Add support for Google Compute Engine service accounts.

Reviewed in http://codereview.appspot.com/6441118/.
diff --git a/oauth2client/appengine.py b/oauth2client/appengine.py
index 6f63831..aebbd32 100644
--- a/oauth2client/appengine.py
+++ b/oauth2client/appengine.py
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@
     """Constructor for AppAssertionCredentials
 
     Args:
-      scope: string or list of strings, scope(s) of the credentials being requested.
+      scope: string or list of strings, scope(s) of the credentials being
+        requested.
     """
     if type(scope) is list:
       scope = ' '.join(scope)
diff --git a/oauth2client/client.py b/oauth2client/client.py
index 6b1bdbd..18a6ce1 100644
--- a/oauth2client/client.py
+++ b/oauth2client/client.py
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@
           self.invalid = True
           if self.store:
             self.store.locked_put(self)
-      except:
+      except StandardError:
         pass
       raise AccessTokenRefreshError(error_msg)
 
diff --git a/oauth2client/gce.py b/oauth2client/gce.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1b1234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/oauth2client/gce.py
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2012 Google Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""Utilities for Google Compute Engine
+
+Utilities for making it easier to use OAuth 2.0 on Google Compute Engine.
+"""
+
+__author__ = 'jcgregorio@google.com (Joe Gregorio)'
+
+import httplib2
+import logging
+import uritemplate
+
+from oauth2client import util
+from oauth2client.anyjson import simplejson
+from oauth2client.client import AccessTokenRefreshError
+from oauth2client.client import AssertionCredentials
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+# URI Template for the endpoint that returns access_tokens.
+META = ('http://metadata.google.internal/0.1/meta-data/service-accounts/'
+        'default/acquire{?scope}')
+
+
+class AppAssertionCredentials(AssertionCredentials):
+  """Credentials object for Compute Engine Assertion Grants
+
+  This object will allow a Compute Engine instance to identify itself to
+  Google and other OAuth 2.0 servers that can verify assertions. It can be used
+  for the purpose of accessing data stored under an account assigned to the
+  Compute Engine instance itself.
+
+  This credential does not require a flow to instantiate because it represents
+  a two legged flow, and therefore has all of the required information to
+  generate and refresh its own access tokens.
+  """
+
+  @util.positional(2)
+  def __init__(self, scope, **kwargs):
+    """Constructor for AppAssertionCredentials
+
+    Args:
+      scope: string or list of strings, scope(s) of the credentials being
+        requested.
+    """
+    if type(scope) is list:
+      scope = ' '.join(scope)
+    self.scope = scope
+
+    super(AppAssertionCredentials, self).__init__(
+        'ignored' # assertion_type is ignore in this subclass.
+        )
+
+  @classmethod
+  def from_json(cls, json):
+    data = simplejson.loads(json)
+    return AppAssertionCredentials(data['scope'])
+
+  def _refresh(self, http_request):
+    """Refreshes the access_token.
+
+    Skip all the storage hoops and just refresh using the API.
+
+    Args:
+      http_request: callable, a callable that matches the method signature of
+        httplib2.Http.request, used to make the refresh request.
+
+    Raises:
+      AccessTokenRefreshError: When the refresh fails.
+    """
+    uri = uritemplate.expand(META, {'scope': self.scope})
+    response, content = http_request(uri)
+    if response.status == 200:
+      try:
+        d = simplejson.loads(content)
+      except StandardError, e:
+        raise AccessTokenRefreshError(str(e))
+      self.access_token = d['accessToken']
+    else:
+      raise AccessTokenRefreshError(content)