NAME
    gcloud auth print-access-token - print an access token for the specified
        account

SYNOPSIS
    gcloud auth print-access-token [ACCOUNT] [--lifetime=LIFETIME]
        [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]

DESCRIPTION
    Print an access token for the specified account. See RFC6749
    (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6749) for more information about access
    tokens.

    Note that token itself may not be enough to access some services. If you
    use the token with curl or similar tools, you may see permission errors
    similar to "API has not been used in project 32555940559 before or it is
    disabled.". If it happens, you may need to provide a quota project in the
    "X-Goog-User-Project" header. For example,

        $ curl -H "X-Goog-User-Project: your-project" \
            -H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
            foo.googleapis.com

    The identity that granted the token must have the serviceusage.services.use
    permission on the provided project. See
    https://cloud.google.com/apis/docs/system-parameters for more information.

EXAMPLES
    To print access tokens:

        $ gcloud auth print-access-token

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
     [ACCOUNT]
        Account to get the access token for. If not specified, the current
        active account will be used.

FLAGS
     --lifetime=LIFETIME
        Access token lifetime. The default access token lifetime is 3600
        seconds, but you can use this flag to reduce the lifetime or extend it
        up to 43200 seconds (12 hours). The org policy constraint
        constraints/iam.allowServiceAccountCredentialLifetimeExtension must be
        set if you want to extend the lifetime beyond 3600 seconds. Note that
        this flag is for service account impersonation only, so it must be used
        together with the --impersonate-service-account flag.

GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
    These flags are available to all commands: --access-token-file, --account,
    --billing-project, --configuration, --flags-file, --flatten, --format,
    --help, --impersonate-service-account, --log-http, --project, --quiet,
    --trace-token, --user-output-enabled, --verbosity.

    Run $ gcloud help for details.

NOTES
    These variants are also available:

        $ gcloud alpha auth print-access-token

        $ gcloud beta auth print-access-token