{"categories":[{"label":"Internet","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/internet/3"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Provides Python client libraries for Google Cloud authentication, supporting service accounts, user credentials, GCE metadata, impersonated accounts, and workload identity federation via asyncio or threadsafe interfaces.","skillfed_tags":["gcp-auth","workload-identity","async-ready"],"use_cases":["Authenticate a Python application against GCP services using a service account JSON file.","Implement workload identity federation for applications running outside GCP (e.g., on-premises or other clouds).","Authorize requests to an Identity-Aware Proxy protected GCP service using IAP tokens.","Build a multi-tenant application where each tenant uses impersonated service account credentials.","Manage token refresh automatically in a long-running async application accessing multiple GCP services."],"what_it_does":"gcloud-rest-auth is a Python client library for authenticating with Google Cloud Platform services. It abstracts away the complexity of GCP credential management by providing a Token class that handles multiple authentication methods\u2014service accounts, user credentials, GCE metadata, impersonated service accounts, and workload identity federation\u2014and manages token lifecycle including refresh. The library also provides specialized classes like IamClient for interacting with GCP public keys and URL signing, and IapToken for securing access to Identity-Aware Proxy protected services.\n\nThe package is designed to integrate with other gcloud-rest-* components, allowing you to define authentication once and reuse it across multiple GCP service clients. It supports both asyncio and threadsafe execution models, making it suitable for concurrent applications. With active maintenance, no known vulnerabilities, and a permissive MIT license, it's a stable choice for applications that need reliable GCP authentication without managing credentials manually.","worth_installing":"Yes. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, uses a permissive MIT license, and offers low-friction installation. It solves a real problem\u2014GCP credential management\u2014across multiple authentication methods and execution models. Suitable for production use in applications that need reliable, flexible authentication with Google Cloud."},"id":"gcloud-rest-auth","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/gcloud-rest-auth","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/gcloud-rest-auth.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/gcloud-rest-auth/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-07-17","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"gcloud-rest-auth","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Python Client for Google Cloud Auth"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":604952,"position":5802,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"5.5.0"}