Google oAuth 2.0 (JWT token request) for Service Application

Question

I'm trying to implement Google oAuth 2 for service accounts described here: https://developers.google.com/accounts/docs/OAuth2ServiceAccount on UnityScript (or C# - that doesn't matter because they both use the same Mono .NET classes).

I've found similar topic here: Is there a JSON Web Token (JWT) example in C#? web-token-jwt-example-in-c but I still don't have a success.

Fist of all, I have generated header and claimset (that are just like in google documentation)

var header: String = GetJWTHeader();
var claimset: String = GetJWTClaimSet();

The result is (separated with new lines for clarity):

{"alg":"RS256","typ":"JWT"}

{"iss":"425466719070-1dg2rebp0a8fn9l02k9ntr6u5o4a8lp2.apps.googleusercontent.com",

"scope":"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/prediction",

"aud":"https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token",

"exp":1340222315,

"iat":1340218715}

Base-64 encoding methods:

public static function Base64Encode(b: byte[]): String {
    var s: String = Convert.ToBase64String(b);
    s = s.Replace("+", "-");
    s = s.Replace("/", "_");
    s = s.Split("="[0])[0]; // Remove any trailing '='s
    return s;
}

public static function Base64Encode(s: String): String {    
    return Base64Encode(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(s));
}

Then I'm making a signature.

var to_sign: byte[] = 
     Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(Base64Encode(header) + "." + Base64Encode(claimset));
var cert: X509Certificate2 = 
     new X509Certificate2(google_pvt_key.ToArray(), "notasecret");
var rsa: RSACryptoServiceProvider = cert.PrivateKey;
var sgn: String = Base64Encode(rsa.SignData(to_sign, "SHA256"));

var jwt: String = Base64Encode(header) + "." + Base64Encode(claimset) + 
                     "." + sgn;

And then forming the request:

var url: String = "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token";
var form: WWWForm = new WWWForm();
form.AddField("grant_type", "assertion");
form.AddField("assertion_type", "http://oauth.net/grant_type/jwt/1.0/bearer");
form.AddField("assertion", jwt);
var headers: Hashtable = form.headers;
headers["Content-Type"] = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";

var www: WWW = new WWW(url, form.data, headers);

And all I get is "Error 400: Bad request".

The encoded data looks like (line breaks added for clarity):

eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.

eyJpc3MiOiI0MjU0NjY3MTkwNzAtMWRnMnJlYnAwYThmbjlsMDJrOW50cjZ1NW80YThscDIuYXBwcy5nb29nbGV1c2VyY29udGVudC5jb20iLCJzY29wZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lmdvb2dsZWFwaXMuY29tL2F1dGgvcHJlZGljdGlvbiIsImF1ZCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYWNjb3VudHMuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS9vL29hdXRoMi90b2tlbiIsImV4cCI6MTM0MDIyMjMxNSwiaWF0IjoxMzQwMjE4NzE1fQ.

lIFg7-Og_BcC5qpICLt7USwGIHUOz-vV4ADNq0AWhuRtsvFrbZn5mxk4n9r5qU66q4reTVVAtuW06DeGsdcBMNgEdIMvN6VuYQybs64p9mqrfECBYxO1FWHbUG-2On1IpowybEsRRUjZfp0jFuEY7SLE3XRaXan0k5zmejcvLQo

I've spent two days trying to figure out what is wrong but I can't see.

Also, I couldn't find any suitable documentation and examples.

I'm trying just to recieve a token.

Am I signing the bytes the right way?
What should "scope" parameter in claimset look like? I've tried "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/devstorage.readonly" and "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/prediction".
What "iss" parameter should be equal to? Client-id or e-mail address? (tried both)
What are the ways to find out my mistake?
Are there any C# libraries for Service Application (not for installed apps or client login)?

I'm getting crazy... It has to work, but it doesn't... :-/

I'm having a tough time too implementing service account authentication in c#! Can you confirm for me that you successfully used the grant_type and assertion_type fields as they are shown in your example? thanks — Nick

soulburner soulburner · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-20T22:32:54

The solution was that in request code all slashes have to be backslashed

WRONG:

"scope":"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/prediction",
"aud":"https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token",

CORRECT:

"scope":"https:\\/\\/www.googleapis.com\\/auth\\/prediction",
"aud":"https:\\/\\/accounts.google.com\\/o\\/oauth2\\/token",

Google oAuth 2.0 (JWT token request) for Service Application

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