A service account is a special type of Google account that
belongs to your application or a virtual machine (VM), instead
of to an individual end user. Your application assumes the
identity of the service account to call Google APIs, so that the
users aren't directly involved.
Service account credentials are used to temporarily assume the
identity of the service account. Supported credential types
include OAuth 2.0 access tokens, OpenID Connect ID tokens,
self-signed JSON Web Tokens (JWTs), and more.
A service account is a special type of Google account that
belongs to your application or a virtual machine (VM), instead
of to an individual end user. Your application assumes the
identity of the service account to call Google APIs, so that the
users aren't directly involved.
Service account credentials are used to temporarily assume the
identity of the service account. Supported credential types
include OAuth 2.0 access tokens, OpenID Connect ID tokens,
self-signed JSON Web Tokens (JWTs), and more.