset($_GET['code']))
{
  // Check the state value
  if (!isset($_GET['state']) || $_GET['state'] !== $_SESSION['state']) {
    die('State mismatch. Possible CSRF attack.');
  }

  // Get access and refresh tokens (if access_type is offline)
  $token = $client->fetchAccessTokenWithAuthCode($_GET['code']);

  /** Save access and refresh token to the session variables.
    * ACTION ITEM: In a production app, you likely want to save the
    *              refresh token in a secure persistent storage instead. */
  $_SESSION['access_token'] = $token;
  $_SESSION['refresh_token'] = $client->getRefreshToken();
  
  // Space-separated string of granted scopes if it exists, otherwise null.
  $granted_scopes = $client->getOAuth2Service()->getGrantedScope();

  // Determine which scopes user granted and build a dictionary
  $granted_scopes_dict = [
    'Drive' => str_contains($granted_scopes, Google\Service\Drive::DRIVE_METADATA_READONLY),
    'Calendar' => str_contains($granted_scopes, Google\Service\Calendar::CALENDAR_READONLY)
  ];
  $_SESSION['granted_scopes_dict'] = $granted_scopes_dict;
  
  $redirect_uri = 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . '/';
  header('Location: ' . filter_var($redirect_uri, FILTER_SANITIZE_URL));
}

// An error response e.g. error=access_denied
if (isset($_GET['error']))
{
  echo "Error: ". $_GET['error'];
}
?>

Python

This example uses the Flask framework. It runs a web application at http://localhost:8080 that lets you test the OAuth 2.0 flow. If you go to that URL, you should see five links:

• Call Drive API: This link points to a page that tries to execute a sample API request if users granted the permission. If necessary, it starts the authorization flow. If successful, the page displays the API response.
• Mock page to call Calendar API: This link points to a maockpage that tries to execute a sample Calendar API request if users granted the permission. If necessary, it starts the authorization flow. If successful, the page displays the API response.
• Test the auth flow directly: This link points to a page that tries to send the user through the authorization flow. The app requests permission to submit authorized API requests on the user's behalf.
• Revoke current credentials: This link points to a page that revokes permissions that the user has already granted to the application.
• Clear Flask session credentials: This link clears authorization credentials that are stored in the Flask session. This lets you see what would happen if a user who had already granted permission to your app tried to execute an API request in a new session. It also lets you see the API response your app would get if a user had revoked permissions granted to your app, and your app still tried to authorize a request with a revoked access token.

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import os
import flask
import requests

import google.oauth2.credentials
import google_auth_oauthlib.flow
import googleapiclient.discovery

# This variable specifies the name of a file that contains the OAuth 2.0
# information for this application, including its client_id and client_secret.
CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE = "client_secret.json"

# The OAuth 2.0 access scope allows for access to the
# authenticated user's account and requires requests to use an SSL connection.
SCOPES = ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/yt-analytics.readonly',
          'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.readonly']
API_SERVICE_NAME = 'youtubeAnalytics'
API_VERSION = 'v1'

app = flask.Flask(__name__)
# Note: A secret key is included in the sample so that it works.
# If you use this code in your application, replace this with a truly secret
# key. See https://flask.palletsprojects.com/quickstart/#sessions.
app.secret_key = 'REPLACE ME - this value is here as a placeholder.'

@app.route('/')
def index():
  return print_index_table()

@app.route('/drive')
def drive_api_request():
  if 'credentials' not in flask.session:
    return flask.redirect('authorize')

  features = flask.session['features']

  if features['drive']:
    # Load credentials from the session.
    credentials = google.oauth2.credentials.Credentials(
        **flask.session['credentials'])

    youtube = googleapiclient.discovery.build(
        API_SERVICE_NAME, API_VERSION, credentials=credentials)

    report = youtube.reports().query(ids='channel==MINE', start_date='2016-05-01', end_date='2016-06-30', metrics='views').execute()

    # Save credentials back to session in case access token was refreshed.
    # ACTION ITEM: In a production app, you likely want to save these
    #              credentials in a persistent database instead.
    flask.session['credentials'] = credentials_to_dict(credentials)

    return flask.jsonify(**report)
  else:
    # User didn't authorize read-only Drive activity permission.
    # Update UX and application accordingly
    return '<p>Drive feature is not enabled.</p>'

@app.route('/calendar')
    def calendar_api_request():
      if 'credentials' not in flask.session:
        return flask.redirect('authorize')

      features = flask.session['features']

      if features['calendar']:
        # User authorized Calendar read permission.
        # Calling the APIs, etc.
        return ('<p>User granted the Google Calendar read permission. '+
                'This sample code does not include code to call Calendar</p>')
      else:
        # User didn't authorize Calendar read permission.
        # Update UX and application accordingly
        return '<p>Calendar feature is not enabled.</p>'

@app.route('/authorize')
def authorize():
  # Create flow instance to manage the OAuth 2.0 Authorization Grant Flow steps.
  flow = google_auth_oauthlib.flow.Flow.from_client_secrets_file(
      CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE, scopes=SCOPES)

  # The URI created here must exactly match one of the authorized redirect URIs
  # for the OAuth 2.0 client, which you configured in the API Console. If this
  # value doesn't match an authorized URI, you will get a 'redirect_uri_mismatch'
  # error.
  flow.redirect_uri = flask.url_for('oauth2callback', _external=True)

  authorization_url, state = flow.authorization_url(
      # Enable offline access so that you can refresh an access token without
      # re-prompting the user for permission. Recommended for web server apps.
      access_type='offline',
      # Enable incremental authorization. Recommended as a best practice.
      include_granted_scopes='true')

  # Store the state so the callback can verify the auth server response.
  flask.session['state'] = state

  return flask.redirect(authorization_url)

@app.route('/oauth2callback')
def oauth2callback():
  # Specify the state when creating the flow in the callback so that it can
  # verified in the authorization server response.
  state = flask.session['state']

  flow = google_auth_oauthlib.flow.Flow.from_client_secrets_file(
      CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE, scopes=SCOPES, state=state)
  flow.redirect_uri = flask.url_for('oauth2callback', _external=True)

  # Use the authorization server's response to fetch the OAuth 2.0 tokens.
  authorization_response = flask.request.url
  flow.fetch_token(authorization_response=authorization_response)

  # Store credentials in the session.
  # ACTION ITEM: In a production app, you likely want to save these
  #              credentials in a persistent database instead.
  credentials = flow.credentials
  
  credentials = credentials_to_dict(credentials)
  flask.session['credentials'] = credentials

  # Check which scopes user granted
  features = check_granted_scopes(credentials)
  flask.session['features'] = features
  return flask.redirect('/')
  

@app.route('/revoke')
def revoke():
  if 'credentials' not in flask.session:
    return ('You need to <a href="/authorize">authorize</a> before ' +
            'testing the code to revoke credentials.')

  credentials = google.oauth2.credentials.Credentials(
    **flask.session['credentials'])

  revoke = requests.post('https://oauth2.googleapis.com/revoke',
      params={'token': credentials.token},
      headers = {'content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'})

  status_code = getattr(revoke, 'status_code')
  if status_code == 200:
    return('Credentials successfully revoked.' + print_index_table())
  else:
    return('An error occurred.' + print_index_table())

@app.route('/clear')
def clear_credentials():
  if 'credentials' in flask.session:
    del flask.session['credentials']
  return ('Credentials have been cleared.<br><br>' +
          print_index_table())

def credentials_to_dict(credentials):
  return {'token': credentials.token,
          'refresh_token': credentials.refresh_token,
          'token_uri': credentials.token_uri,
          'client_id': credentials.client_id,
          'client_secret': credentials.client_secret,
          'granted_scopes': credentials.granted_scopes}

def check_granted_scopes(credentials):
  features = {}
  if 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/yt-analytics.readonly' in credentials['granted_scopes']:
    features['drive'] = True
  else:
    features['drive'] = False

  if 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.readonly' in credentials['granted_scopes']:
    features['calendar'] = True
  else:
    features['calendar'] = False

  return features

def print_index_table():
  return ('<table>' +
          '<tr><td><a href="/test">Test an API request</a></td>' +
          '<td>Submit an API request and see a formatted JSON response. ' +
          '    Go through the authorization flow if there are no stored ' +
          '    credentials for the user.</td></tr>' +
          '<tr><td><a href="/authorize">Test the auth flow directly</a></td>' +
          '<td>Go directly to the authorization flow. If there are stored ' +
          '    credentials, you still might not be prompted to reauthorize ' +
          '    the application.</td></tr>' +
          '<tr><td><a href="/revoke">Revoke current credentials</a></td>' +
          '<td>Revoke the access token associated with the current user ' +
          '    session. After revoking credentials, if you go to the test ' +
          '    page, you should see an <code>invalid_grant</code> error.' +
          '</td></tr>' +
          '<tr><td><a href="/clear">Clear Flask session credentials</a></td>' +
          '<td>Clear the access token currently stored in the user session. ' +
          '    After clearing the token, if you <a href="/test">test the ' +
          '    API request</a> again, you should go back to the auth flow.' +
          '</td></tr></table>')

if __name__ == '__main__':
  # When running locally, disable OAuthlib's HTTPs verification.
  # ACTION ITEM for developers:
  #     When running in production *do not* leave this option enabled.
  os.environ['OAUTHLIB_INSECURE_TRANSPORT'] = '1'

  # This disables the requested scopes and granted scopes check.
  # If users only grant partial request, the warning would not be thrown.
  os.environ['OAUTHLIB_RELAX_TOKEN_SCOPE'] = '1'

  # Specify a hostname and port that are set as a valid redirect URI
  # for your API project in the Google API Console.
  app.run('localhost', 8080, debug=True)

Ruby

This example uses the Sinatra framework.

require 'googleauth'
require 'googleauth/web_user_authorizer'
require 'googleauth/stores/redis_token_store'

require 'google/apis/youtube_analytics_v1'
require 'google/apis/calendar_v3'

require 'sinatra'

configure do
  enable :sessions

  # Required, call the from_file method to retrieve the client ID from a
  # client_secret.json file.
  set :client_id, Google::Auth::ClientId.from_file('/path/to/client_secret.json')

  # Required, scope value
  # Access scopes for two non-Sign-In scopes: Read-only Drive activity and Google Calendar.
  scope = ['Google::Apis::DriveV3::AUTH_DRIVE_METADATA_READONLY',
           'Google::Apis::CalendarV3::AUTH_CALENDAR_READONLY']

  # Required, Authorizers require a storage instance to manage long term persistence of
  # access and refresh tokens.
  set :token_store, Google::Auth::Stores::RedisTokenStore.new(redis: Redis.new)

  # Required, indicate where the API server will redirect the user after the user completes
  # the authorization flow. The redirect URI is required. The value must exactly
  # match one of the authorized redirect URIs for the OAuth 2.0 client, which you
  # configured in the API Console. If this value doesn't match an authorized URI,
  # you will get a 'redirect_uri_mismatch' error.
  set :callback_uri, '/oauth2callback'

  # To use OAuth2 authentication, we need access to a CLIENT_ID, CLIENT_SECRET, AND REDIRECT_URI
  # from the client_secret.json file. To get these credentials for your application, visit
  # https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials.
  set :authorizer, Google::Auth::WebUserAuthorizer.new(settings.client_id, settings.scope,
                          settings.token_store, callback_uri: settings.callback_uri)
end

get '/' do
  # NOTE: Assumes the user is already authenticated to the app
  user_id = request.session['user_id']

  # Fetch stored credentials for the user from the given request session.
  # nil if none present
  credentials = settings.authorizer.get_credentials(user_id, request)

  if credentials.nil?
    # Generate a url that asks the user to authorize requested scope(s).
    # Then, redirect user to the url.
    redirect settings.authorizer.get_authorization_url(request: request)
  end
  
  # User authorized the request. Now, check which scopes were granted.
  if credentials.scope.include?(Google::Apis::DriveV3::AUTH_DRIVE_METADATA_READONLY)
    # User authorized read-only Drive activity permission.
    # Example of using Google Drive API to list filenames in user's Drive.
    youtube = Google::Apis::YoutubeAnalyticsV1::YouTubeAnalyticsService.new
    report = youtube.query_report('channel==MINE', '2016-05-01', '2016-06-30', 'views', options: { authorization: auth_client })
    
    "<pre>#{JSON.pretty_generate(report.to_h)}</pre>"
  else
    # User didn't authorize read-only Drive activity permission.
    # Update UX and application accordingly
  end

  # Check if user authorized Calendar read permission.
  if credentials.scope.include?(Google::Apis::CalendarV3::AUTH_CALENDAR_READONLY)
    # User authorized Calendar read permission.
    # Calling the APIs, etc.
  else
    # User didn't authorize Calendar read permission.
    # Update UX and application accordingly
  end
end

# Receive the callback from Google's OAuth 2.0 server.
get '/oauth2callback' do
  # Handle the result of the oauth callback. Defers the exchange of the code by
  # temporarily stashing the results in the user's session.
  target_url = Google::Auth::WebUserAuthorizer.handle_auth_callback_deferred(request)
  redirect target_url
end

Node.js

To run this example:

1. In the API Console, add the URL of the local machine to the list of redirect URLs. For example, add http://localhost.
2. Make sure you have maintenance LTS, active LTS, or current release of Node.js installed.
3. Create a new directory and change to it. For example:

   mkdir ~/nodejs-oauth2-example
   cd ~/nodejs-oauth2-example

4. Install the Google API Client Library for Node.js using npm:

   npm install googleapis

5. Create the files main.js with the following content.
6. Run the example:

   node .\main.js

main.js

const http = require('http');
const https = require('https');
const url = require('url');
const { google } = require('googleapis');
const crypto = require('crypto');
const express = require('express');
const session = require('express-session');

/**
 * To use OAuth2 authentication, we need access to a CLIENT_ID, CLIENT_SECRET, AND REDIRECT_URI.
 * To get these credentials for your application, visit
 * https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials.
 */
const oauth2Client = new google.auth.OAuth2(
  YOUR_CLIENT_ID,
  YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET,
  YOUR_REDIRECT_URL
);

// Access scopes for two non-Sign-In scopes: Read-only Drive activity and Google Calendar.
const scopes = [
  'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/yt-analytics.readonly',
  'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.readonly'
];

/* Global variable that stores user credential in this code example.
 * ACTION ITEM for developers:
 *   Store user's refresh token in your data store if
 *   incorporating this code into your real app.
 *   For more information on handling refresh tokens,
 *   see https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-nodejs-client#handling-refresh-tokens
 */
let userCredential = null;

async function main() {
  const app = express();

  app.use(session({
    secret: 'your_secure_secret_key', // Replace with a strong secret
    resave: false,
    saveUninitialized: false,
  }));

  // Example on redirecting user to Google's OAuth 2.0 server.
  app.get('/', async (req, res) => {
    // Generate a secure random state value.
    const state = crypto.randomBytes(32).toString('hex');
    // Store state in the session
    req.session.state = state;

    // Generate a url that asks permissions for the Drive activity and Google Calendar scope
    const authorizationUrl = oauth2Client.generateAuthUrl({
      // 'online' (default) or 'offline' (gets refresh_token)
      access_type: 'offline',
      /** Pass in the scopes array defined above.
        * Alternatively, if only one scope is needed, you can pass a scope URL as a string */
      scope: scopes,
      // Enable incremental authorization. Recommended as a best practice.
      include_granted_scopes: true,
      // Include the state parameter to reduce the risk of CSRF attacks.
      state: state
    });

    res.redirect(authorizationUrl);
  });

  // Receive the callback from Google's OAuth 2.0 server.
  app.get('/oauth2callback', async (req, res) => {
    // Handle the OAuth 2.0 server response
    let q = url.parse(req.url, true).query;

    if (q.error) { // An error response e.g. error=access_denied
      console.log('Error:' + q.error);
    } else if (q.state !== req.session.state) { //check state value
      console.log('State mismatch. Possible CSRF attack');
      res.end('State mismatch. Possible CSRF attack');
    } else { // Get access and refresh tokens (if access_type is offline)
      let { tokens } = await oauth2Client.getToken(q.code);
      oauth2Client.setCredentials(tokens);

      /** Save credential to the global variable in case access token was refreshed.
        * ACTION ITEM: In a production app, you likely want to save the refresh token
        *              in a secure persistent database instead. */
      userCredential = tokens;
      
      // User authorized the request. Now, check which scopes were granted.
      if (tokens.scope.includes('https://www.googleapis.com/auth/yt-analytics.readonly'))
      {
        // User authorized read-only Drive activity permission.
        // Example of using Google Drive API to list filenames in user's Drive.
        const drive = google.drive('v3');
        drive.files.list({
          auth: oauth2Client,
          pageSize: 10,
          fields: 'nextPageToken, files(id, name)',
        }, (err1, res1) => {
          if (err1) return console.log('The API returned an error: ' + err1);
          const files = res1.data.files;
          if (files.length) {
            console.log('Files:');
            files.map((file) => {
              console.log(`${file.name} (${file.id})`);
            });
          } else {
            console.log('No files found.');
          }
        });
      }
      else
      {
        // User didn't authorize read-only Drive activity permission.
        // Update UX and application accordingly
      }

      // Check if user authorized Calendar read permission.
      if (tokens.scope.includes('https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.readonly'))
      {
        // User authorized Calendar read permission.
        // Calling the APIs, etc.
      }
      else
      {
        // User didn't authorize Calendar read permission.
        // Update UX and application accordingly
      }
    }
  });

  // Example on revoking a token
  app.get('/revoke', async (req, res) => {
    // Build the string for the POST request
    let postData = "token=" + userCredential.access_token;

    // Options for POST request to Google's OAuth 2.0 server to revoke a token
    let postOptions = {
      host: 'oauth2.googleapis.com',
      port: '443',
      path: '/revoke',
      method: 'POST',
      headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
        'Content-Length': Buffer.byteLength(postData)
      }
    };

    // Set up the request
    const postReq = https.request(postOptions, function (res) {
      res.setEncoding('utf8');
      res.on('data', d => {
        console.log('Response: ' + d);
      });
    });

    postReq.on('error', error => {
      console.log(error)
    });

    // Post the request with data
    postReq.write(postData);
    postReq.end();
  });


  const server = http.createServer(app);
  server.listen(8080);
}
main().catch(console.error);

HTTP/REST

This Python example uses the Flask framework and the Requests library to demonstrate the OAuth 2.0 web flow. We recommend using the Google API Client Library for Python for this flow. (The example in the Python tab does use the client library.)

import json
import flask
import requests

app = flask.Flask(__name__)

# To get these credentials (CLIENT_ID CLIENT_SECRET) and for your application, visit
# https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials.
CLIENT_ID = '123456789.apps.googleusercontent.com'
CLIENT_SECRET = 'abc123'  # Read from a file or environmental variable in a real app

# Access scopes for two non-Sign-In scopes: Read-only Drive activity and Google Calendar.
SCOPE = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/yt-analytics.readonly https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.readonly'

# Indicate where the API server will redirect the user after the user completes
# the authorization flow. The redirect URI is required. The value must exactly
# match one of the authorized redirect URIs for the OAuth 2.0 client, which you
# configured in the API Console. If this value doesn't match an authorized URI,
# you will get a 'redirect_uri_mismatch' error.
REDIRECT_URI = 'http://example.com/oauth2callback'

@app.route('/')
def index():
  if 'credentials' not in flask.session:
    return flask.redirect(flask.url_for('oauth2callback'))

  credentials = json.loads(flask.session['credentials'])

  if credentials['expires_in'] <= 0:
    return flask.redirect(flask.url_for('oauth2callback'))
  else: 
    # User authorized the request. Now, check which scopes were granted.
    if 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.metadata.readonly' in credentials['scope']:
      # User authorized read-only Drive activity permission.
      # Example of using Google Drive API to list filenames in user's Drive.
      headers = {'Authorization': 'Bearer {}'.format(credentials['access_token'])}
      req_uri = 'https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/analytics/v1/reports'
      r = requests.get(req_uri, headers=headers).text
    else:
      # User didn't authorize read-only Drive activity permission.
      # Update UX and application accordingly
      r = 'User did not authorize Drive permission.'

    # Check if user authorized Calendar read permission.
    if 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.readonly' in credentials['scope']:
      # User authorized Calendar read permission.
      # Calling the APIs, etc.
      r += 'User authorized Calendar permission.'
    else:
      # User didn't authorize Calendar read permission.
      # Update UX and application accordingly
      r += 'User did not authorize Calendar permission.'

  return r

@app.route('/oauth2callback')
def oauth2callback():
  if 'code' not in flask.request.args:
    state = str(uuid.uuid4())
    flask.session['state'] = state
    # Generate a url that asks permissions for the Drive activity
    # and Google Calendar scope. Then, redirect user to the url.
    auth_uri = ('https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/v2/auth?response_type=code'
                '&client_id={}&redirect_uri={}&scope={}&state={}').format(CLIENT_ID, REDIRECT_URI,
                                                                          SCOPE, state)
    return flask.redirect(auth_uri)
  else:
    if 'state' not in flask.request.args or flask.request.args['state'] != flask.session['state']:
      return 'State mismatch. Possible CSRF attack.', 400

    auth_code = flask.request.args.get('code')
    data = {'code': auth_code,
            'client_id': CLIENT_ID,
            'client_secret': CLIENT_SECRET,
            'redirect_uri': REDIRECT_URI,
            'grant_type': 'authorization_code'}

    # Exchange authorization code for access and refresh tokens (if access_type is offline)
    r = requests.post('https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token', data=data)
    flask.session['credentials'] = r.text
    return flask.redirect(flask.url_for('index'))

if __name__ == '__main__':
  import uuid
  app.secret_key = str(uuid.uuid4())
  app.debug = False
  app.run()

PHP

$client->setIncludeGrantedScopes(true);

Python

In Python, set the include_granted_scopes keyword argument to true to ensure that an authorization request includes previously granted scopes. It is very possible that include_granted_scopes will not be the only keyword argument that you set, as shown in the example below.

authorization_url, state = flow.authorization_url(
    # Enable offline access so that you can refresh an access token without
    # re-prompting the user for permission. Recommended for web server apps.
    access_type='offline',
    # Enable incremental authorization. Recommended as a best practice.
    include_granted_scopes='true')

Ruby

auth_client.update!(
  :additional_parameters => {"include_granted_scopes" => "true"}
)

Node.js

const authorizationUrl = oauth2Client.generateAuthUrl({
  // 'online' (default) or 'offline' (gets refresh_token)
  access_type: 'offline',
  /** Pass in the scopes array defined above.
    * Alternatively, if only one scope is needed, you can pass a scope URL as a string */
  scope: scopes,
  // Enable incremental authorization. Recommended as a best practice.
  include_granted_scopes: true
});

HTTP/REST

In this example, the calling application requests access to retrieve the user's YouTube Analytics data in addition to any other access that the user has already granted to the application.

GET https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/v2/auth?
  scope=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.googleapis.com%2Fauth%2Fyt-analytics.readonly&
  access_type=offline&
  state=security_token%3D138rk%3Btarget_url%3Dhttp...index&
  redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%2Foauth2callback&
  response_type=code&
  client_id=client_id&
  include_granted_scopes=true

      

PHP

If your application needs offline access to a Google API, set the API client's access type to offline:

$client->setAccessType("offline");

After a user grants offline access to the requested scopes, you can continue to use the API client to access Google APIs on the user's behalf when the user is offline. The client object will refresh the access token as needed.

Python

In Python, set the access_type keyword argument to offline to ensure that you will be able to refresh the access token without having to re-prompt the user for permission. It is very possible that access_type will not be the only keyword argument that you set, as shown in the example below.

authorization_url, state = flow.authorization_url(
    # Enable offline access so that you can refresh an access token without
    # re-prompting the user for permission. Recommended for web server apps.
    access_type='offline',
    # Enable incremental authorization. Recommended as a best practice.
    include_granted_scopes='true')

After a user grants offline access to the requested scopes, you can continue to use the API client to access Google APIs on the user's behalf when the user is offline. The client object will refresh the access token as needed.

Ruby

If your application needs offline access to a Google API, set the API client's access type to offline:

auth_client.update!(
  :additional_parameters => {"access_type" => "offline"}
)

After a user grants offline access to the requested scopes, you can continue to use the API client to access Google APIs on the user's behalf when the user is offline. The client object will refresh the access token as needed.

Node.js

If your application needs offline access to a Google API, set the API client's access type to offline:

const authorizationUrl = oauth2Client.generateAuthUrl({
  // 'online' (default) or 'offline' (gets refresh_token)
  access_type: 'offline',
  /** Pass in the scopes array defined above.
    * Alternatively, if only one scope is needed, you can pass a scope URL as a string */
  scope: scopes,
  // Enable incremental authorization. Recommended as a best practice.
  include_granted_scopes: true
});

After a user grants offline access to the requested scopes, you can continue to use the API client to access Google APIs on the user's behalf when the user is offline. The client object will refresh the access token as needed.

Access tokens expire. This library will automatically use a refresh token to obtain a new access token if it is about to expire. An easy way to make sure you always store the most recent tokens is to use the tokens event:

oauth2Client.on('tokens', (tokens) => {
  if (tokens.refresh_token) {
    // store the refresh_token in your secure persistent database
    console.log(tokens.refresh_token);
  }
  console.log(tokens.access_token);
});

This tokens event only occurs in the first authorization, and you need to have set your access_type to offline when calling the generateAuthUrl method to receive the refresh token. If you have already given your app the requisiste permissions without setting the appropriate constraints for receiving a refresh token, you will need to re-authorize the application to receive a fresh refresh token.

To set the refresh_token at a later time, you can use the setCredentials method:

oauth2Client.setCredentials({
  refresh_token: `STORED_REFRESH_TOKEN`
});

Once the client has a refresh token, access tokens will be acquired and refreshed automatically in the next call to the API.

HTTP/REST

To refresh an access token, your application sends an HTTPS POST request to Google's authorization server (https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token) that includes the following parameters:

The following snippet shows a sample request:

POST /token HTTP/1.1
Host: oauth2.googleapis.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

client_id=your_client_id&
client_secret=your_client_secret&
refresh_token=refresh_token&
grant_type=refresh_token

As long as the user has not revoked the access granted to the application, the token server returns a JSON object that contains a new access token. The following snippet shows a sample response:

{
  "access_token": "1/fFAGRNJru1FTz70BzhT3Zg",
  "expires_in": 3920,
  "scope": "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.metadata.readonly https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.readonly",
  "token_type": "Bearer"
}

Note that there are limits on the number of refresh tokens that will be issued; one limit per client/user combination, and another per user across all clients. You should save refresh tokens in long-term storage and continue to use them as long as they remain valid. If your application requests too many refresh tokens, it may run into these limits, in which case older refresh tokens will stop working.

PHP

To programmatically revoke a token, call revokeToken():

$client->revokeToken();

Python

To programmatically revoke a token, make a request to https://oauth2.googleapis.com/revoke that includes the token as a parameter and sets the Content-Type header:

requests.post('https://oauth2.googleapis.com/revoke',
    params={'token': credentials.token},
    headers = {'content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'})

Ruby

To programmatically revoke a token, make an HTTP request to the oauth2.revoke endpoint:

uri = URI('https://oauth2.googleapis.com/revoke')
response = Net::HTTP.post_form(uri, 'token' => auth_client.access_token)

The token can be an access token or a refresh token. If the token is an access token and it has a corresponding refresh token, the refresh token will also be revoked.

If the revocation is successfully processed, then the status code of the response is 200. For error conditions, a status code 400 is returned along with an error code.

Node.js

To programmatically revoke a token, make an HTTPS POST request to /revoke endpoint:

const https = require('https');

// Build the string for the POST request
let postData = "token=" + userCredential.access_token;

// Options for POST request to Google's OAuth 2.0 server to revoke a token
let postOptions = {
  host: 'oauth2.googleapis.com',
  port: '443',
  path: '/revoke',
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
    'Content-Length': Buffer.byteLength(postData)
  }
};

// Set up the request
const postReq = https.request(postOptions, function (res) {
  res.setEncoding('utf8');
  res.on('data', d => {
    console.log('Response: ' + d);
  });
});

postReq.on('error', error => {
  console.log(error)
});

// Post the request with data
postReq.write(postData);
postReq.end();

The token parameter can be an access token or a refresh token. If the token is an access token and it has a corresponding refresh token, the refresh token will also be revoked.

If the revocation is successfully processed, then the status code of the response is 200. For error conditions, a status code 400 is returned along with an error code.

HTTP/REST

To programmatically revoke a token, your application makes a request to https://oauth2.googleapis.com/revoke and includes the token as a parameter:

curl -d -X -POST --header "Content-type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
        https://oauth2.googleapis.com/revoke?token={token}

The token can be an access token or a refresh token. If the token is an access token and it has a corresponding refresh token, the refresh token will also be revoked.

If the revocation is successfully processed, then the HTTP status code of the response is 200. For error conditions, an HTTP status code 400 is returned along with an error code.