How can I verify a Google authentication API access token?

Question

How can I verify a Google authentication access token?

I need to somehow query Google and ask: Is [given access token] valid for the [exampl

Answer 1

Here's an example using Guzzle:

/**
 * @param string $accessToken JSON-encoded access token as returned by \Google_Client->getAccessToken() or raw access token
 * @return array|false False if token is invalid or array in the form
 * 
 * array (
 *   'issued_to' => 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.apps.googleusercontent.com',
 *   'audience' => 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.apps.googleusercontent.com',
 *   'scope' => 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar',
 *   'expires_in' => 3350,
 *   'access_type' => 'offline',
 * )
 */
public static function tokenInfo($accessToken) {
    if(!strlen($accessToken)) {
        return false;
    }

    if($accessToken[0] === '{') {
        $accessToken = json_decode($accessToken)->access_token;
    }

    $guzzle = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

    try {
        $resp = $guzzle->get('https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/tokeninfo', [
            'query' => ['access_token' => $accessToken],
        ]);
    } catch(ClientException $ex) {
        return false;
    }

    return $resp->json();
}