Does OAuth always use the HTTP Authorization header?











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Have an app running in GCP using App Engine and secured by IAP. To the best of my knowledge IAP uses OAuth, but when I open the app in the browser and inspect the outgoing XHR requests I don't see the HTTP Authorization header on any of them. There does appear to be a token in the cookies though, something named GCP_IAAP_AUTH_TOKEN.
Just wondering if this is still considered OAuth or is it some other form of authentication?










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    Have an app running in GCP using App Engine and secured by IAP. To the best of my knowledge IAP uses OAuth, but when I open the app in the browser and inspect the outgoing XHR requests I don't see the HTTP Authorization header on any of them. There does appear to be a token in the cookies though, something named GCP_IAAP_AUTH_TOKEN.
    Just wondering if this is still considered OAuth or is it some other form of authentication?










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      Have an app running in GCP using App Engine and secured by IAP. To the best of my knowledge IAP uses OAuth, but when I open the app in the browser and inspect the outgoing XHR requests I don't see the HTTP Authorization header on any of them. There does appear to be a token in the cookies though, something named GCP_IAAP_AUTH_TOKEN.
      Just wondering if this is still considered OAuth or is it some other form of authentication?










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      Have an app running in GCP using App Engine and secured by IAP. To the best of my knowledge IAP uses OAuth, but when I open the app in the browser and inspect the outgoing XHR requests I don't see the HTTP Authorization header on any of them. There does appear to be a token in the cookies though, something named GCP_IAAP_AUTH_TOKEN.
      Just wondering if this is still considered OAuth or is it some other form of authentication?







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          Cloud IAP can use either the cookie GCP_IAAP_AUTH_TOKEN or Authorization: Bearer. Both are derived from OAuth2.




          The credential that Cloud IAP relies on is an OpenID Connect (OIDC)
          token. That token can come from either a cookie GCP_IAAP_AUTH_TOKEN
          or an Authorization: bearer header.




          Authenticating with OpenID Connect






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          • Thanks. Do you know by any chance what scope I should specify for authenticating?
            – Dandan
            Nov 8 at 18:30










          • It depends on what permissions you need. To get started use https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform. Reference: developers.google.com/identity/protocols/googlescopes
            – John Hanley
            Nov 8 at 18:34










          • Thanks! One other question, do you know if it'd be possible to use the Google API Client libraries to invoke it programmaticly?
            – Dandan
            Nov 8 at 23:50










          • Here are some how-to guides to get you started cloud.google.com/iap/docs/how-to
            – John Hanley
            Nov 8 at 23:54











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          Cloud IAP can use either the cookie GCP_IAAP_AUTH_TOKEN or Authorization: Bearer. Both are derived from OAuth2.




          The credential that Cloud IAP relies on is an OpenID Connect (OIDC)
          token. That token can come from either a cookie GCP_IAAP_AUTH_TOKEN
          or an Authorization: bearer header.




          Authenticating with OpenID Connect






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          • Thanks. Do you know by any chance what scope I should specify for authenticating?
            – Dandan
            Nov 8 at 18:30










          • It depends on what permissions you need. To get started use https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform. Reference: developers.google.com/identity/protocols/googlescopes
            – John Hanley
            Nov 8 at 18:34










          • Thanks! One other question, do you know if it'd be possible to use the Google API Client libraries to invoke it programmaticly?
            – Dandan
            Nov 8 at 23:50










          • Here are some how-to guides to get you started cloud.google.com/iap/docs/how-to
            – John Hanley
            Nov 8 at 23:54















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          Cloud IAP can use either the cookie GCP_IAAP_AUTH_TOKEN or Authorization: Bearer. Both are derived from OAuth2.




          The credential that Cloud IAP relies on is an OpenID Connect (OIDC)
          token. That token can come from either a cookie GCP_IAAP_AUTH_TOKEN
          or an Authorization: bearer header.




          Authenticating with OpenID Connect






          share|improve this answer





















          • Thanks. Do you know by any chance what scope I should specify for authenticating?
            – Dandan
            Nov 8 at 18:30










          • It depends on what permissions you need. To get started use https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform. Reference: developers.google.com/identity/protocols/googlescopes
            – John Hanley
            Nov 8 at 18:34










          • Thanks! One other question, do you know if it'd be possible to use the Google API Client libraries to invoke it programmaticly?
            – Dandan
            Nov 8 at 23:50










          • Here are some how-to guides to get you started cloud.google.com/iap/docs/how-to
            – John Hanley
            Nov 8 at 23:54













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          Cloud IAP can use either the cookie GCP_IAAP_AUTH_TOKEN or Authorization: Bearer. Both are derived from OAuth2.




          The credential that Cloud IAP relies on is an OpenID Connect (OIDC)
          token. That token can come from either a cookie GCP_IAAP_AUTH_TOKEN
          or an Authorization: bearer header.




          Authenticating with OpenID Connect






          share|improve this answer












          Cloud IAP can use either the cookie GCP_IAAP_AUTH_TOKEN or Authorization: Bearer. Both are derived from OAuth2.




          The credential that Cloud IAP relies on is an OpenID Connect (OIDC)
          token. That token can come from either a cookie GCP_IAAP_AUTH_TOKEN
          or an Authorization: bearer header.




          Authenticating with OpenID Connect







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          • Thanks. Do you know by any chance what scope I should specify for authenticating?
            – Dandan
            Nov 8 at 18:30










          • It depends on what permissions you need. To get started use https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform. Reference: developers.google.com/identity/protocols/googlescopes
            – John Hanley
            Nov 8 at 18:34










          • Thanks! One other question, do you know if it'd be possible to use the Google API Client libraries to invoke it programmaticly?
            – Dandan
            Nov 8 at 23:50










          • Here are some how-to guides to get you started cloud.google.com/iap/docs/how-to
            – John Hanley
            Nov 8 at 23:54


















          • Thanks. Do you know by any chance what scope I should specify for authenticating?
            – Dandan
            Nov 8 at 18:30










          • It depends on what permissions you need. To get started use https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform. Reference: developers.google.com/identity/protocols/googlescopes
            – John Hanley
            Nov 8 at 18:34










          • Thanks! One other question, do you know if it'd be possible to use the Google API Client libraries to invoke it programmaticly?
            – Dandan
            Nov 8 at 23:50










          • Here are some how-to guides to get you started cloud.google.com/iap/docs/how-to
            – John Hanley
            Nov 8 at 23:54
















          Thanks. Do you know by any chance what scope I should specify for authenticating?
          – Dandan
          Nov 8 at 18:30




          Thanks. Do you know by any chance what scope I should specify for authenticating?
          – Dandan
          Nov 8 at 18:30












          It depends on what permissions you need. To get started use https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform. Reference: developers.google.com/identity/protocols/googlescopes
          – John Hanley
          Nov 8 at 18:34




          It depends on what permissions you need. To get started use https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform. Reference: developers.google.com/identity/protocols/googlescopes
          – John Hanley
          Nov 8 at 18:34












          Thanks! One other question, do you know if it'd be possible to use the Google API Client libraries to invoke it programmaticly?
          – Dandan
          Nov 8 at 23:50




          Thanks! One other question, do you know if it'd be possible to use the Google API Client libraries to invoke it programmaticly?
          – Dandan
          Nov 8 at 23:50












          Here are some how-to guides to get you started cloud.google.com/iap/docs/how-to
          – John Hanley
          Nov 8 at 23:54




          Here are some how-to guides to get you started cloud.google.com/iap/docs/how-to
          – John Hanley
          Nov 8 at 23:54


















           

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