I played with oauth2 to better understand it. For this reason, I installed offlineimap, which should act as a third-party application. I found a good way to read encrypted credentials here on stackexchange .
Based on the related post, I modified / copied the following python script:
import subprocess
import os
import json
def passwd(file_name):
acct = os.path.basename(file_name)
path = "/PATHTOFILE/%s" % file_name
args = ["gpg", "--use-agent", "--quiet", "--batch", "-d", path]
try:
return subprocess.check_output(args).strip()
except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
return ""
def oauthpasswd(acct, key):
acct = os.path.basename(acct)
path = "/PATHTOFILE/%s_oauth2.gpg" % acct
args = ["gpg", "--use-agent", "--quiet", "--batch", "-d", path]
try:
return str(json.loads(subprocess.check_output(args).strip())['installed'][key])
except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
return ""
def prime_gpg_agent():
ret = False
i = 1
while not ret:
ret = (passwd("prime.gpg") == "prime")
if i > 2:
from offlineimap.ui import getglobalui
sys.stderr.write("Error reading in passwords. Terminating.\n")
getglobalui().terminate()
i += 1
return ret
prime_gpg_agent()
In the corresponding offlineimaprc file, I call the function with the correct arguments:
oauth2_client_id = oauthpasswd('gmail', 'client_id')
oauth2_client_secret = oauthpasswd('gmail', 'client_secret')
oauth2_request_url = https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token
oauth2_refresh_token = passwd('gmail_rf_token.gpg')
Please note that the parameter is PATHTOFILEset correctly in the local file . What I did was uploaded by a JSON file from Google, including oauth2 credentials and encrypted. I saved the update token in a separate file. However, if I run offlineimap, I get an authentication error:
ERROR: While attempting to sync account 'gmail'
('http error', 401, 'Unauthorized', <httplib.HTTPMessage instance at 0x7f488c214320>) (configuration is: {'client_secret': "oauthpasswd('gmail', 'client_secret')", 'grant_type': 'refresh_token', 'refresh_token': "passwd('gmail_rf_token.gpg')", 'client_id': "oauthpasswd('gmail', 'client_id')"})
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oauthpasswd('gmail', 'client_id')
oauthpasswd('gmail', 'client_secret')
passwd('gmail_rf_token.gpg')
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