validate_jwt.py

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"""Sample showing how to validate the Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP) JWT.

This code should be used by applications in Google Compute Engine-based
environments (such as Google App Engine flexible environment, Google
Compute Engine, Google Container Engine, Google App Engine) to provide
an extra layer of assurance that a request was authorized by IAP.
"""
# [START iap_validate_jwt]
from google.auth.transport import requests
from google.oauth2 import id_token


def validate_iap_jwt(iap_jwt, expected_audience):
    """Validate an IAP JWT.

    Args:
      iap_jwt: The contents of the X-Goog-IAP-JWT-Assertion header.
      expected_audience: The Signed Header JWT audience. See
          https://cloud.google.com/iap/docs/signed-headers-howto
          for details on how to get this value.

    Returns:
      (user_id, user_email, error_str).
    """

    try:
        decoded_jwt = id_token.verify_token(
            iap_jwt, requests.Request(), audience=expected_audience,
            certs_url='https://www.gstatic.com/iap/verify/public_key')
        return (decoded_jwt['sub'], decoded_jwt['email'], '')
    except Exception as e:
        return (None, None, '**ERROR: JWT validation error {}**'.format(e))

# [END iap_validate_jwt]