firebase_admin.credentials module
Firebase credentials module.
Classes
AccessTokenInfo class firebase_admin.credentials. AccessTokenInfo ( access_token expiry )
Bases: tuple
Data included in an OAuth2 access token.
Contains the access token string and the expiry time. The expiry time is exposed as a
datetime
access_token
Alias for field number 0
expiry
Alias for field number 1
ApplicationDefault class firebase_admin.credentials. ApplicationDefault
Bases: Base
A Google Application Default credential.
get_credential ( )
Returns the underlying Google credential.
Raises:
google.auth.exceptions.DefaultCredentialsError – If Application Default
credentials cannot be initialized in the current environment.
Returns:
A Google Auth credential instance.
Return type:
google.auth.credentials.Credentials
property project_id
Returns the project_id from the underlying Google credential.
Raises:
google.auth.exceptions.DefaultCredentialsError – If Application Default
credentials cannot be initialized in the current environment.
Returns:
The project id.
Return type:
str
Base class firebase_admin.credentials. Base
Bases: object
Provides OAuth2 access tokens for accessing Firebase services.
get_access_token ( )
Fetches a Google OAuth2 access token using this credential instance.
Returns:
An access token obtained using the credential.
Return type:
AccessTokenInfo
get_credential ( )
Returns the Google credential instance used for authentication.
Certificate class firebase_admin.credentials. Certificate ( cert )
Bases: Base
A credential initialized from a JSON certificate keyfile.
get_credential ( )
Returns the underlying Google credential.
Returns:
A Google Auth credential instance.
Return type:
google.auth.credentials.Credentials
property service_account_email
RefreshToken class firebase_admin.credentials. RefreshToken ( refresh_token )
Bases: Base
A credential initialized from an existing refresh token.
get_credential ( )
Returns the underlying Google credential.
Returns:
A Google Auth credential instance.
Return type:
google.auth.credentials.Credentials
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