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Google Cloud Platform Authentication

Authentication

Google Cloud Platform secures its APIs with apiKey and oauth2 across 2 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the authorizationCode flow(s).

API ManagementCloud ComputingInfrastructurePlatform-as-a-Service

Methods: apiKey, oauth2 Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: authorizationCode API key in: query

Security Schemes

oauth2 oauth2

· flows: authorizationCode

apiKey apiKey

· in: query (key)

Source

Authentication Profile

generated: '2026-06-20'
method: searched
source: openapi/cloud-resource-manager-openapi.yml
docs: https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication
oidc_discovery: well-known/google-cloud-platform-openid-configuration.json
notes: >-
  Google Cloud authenticates with OAuth 2.0 access tokens minted for either an
  end user (3-legged) or a service account (2-legged, via signed JWT or
  Application Default Credentials / Workload Identity Federation). The optional
  API key (query `key`) only identifies the calling project and does not grant
  authorization. OIDC discovery confirmed live at accounts.google.com (200).
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - oauth2
  api_key_in:
  - query
  oauth2_flows:
  - authorizationCode
schemes:
- name: oauth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
    tokenUrl: https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token
    scopes: 2
  description: OAuth 2.0 authentication using Google Cloud service accounts or user credentials.
    Supports both service-to-service and end-user authentication flows.
  sources:
  - openapi/cloud-resource-manager-openapi.yml
- name: apiKey
  type: apiKey
  in: query
  parameter: key
  description: API key for identifying the calling project.
  sources:
  - openapi/cloud-resource-manager-openapi.yml

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