| title | Authentication |
|---|---|
| type | docs |
| weight | 1 |
| description | AuthServices represent services that handle authentication and authorization. |
AuthServices represent services that handle authentication and authorization. It can primarily be used by Tools in two different ways:
- Authorized Invocation is when a tool is validated by the auth service before the call can be invoked. Toolbox will reject any calls that fail to validate or have an invalid token.
- Authenticated Parameters replace the value of a parameter with a field from an OIDC claim. Toolbox will automatically resolve the ID token provided by the client and replace the parameter in the tool call.
The following configurations are placed at the top level of a tools.yaml file.
{{< notice tip >}} If you are accessing Toolbox with multiple applications, each application should register their own Client ID even if they use the same "type" of auth provider. {{< /notice >}}
kind: authService
name: my_auth_app_1
type: google
clientId: ${YOUR_CLIENT_ID_1}
---
kind: authService
name: my_auth_app_2
type: google
clientId: ${YOUR_CLIENT_ID_2}{{< notice tip >}} Use environment variable replacement with the format ${ENV_NAME} instead of hardcoding your secrets into the configuration file. {{< /notice >}}
After you've configured an authService you'll, need to reference it in the
configuration for each tool that should use it:
- Authorized Invocations for authorizing a tool call, use the
authRequiredfield in a tool config - Authenticated Parameters for using the value from a OIDC claim, use the
authServicefield in a parameter config
After configuring your authService, use a Toolbox SDK to
add your ID tokens to the header of a Tool invocation request. When specifying a
token you will provide a function (that returns an id). This function is called
when the tool is invoked. This allows you to cache and refresh the ID token as
needed.
The primary method for providing these getters is via the auth_token_getters
parameter when loading tools, or the add_auth_token_getter() /
add_auth_token_getters() methods on a loaded tool object.
Use the Python SDK.
{{< tabpane persist=header >}} {{< tab header="Core" lang="Python" >}} import asyncio from toolbox_core import ToolboxClient
async def get_auth_token(): # ... Logic to retrieve ID token (e.g., from local storage, OAuth flow) # This example just returns a placeholder. Replace with your actual token retrieval. return "YOUR_ID_TOKEN" # Placeholder
async def main(): async with ToolboxClient("http://127.0.0.1:5000") as toolbox: auth_tool = await toolbox.load_tool( "get_sensitive_data", auth_token_getters={"my_auth_app_1": get_auth_token} ) result = await auth_tool(param="value") print(result)
if name == "main": asyncio.run(main()) {{< /tab >}} {{< tab header="LangChain" lang="Python" >}} import asyncio from toolbox_langchain import ToolboxClient
async def get_auth_token(): # ... Logic to retrieve ID token (e.g., from local storage, OAuth flow) # This example just returns a placeholder. Replace with your actual token retrieval. return "YOUR_ID_TOKEN" # Placeholder
async def main(): toolbox = ToolboxClient("http://127.0.0.1:5000")
auth_tool = await toolbox.aload_tool(
"get_sensitive_data",
auth_token_getters={"my_auth_app_1": get_auth_token}
)
result = await auth_tool.ainvoke({"param": "value"})
print(result)
if name == "main": asyncio.run(main()) {{< /tab >}} {{< tab header="Llamaindex" lang="Python" >}} import asyncio from toolbox_llamaindex import ToolboxClient
async def get_auth_token(): # ... Logic to retrieve ID token (e.g., from local storage, OAuth flow) # This example just returns a placeholder. Replace with your actual token retrieval. return "YOUR_ID_TOKEN" # Placeholder
async def main(): toolbox = ToolboxClient("http://127.0.0.1:5000")
auth_tool = await toolbox.aload_tool(
"get_sensitive_data",
auth_token_getters={"my_auth_app_1": get_auth_token}
)
# result = await auth_tool.acall(param="value")
# print(result.content)
if name == "main": asyncio.run(main()){{< /tab >}} {{< /tabpane >}}
Use the JS SDK.
import { ToolboxClient } from '@toolbox-sdk/core';
async function getAuthToken() {
// ... Logic to retrieve ID token (e.g., from local storage, OAuth flow)
// This example just returns a placeholder. Replace with your actual token retrieval.
return "YOUR_ID_TOKEN" // Placeholder
}
const URL = 'http://127.0.0.1:5000';
let client = new ToolboxClient(URL);
const authTool = await client.loadTool("my-tool", {"my_auth_app_1": getAuthToken});
const result = await authTool({param:"value"});
console.log(result);
print(result)Use the Go SDK.
import "github.com/googleapis/mcp-toolbox-sdk-go/core"
import "fmt"
func getAuthToken() string {
// ... Logic to retrieve ID token (e.g., from local storage, OAuth flow)
// This example just returns a placeholder. Replace with your actual token retrieval.
return "YOUR_ID_TOKEN" // Placeholder
}
func main() {
URL := "http://127.0.0.1:5000"
client, err := core.NewToolboxClient(URL)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Failed to create Toolbox client: %v", err)
}
dynamicTokenSource := core.NewCustomTokenSource(getAuthToken)
authTool, err := client.LoadTool(
"my-tool",
ctx,
core.WithAuthTokenSource("my_auth_app_1", dynamicTokenSource))
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Failed to load tool: %v", err)
}
inputs := map[string]any{"param": "value"}
result, err := authTool.Invoke(ctx, inputs)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Failed to invoke tool: %v", err)
}
fmt.Println(result)
}Use the Python SDK.
{{< tabpane persist=header >}} {{< tab header="Core" lang="Python" >}} tools = await toolbox.load_toolset()
authorized_tool = tools[0].add_auth_token_getter("my_auth", get_auth_token)
authorized_tool = tools[0].add_auth_token_getters({ "my_auth1": get_auth1_token, "my_auth2": get_auth2_token, }) {{< /tab >}} {{< tab header="LangChain" lang="Python" >}} tools = toolbox.load_toolset()
authorized_tool = tools[0].add_auth_token_getter("my_auth", get_auth_token)
authorized_tool = tools[0].add_auth_token_getters({ "my_auth1": get_auth1_token, "my_auth2": get_auth2_token, }) {{< /tab >}} {{< tab header="Llamaindex" lang="Python" >}} tools = toolbox.load_toolset()
authorized_tool = tools[0].add_auth_token_getter("my_auth", get_auth_token)
authorized_tool = tools[0].add_auth_token_getters({ "my_auth1": get_auth1_token, "my_auth2": get_auth2_token, }) {{< /tab >}} {{< /tabpane >}}
Use the JS SDK.
const URL = 'http://127.0.0.1:5000';
let client = new ToolboxClient(URL);
let tool = await client.loadTool("my-tool")
// for a single token
const authorizedTool = tool.addAuthTokenGetter("my_auth", get_auth_token)
// OR, if multiple tokens are needed
const multiAuthTool = tool.addAuthTokenGetters({
"my_auth_1": getAuthToken1,
"my_auth_2": getAuthToken2,
})Use the Go SDK.
import "github.com/googleapis/mcp-toolbox-sdk-go/core"
func main() {
URL := "http://127.0.0.1:5000"
client, err := core.NewToolboxClient(URL)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Failed to create Toolbox client: %v", err)
}
tool, err := client.LoadTool("my-tool", ctx)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Failed to load tool: %v", err)
}
dynamicTokenSource1 := core.NewCustomTokenSource(getAuthToken1)
dynamicTokenSource2 := core.NewCustomTokenSource(getAuthToken1)
// For a single token
authTool, err := tool.ToolFrom(
core.WithAuthTokenSource("my-auth", dynamicTokenSource1),
)
// OR, if multiple tokens are needed
authTool, err := tool.ToolFrom(
core.WithAuthTokenSource("my-auth_1", dynamicTokenSource1),
core.WithAuthTokenSource("my-auth_2", dynamicTokenSource2),
)
}