fix: move to using insecure grpc channels with emulator

google/cloud/firestore_v1/base_client.py

@@ -167,50 +167,25 @@ def _firestore_api_helper(self, transport, client_class, client_module) -> Any:
 
     def _emulator_channel(self, transport):
         """
-        Creates a channel using self._credentials in a similar way to grpc.secure_channel but
-        using grpc.local_channel_credentials() rather than grpc.ssh_channel_credentials() to allow easy connection
-        to a local firestore emulator. This allows local testing of firestore rules if the credentials have been
-        created from a signed custom token.
+        Creates an insecure channel to communicate with the local emulator.
+        If credentials are provided the token is extracted and added to the
+        headers. this supports local testing of firestore rules if the credentials
+        have been created from a signed custom token.
 
         :return: grpc.Channel or grpc.aio.Channel
         """
-        # TODO: Implement a special credentials type for emulator and use
-        # "transport.create_channel" to create gRPC channels once google-auth
-        # extends it's allowed credentials types.
+        # Insecure channels are used for the emulator as secure channels
+        # cannot be used to communicate on some environments.
+        # https://github.com/googleapis/python-firestore/issues/359
+        token = "owner"
+        if self._credentials is not None and self._credentials.id_token is not None:
+            token = self._credentials.id_token
+        options = [("Authorization", f"Bearer {token}")]
+
         if "GrpcAsyncIOTransport" in str(transport.__name__):
-            return grpc.aio.secure_channel(
-                self._emulator_host, self._local_composite_credentials()
-            )
+            return grpc.aio.insecure_channel(self._emulator_host, options=options)
         else:
-            return grpc.secure_channel(
-                self._emulator_host, self._local_composite_credentials()
-            )
-
-    def _local_composite_credentials(self):
-        """
-        Creates the credentials for the local emulator channel
-        :return: grpc.ChannelCredentials
-        """
-        credentials = google.auth.credentials.with_scopes_if_required(
-            self._credentials, None
-        )
-        request = google.auth.transport.requests.Request()
-
-        # Create the metadata plugin for inserting the authorization header.
-        metadata_plugin = google.auth.transport.grpc.AuthMetadataPlugin(
-            credentials, request
-        )
-
-        # Create a set of grpc.CallCredentials using the metadata plugin.
-        google_auth_credentials = grpc.metadata_call_credentials(metadata_plugin)
-
-        # Using the local_credentials to allow connection to emulator
-        local_credentials = grpc.local_channel_credentials()
-
-        # Combine the local credentials and the authorization credentials.
-        return grpc.composite_channel_credentials(
-            local_credentials, google_auth_credentials
-        )
+            return grpc.insecure_channel(self._emulator_host, options=options)
 
     def _target_helper(self, client_class) -> str:
         """Return the target (where the API is).

tests/unit/v1/test_base_client.py

@@ -146,11 +146,11 @@ def test_emulator_channel(self):
         )
 
         emulator_host = "localhost:8081"
+        credentials = _make_credentials()
+        database = "quanta"
         with mock.patch("os.getenv") as getenv:
             getenv.return_value = emulator_host
-
-            credentials = _make_credentials()
-            database = "quanta"
+            credentials.id_token = None
             client = self._make_one(
                 project=self.PROJECT, credentials=credentials, database=database
             )
@@ -160,21 +160,23 @@ def test_emulator_channel(self):
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(channel, grpc.Channel))
         channel = client._emulator_channel(FirestoreGrpcAsyncIOTransport)
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(channel, grpc.aio.Channel))
-        # checks that the credentials are composite ones using a local channel from grpc
-        composite_credentials = client._local_composite_credentials()
-        self.assertTrue(isinstance(composite_credentials, grpc.ChannelCredentials))
-        self.assertTrue(
-            isinstance(
-                composite_credentials._credentials._call_credentialses[0],
-                grpc._cython.cygrpc.MetadataPluginCallCredentials,
+
+        # Verify that when credentials are provided with an id token it is used
+        # for channel construction
+        # NOTE: On windows, emulation requires an insecure channel. If this is
+        # altered to use a secure channel, start by verifying that it still
+        # works as expected on windows.
+        with mock.patch("os.getenv") as getenv:
+            getenv.return_value = emulator_host
+            credentials.id_token = "test"
+            client = self._make_one(
+                project=self.PROJECT, credentials=credentials, database=database
             )
-        )
-        self.assertTrue(
-            isinstance(
-                composite_credentials._credentials._channel_credentials,
-                grpc._cython.cygrpc.LocalChannelCredentials,
+        with mock.patch("grpc.insecure_channel") as insecure_channel:
+            channel = client._emulator_channel(FirestoreGrpcTransport)
+            insecure_channel.assert_called_once_with(
+                emulator_host, options=[("Authorization", "Bearer test")]
             )
-        )
 
     def test_field_path(self):
         klass = self._get_target_class()
@@ -392,9 +394,9 @@ def test_paths(self):
 
 
 def _make_credentials():
-    import google.auth.credentials
+    import google.oauth2.credentials
 
-    return mock.Mock(spec=google.auth.credentials.Credentials)
+    return mock.Mock(spec=google.oauth2.credentials.Credentials)
 
 
 def _make_batch_response(**kwargs):