If you use Google Sign-In with an app or site that communicates with a backend server, you might need to identify the currently signed-in user on the server. To do so securely, after a user successfully signs in, send the user's ID token to your server using HTTPS. Then, on the server, verify the integrity of the ID token and use the user information contained in the token to establish a session or create a new account.
Send the ID token to your server
After a user successfully signs in, get the user's ID token:
Swift
GIDSignIn.sharedInstance.signIn(withPresenting: self) { signInResult, error in guard error == nil else { return } guard let signInResult = signInResult else { return } signInResult.user.refreshTokensIfNeeded { user, error in guard error == nil else { return } guard let user = user else { return } let idToken = user.idToken // Send ID token to backend (example below). } }
Objective-C
[GIDSignIn.sharedInstance signInWithPresentingViewController:self completion:^(GIDSignInResult * _Nullable signInResult, NSError * _Nullable error) { if (error) { return; } if (signInResult == nil) { return; } [signInResult.user refreshTokensIfNeededWithCompletion:^(GIDGoogleUser * _Nullable user, NSError * _Nullable error) { if (error) { return; } if (user == nil) { return; } NSString *idToken = user.idToken; // Send ID token to backend (example below). }]; }];
Then, send the ID token to your server with an HTTPS POST request:
Swift
func tokenSignInExample(idToken: String) { guard let authData = try? JSONEncoder().encode(["idToken": idToken]) else { return } let url = URL(string: "https://yourbackend.example.com/tokensignin")! var request = URLRequest(url: url) request.httpMethod = "POST" request.setValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type") let task = URLSession.shared.uploadTask(with: request, from: authData) { data, response, error in // Handle response from your backend. } task.resume() }
Objective-C
NSString *signinEndpoint = @"https://yourbackend.example.com/tokensignin"; NSDictionary *params = @{@"idtoken": idToken}; NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:signinEndpoint]; [request setValue:@"application/x-www-form-urlencoded" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"]; [request setHTTPMethod:@"POST"]; [request setHTTPBody:[self httpBodyForParamsDictionary:params]]; NSOperationQueue *queue = [[NSOperationQueue alloc] init]; [NSURLConnection sendAsynchronousRequest:request queue:queue completionHandler:^(NSURLResponse *response, NSData *data, NSError *error) { if (error) { NSLog(@"Error: %@", error.localizedDescription); } else { NSLog(@"Signed in as %@", data.bytes); } }];
Verify the integrity of the ID token
After you receive the ID token by HTTPS POST, you must verify the integrity of the token.
如需验证令牌是否有效，请确保满足以下条件：
- ID 令牌已由 Google 正确签名。使用 Google 的公钥（以 JWK 或 PEM 格式提供）验证令牌的签名。这些密钥会定期轮换；请检查响应中的
Cache-Control标头，以确定何时应再次检索这些密钥。 - ID 令牌中的
aud值等于您应用的某个客户端 ID。此检查是必要的，可防止向恶意应用发放的 ID 令牌被用于访问您应用后端服务器上有关同一用户的数据。 - ID 令牌中
iss的值等于accounts.google.com或https://accounts.google.com。 - ID 令牌的到期时间 (
exp) 尚未到期。 - 如果您需要验证 ID 令牌是否代表 Google Workspace 或 Cloud 组织账号，可以检查
hd声明，该声明表示用户的托管网域。如果需要将对资源的访问权限限制为仅限特定网域的成员，则必须使用此方法。如果缺少此声明，则表示相应账号不属于 Google 托管网域。
通过使用 email、email_verified 和 hd 字段，您可以确定 Google 是否托管某个电子邮件地址并对其具有权威性。如果 Google 是权威方，则表示用户是合法的账号所有者，您可以跳过密码或其他身份验证方法。
Google 具有权威性的情况：
email带有@gmail.com后缀，则表示这是 Gmail 账号。email_verified为 true 且设置了hd，则为 Google Workspace 账号。
用户可以注册 Google 账号，而无需使用 Gmail 或 Google Workspace。如果 email 不包含 @gmail.com 后缀且 hd 不存在，则 Google 不具有权威性，建议使用密码或其他质询方法来验证用户身份。email_verified 也可能为 true，因为 Google 最初在创建 Google 账号时验证了用户身份，但第三方电子邮件账号的所有权可能已发生变化。
我们强烈建议您使用适用于您平台的 Google API 客户端库或通用 JWT 库，而不是自行编写代码来执行这些验证步骤。对于开发和调试，您可以调用我们的 tokeninfo 验证端点。
Using a Google API Client Library
Using one of the Google API Client Libraries (e.g. Java, Node.js, PHP, Python) is the recommended way to validate Google ID tokens in a production environment.
To validate an ID token in Java, use the GoogleIdTokenVerifier object. For example:
import com.google.api.client.googleapis.auth.oauth2.GoogleIdToken; import com.google.api.client.googleapis.auth.oauth2.GoogleIdToken.Payload; import com.google.api.client.googleapis.auth.oauth2.GoogleIdTokenVerifier; ... GoogleIdTokenVerifier verifier = new GoogleIdTokenVerifier.Builder(transport, jsonFactory) // Specify the WEB_CLIENT_ID of the app that accesses the backend: .setAudience(Collections.singletonList(WEB_CLIENT_ID)) // Or, if multiple clients access the backend: //.setAudience(Arrays.asList(WEB_CLIENT_ID_1, WEB_CLIENT_ID_2, WEB_CLIENT_ID_3)) .build(); // (Receive idTokenString by HTTPS POST) GoogleIdToken idToken = verifier.verify(idTokenString); if (idToken != null) { Payload payload = idToken.getPayload(); // Print user identifier String userId = payload.getSubject(); System.out.println("User ID: " + userId); // Get profile information from payload String email = payload.getEmail(); boolean emailVerified = Boolean.valueOf(payload.getEmailVerified()); String name = (String) payload.get("name"); String pictureUrl = (String) payload.get("picture"); String locale = (String) payload.get("locale"); String familyName = (String) payload.get("family_name"); String givenName = (String) payload.get("given_name"); // Use or store profile information // ... } else { System.out.println("Invalid ID token."); }
The GoogleIdTokenVerifier.verify() method verifies the JWT
signature, the aud claim, the iss claim, and the
exp claim.
If you need to validate that the ID token represents a Google Workspace or Cloud
organization account, you can verify the hd claim by checking the domain name
returned by the Payload.getHostedDomain() method. The domain of the
email claim is insufficient to ensure that the account is managed by a domain
or organization.
To validate an ID token in Node.js, use the Google Auth Library for Node.js. Install the library:
npm install google-auth-library --save
verifyIdToken() function. For example:
const {OAuth2Client} = require('google-auth-library'); const client = new OAuth2Client(); async function verify() { const ticket = await client.verifyIdToken({ idToken: token, audience: WEB_CLIENT_ID, // Specify the WEB_CLIENT_ID of the app that accesses the backend // Or, if multiple clients access the backend: //[WEB_CLIENT_ID_1, WEB_CLIENT_ID_2, WEB_CLIENT_ID_3] }); const payload = ticket.getPayload(); const userid = payload['sub']; // If the request specified a Google Workspace domain: // const domain = payload['hd']; } verify().catch(console.error);
The verifyIdToken function verifies
the JWT signature, the aud claim, the exp claim,
and the iss claim.
If you need to validate that the ID token represents a Google Workspace or Cloud
organization account, you can check the hd claim, which indicates the hosted
domain of the user. This must be used when restricting access to a resource to only members
of certain domains. The absence of this claim indicates that the account does not belong to
a Google hosted domain.
To validate an ID token in PHP, use the Google API Client Library for PHP. Install the library (for example, using Composer):
composer require google/apiclient
verifyIdToken() function. For example:
require_once 'vendor/autoload.php'; // Get $id_token via HTTPS POST. $client = new Google_Client(['client_id' => $WEB_CLIENT_ID]); // Specify the WEB_CLIENT_ID of the app that accesses the backend $payload = $client->verifyIdToken($id_token); if ($payload) { $userid = $payload['sub']; // If the request specified a Google Workspace domain //$domain = $payload['hd']; } else { // Invalid ID token }
The verifyIdToken function verifies
the JWT signature, the aud claim, the exp claim,
and the iss claim.
If you need to validate that the ID token represents a Google Workspace or Cloud
organization account, you can check the hd claim, which indicates the hosted
domain of the user. This must be used when restricting access to a resource to only members
of certain domains. The absence of this claim indicates that the account does not belong to
a Google hosted domain.
To validate an ID token in Python, use the verify_oauth2_token function. For example:
from google.oauth2 import id_token from google.auth.transport import requests # (Receive token by HTTPS POST) # ... try: # Specify the WEB_CLIENT_ID of the app that accesses the backend: idinfo = id_token.verify_oauth2_token(token, requests.Request(), WEB_CLIENT_ID) # Or, if multiple clients access the backend server: # idinfo = id_token.verify_oauth2_token(token, requests.Request()) # if idinfo['aud'] not in [WEB_CLIENT_ID_1, WEB_CLIENT_ID_2, WEB_CLIENT_ID_3]: # raise ValueError('Could not verify audience.') # If the request specified a Google Workspace domain # if idinfo['hd'] != DOMAIN_NAME: # raise ValueError('Wrong domain name.') # ID token is valid. Get the user's Google Account ID from the decoded token. userid = idinfo['sub'] except ValueError: # Invalid token pass
The verify_oauth2_token function verifies the JWT
signature, the aud claim, and the exp claim.
You must also verify the hd
claim (if applicable) by examining the object that
verify_oauth2_token returns. If multiple clients access the
backend server, also manually verify the aud claim.
Calling the tokeninfo endpoint
An easy way to validate an ID token signature for debugging is to
use the tokeninfo endpoint. Calling this endpoint involves an
additional network request that does most of the validation for you while you test proper
validation and payload extraction in your own code. It is not suitable for use in production
code as requests may be throttled or otherwise subject to intermittent errors.
To validate an ID token using the tokeninfo endpoint, make an HTTPS
POST or GET request to the endpoint, and pass your ID token in the
id_token parameter.
For example, to validate the token "XYZ123", make the following GET request:
https://oauth2.googleapis.com/tokeninfo?id_token=XYZ123
If the token is properly signed and the iss and exp
claims have the expected values, you will get a HTTP 200 response, where the body
contains the JSON-formatted ID token claims.
Here's an example response:
{
// These six fields are included in all Google ID Tokens.
"iss": "https://accounts.google.com",
"sub": "110169484474386276334",
"azp": "1008719970978-hb24n2dstb40o45d4feuo2ukqmcc6381.apps.googleusercontent.com",
"aud": "1008719970978-hb24n2dstb40o45d4feuo2ukqmcc6381.apps.googleusercontent.com",
"iat": "1433978353",
"exp": "1433981953",
// These seven fields are only included when the user has granted the "profile" and
// "email" OAuth scopes to the application.
"email": "testuser@gmail.com",
"email_verified": "true",
"name" : "Test User",
"picture": "https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-kYgzyAWpZzJ/ABCDEFGHI/AAAJKLMNOP/tIXL9Ir44LE/s99-c/photo.jpg",
"given_name": "Test",
"family_name": "User",
"locale": "en"
}If you need to validate that the ID token represents a Google Workspace account, you can check
the hd claim, which indicates the hosted domain of the user. This must be used when
restricting access to a resource to only members of certain domains. The absence of this claim
indicates that the account does not belong to a Google Workspace hosted domain.
Create an account or session
After you have verified the token, check if the user is already in your user database. If so, establish an authenticated session for the user. If the user isn't yet in your user database, create a new user record from the information in the ID token payload, and establish a session for the user. You can prompt the user for any additional profile information you require when you detect a newly created user in your app.
Securing your users' accounts with Cross Account Protection
When you rely on Google to sign in a user, you'll automatically benefit from all of the security features and infrastructure Google has built to safeguard the user's data. However, in the unlikely event that the user's Google Account gets compromised or there is some other significant security event, your app can also be vulnerable to attack. To better protect your accounts from any major security events, use Cross Account Protection to receive security alerts from Google. When you receive these events, you gain visibility into important changes to the security of the user's Google account and you can then take action on your service to secure your accounts.