gcloud config config-helper returns a JSON blob with a number of things about the current configuration of the CLI, along with an properly-refreshed, active token for applications to use. This is a feature request for a similar functionality in the az CLI.

Scenario: In Kubernetes, we are trying to emulate the Google Auth plugin which uses gcloud config config-helper to get a refreshed accessToken and then uses it for authentication in it's own ways. Currently, the Azure implementation reaches into ~/.azure/ directly to read the access token. It would be much better if this was done via os.Exec'ing az config config-helper or something similar, so that the CLI can refresh the token if needed and then return it.

Can we create a command like config config-helper in az?

cc: @brendandburns