grpc/include/grpc++/credentials.h

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#ifndef __GRPCPP_CREDENTIALS_H_
#define __GRPCPP_CREDENTIALS_H_

#include <chrono>
#include <memory>

#include <grpc++/config.h>

namespace grpc {
class ChannelArguments;
class ChannelInterface;

class Credentials {
 public:
  virtual ~Credentials();

 private:
  friend std::shared_ptr<ChannelInterface> CreateChannel(
      const grpc::string& target, const std::unique_ptr<Credentials>& creds,
      const ChannelArguments& args);

  virtual std::shared_ptr<ChannelInterface> CreateChannel(
      const grpc::string& target, const ChannelArguments& args) = 0;
};

// Options used to build SslCredentials
// pem_roots_cert is the buffer containing the PEM encoding of the server root
// certificates. If this parameter is empty, the default roots will be used.
// pem_private_key is the buffer containing the PEM encoding of the client's
// private key. This parameter can be empty if the client does not have a
// private key.
// pem_cert_chain is the buffer containing the PEM encoding of the client's
// certificate chain. This parameter can be empty if the client does not have
// a certificate chain.
struct SslCredentialsOptions {
  grpc::string pem_root_certs;
  grpc::string pem_private_key;
  grpc::string pem_cert_chain;
};

// Factories for building different types of Credentials
// The functions may return empty unique_ptr when credentials cannot be created.
// If a Credentials pointer is returned, it can still be invalid when used to
// create a channel. A lame channel will be created then and all rpcs will
// fail on it.

// Builds credentials with reasonable defaults.
std::unique_ptr<Credentials> DefaultCredentials();

// Builds SSL Credentials given SSL specific options
std::unique_ptr<Credentials> SslCredentials(
    const SslCredentialsOptions& options);

// Builds credentials for use when running in GCE
std::unique_ptr<Credentials> ComputeEngineCredentials();

// Builds service account credentials.
// json_key is the JSON key string containing the client's private key.
// scope is a space-delimited list of the requested permissions.
// token_lifetime is the lifetime of each token acquired through this service
// account credentials. It should be positive and should not exceed
// grpc_max_auth_token_lifetime or will be cropped to this value.
std::unique_ptr<Credentials> ServiceAccountCredentials(
    const grpc::string& json_key, const grpc::string& scope,
    std::chrono::seconds token_lifetime);

// Builds IAM credentials.
std::unique_ptr<Credentials> IAMCredentials(
    const grpc::string& authorization_token,
    const grpc::string& authority_selector);

// Combines two credentials objects into a composite credentials
std::unique_ptr<Credentials> ComposeCredentials(
    const std::unique_ptr<Credentials>& creds1,
    const std::unique_ptr<Credentials>& creds2);

// Credentials for an unencrypted, unauthenticated channel
std::unique_ptr<Credentials> InsecureCredentials();

}  // namespace grpc

#endif  // __GRPCPP_CREDENTIALS_H_