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A Class Module to authenticate and authorise the use of the Google Sheet API
const fs = require('fs');
const readline = require('readline');
const {google} = require('googleapis');
// If modifying these scopes, delete token.json.
// SCOPE gives additional rules to the sheet, you can restrict rule to readonly or give full access
const SCOPES = ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets'];
// The file token.json stores the user's access and refresh tokens, and is
// created automatically when the authorization flow completes for the first
// time.
// The path were your token.json file is saved, depends totally on you.
const TOKEN_PATH = './token.json';
class Authentication {
authenticated(){
return new Promise((sucesss, failed) => {
// Load client secrets from a local file.
let credentials = this.getClientSecret()
let authorized = this.authorize(credentials)
authorized.then(sucesss, failed)
})
}
getClientSecret(){
return require('./credentials.json');
}
/**
* Create an OAuth2 client with the given credentials, and then execute the
* given callback function.
* @param {Object} credentials The authorization client credentials.
* @param {function} callback The callback to call with the authorized client.
*/
authorize(credentials) {
const {client_secret, client_id, redirect_uris} = credentials.web;
const oAuth2Client = new google.auth.OAuth2(
client_id, client_secret, redirect_uris[0]);
return new Promise((success, failed) => {
// Check if we have previously stored a token.
fs.readFile(TOKEN_PATH, (err, token) => {
if (err) {
this.getNewToken(oAuth2Client)
.then((oAuth2ClientNew) => {
success(oAuth2ClientNew)
}, (err) => {
failed(err)
})
} else {
oAuth2Client.setCredentials(JSON.parse(token));
success(oAuth2Client);
}
});
})
}
/**
* Get and store new token after prompting for user authorization, and then
* execute the given callback with the authorized OAuth2 client.
* @param {google.auth.OAuth2} oAuth2Client The OAuth2 client to get token for.
* @param {getEventsCallback} callback The callback for the authorized client.
*/
getNewToken(oAuth2Client, callback) {
return new Promise((success, failed) => {
const authUrl = oAuth2Client.generateAuthUrl({
access_type: 'offline',
scope: SCOPES,
});
console.log('Authorize this app by visiting this url:', authUrl);
const rl = readline.createInterface({
input: process.stdin,
output: process.stdout,
});
rl.question('Enter the code from that page here: ', (code) => {
rl.close();
oAuth2Client.getToken(code, (err, token) => {
if (err) {
console.error('Error while trying to retrieve access token', err);
failed()
}
oAuth2Client.setCredentials(token);
// Store the token to disk for later program executions
fs.writeFile(TOKEN_PATH, JSON.stringify(token), (err) => {
if (err) return console.error(err);
console.log('Token stored to', TOKEN_PATH);
});
success(oAuth2Client);
});
});
})
}
}
module.exports = new Authentication
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