if __name__ == "__main__": url_to_fetch = sys.argv[1] data = fetch_data(url_to_fetch) print(data)
: The endpoint used to list the Service Accounts attached to that specific instance. ⚠️ Security Risk: Why This Matters
This returns a JSON access token you can use in Authorization headers when calling Google APIs:
def get_token(self): if self._expiry < time.time() + 60: # refresh 60s early resp = requests.get( "http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1/instance/service-accounts/default/token", headers="Metadata-Flavor": "Google" ) data = resp.json() self._token = data["access_token"] self._expiry = time.time() + data["expires_in"] return self._token
curl -H "Metadata-Flavor: Google" \ "http://google.internal" Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard Using Python: