chrome/common/extensions/api/identity.idl

// Copyright (c) 2013 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

// Use the <code>chrome.identity</code> API to get OAuth2 access tokens.
namespace identity {

  dictionary AccountInfo {
    // A unique identifier for the account. This ID will not change
    // for the lifetime of the account.
    DOMString id;
  };

  dictionary ProfileUserInfo {
    // An email address for the user account signed into the current
    // profile. Empty if the user is not signed in.
    DOMString email;

    // A unique identifier for the account. This ID will not change
    // for the lifetime of the account. Empty if the user is not
    // signed in.
    DOMString id;
  };

  dictionary TokenDetails {
    // Fetching a token may require the user to sign-in to Chrome, or
    // approve the application's requested scopes. If the interactive
    // flag is <code>true</code>, <code>getAuthToken</code> will
    // prompt the user as necessary. When the flag is
    // <code>false</code> or omitted, <code>getAuthToken</code> will
    // return failure any time a prompt would be required.
    boolean? interactive;

    // The account ID whose token should be returned. If not
    // specified, the primary account for the profile will be used.
    //
    // <code>account</code> is only supported when the
    // "enable-new-profile-management" flag is set.
    AccountInfo? account;

    // A list of OAuth2 scopes to request.
    //
    // When the <code>scopes</code> field is present, it overrides the
    // list of scopes specified in manifest.json.
    DOMString[]? scopes;
  };

  dictionary InvalidTokenDetails {
    // The specific token that should be removed from the cache.
    DOMString token;
  };

  dictionary WebAuthFlowDetails {
    // The URL that initiates the auth flow.
    DOMString url;

    // Whether to launch auth flow in interactive mode.
    //
    // Since some auth flows may immediately redirect to a result URL,
    // <code>launchWebAuthFlow</code> hides its web view until the
    // first navigation either redirects to the final URL, or finishes
    // loading a page meant to be displayed.
    //
    // If the interactive flag is <code>true</code>, the window will
    // be displayed when a page load completes. If the flag is
    // <code>false</code> or omitted, <code>launchWebAuthFlow</code>
    // will return with an error if the initial navigation does not
    // complete the flow.
    boolean? interactive;
  };

  callback GetAuthTokenCallback = void (optional DOMString token);
  callback GetAccountsCallback = void (AccountInfo[] accounts);
  callback GetProfileUserInfoCallback = void (ProfileUserInfo userInfo);
  callback InvalidateAuthTokenCallback = void ();
  callback LaunchWebAuthFlowCallback = void (optional DOMString responseUrl);

  interface Functions {
    // Retrieves a list of AccountInfo objects describing the accounts
    // present on the profile.<br>
    // <code>getAccounts</code> is only supported on dev channel.
    static void getAccounts(GetAccountsCallback callback);

    // Gets an OAuth2 access token using the client ID and scopes
    // specified in the <a
    // href="app_identity.html#update_manifest"><code>oauth2</code>
    // section of manifest.json</a>.
    //
    // The Identity API caches access tokens in memory, so it's ok to
    // call <code>getAuthToken</code> non-interactively any time a token is
    // required. The token cache automatically handles expiration.
    //
    // For a good user experience it is important interactive token requests are
    // initiated by UI in your app explaining what the authorization is for.
    // Failing to do this will cause your users to get authorization requests,
    // or Chrome sign in screens if they are not signed in, with with no
    // context. In particular, do not use <code>getAuthToken</code>
    // interactively when your app is first launched.
    //
    // |details| : Token options.
    // |callback| : Called with an OAuth2 access token as specified by the
    // manifest, or undefined if there was an error.
    static void getAuthToken(optional TokenDetails details,
                             GetAuthTokenCallback callback);

    // Retrieves email address and obfuscated gaia id of the user
    // signed into a profile.
    //
    // This API is different from identity.getAccounts in two
    // ways. The information returned is available offline, and it
    // only applies to the primary account for the profile.
    static void getProfileUserInfo(GetProfileUserInfoCallback callback);

    // Removes an OAuth2 access token from the Identity API's token cache.
    //
    // If an access token is discovered to be invalid, it should be
    // passed to removeCachedAuthToken to remove it from the
    // cache. The app may then retrieve a fresh token with
    // <code>getAuthToken</code>.
    //
    // |details| : Token information.
    // |callback| : Called when the token has been removed from the cache.
    static void removeCachedAuthToken(
        InvalidTokenDetails details, InvalidateAuthTokenCallback callback);

    // Starts an auth flow at the specified URL.
    //
    // This method enables auth flows with non-Google identity
    // providers by launching a web view and navigating it to the
    // first URL in the provider's auth flow. When the provider
    // redirects to a URL matching the pattern
    // <code>https://&lt;app-id&gt;.chromiumapp.org/*</code>, the
    // window will close, and the final redirect URL will be passed to
    // the <var>callback</var> function.
    //
    // For a good user experience it is important interactive auth flows are
    // initiated by UI in your app explaining what the authorization is for.
    // Failing to do this will cause your users to get authorization requests
    // with no context. In particular, do not launch an interactive auth flow
    // when your app is first launched.
    //
    // |details| : WebAuth flow options.
    // |callback| : Called with the URL redirected back to your application.
    static void launchWebAuthFlow(WebAuthFlowDetails details,
                                  LaunchWebAuthFlowCallback callback);

    // Generates a redirect URL to be used in |launchWebAuthFlow|.
    //
    // The generated URLs match the pattern
    // <code>https://&lt;app-id&gt;.chromiumapp.org/*</code>.
    //
    // |path| : The path appended to the end of the generated URL.
    [nocompile] static DOMString getRedirectURL(optional DOMString path);
  };

  interface Events {
    // Fired when signin state changes for an account on the user's profile.
    static void onSignInChanged(AccountInfo account, boolean signedIn);
  };
};