using gapi for OAuth 2.0 in Google Chrome Extensions

[David Fisco]

Am I correct in assuming that gapi cannot obtain an OAuth 2.0 token when the library is used in a Google Chrome extension?  I've tried client IDs for both web and installed applications, but no luck.  Thanks.

[Brendan]

That's correct, we've had some issues with Oauth 2.0 and chrome extensions, so it is not currently supported. We are working on it and hope to have it fixed soon, but unfortunately I can't give a more precise estimate.

Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for your patience!

[David Fisco]

Thanks for the quick response, Brendan.  Looking forward to the implementation.

[Demetrios Papadopoulos]

Any news here? This would be very useful.

As of now I am using http://smus.com/oauth2-chrome-extensions/ to obtain an access token. Trying to figure out whether I can use that access token and make authenticated requests through gapi. Anybody has done this before? Thanks in advance.

[Brendan]

Chrome Extension support is still not ready. Unfortunately I cannot give much more info than that.

If you have retrieved an OAuth 2.0 token that you've obtained elsewhere, you can tell the JS Client to use that token with the gapi.auth.setToken method:

gapi.auth.setToken({

  'access_token': 'oauth 2.0 access token'

});

More info on setting tokens and the token object can be found here:  http://code.google.com/p/google-api-javascript-client/wiki/ReferenceDocs#OAuth_2.0_Token_Object 

[Michael Debbah]

Hi Brendan. Just wanted to thank for your help as I didn't do it before. Regards. Michael

[Demetrios Papadopoulos]

Thanks Brendan, I tried this and it worked. Initially I thought I had to fill in all the fields of the Token object for setToken to work, but just setting access_token is enough.

[Brendan]

You're both welcome, I'm glad to help.

Demetrios, thanks for linking the Chrome Extension blog post. No doubt it will be useful to others.

[Suji Dhiesh]

Is there any option to remove the token .

[Pi-Chuan Chang]

Hi,

this thread is from a while ago. I wonder if gapi for oauth in Google Chrome Extensions works now or not, and where I can find a good example for setup? Thanks!

[Theodore Vassilakis]

Hi Brendan - greetings, wondering if you can update the group on whether it's now possible to use the google calendar js api from a chrome extension.

Regards,

Theo

[Jacob Rosenthal]

It seems clear identity + xhr is whats used for authentication at this point, Though the tasks example does use a modified version of gapi for calls

https://github.com/GoogleChrome/chrome-app-samples/tree/master/samples/tasks

https://github.com/GoogleChrome/chrome-app-samples/tree/master/libraries/gapi-chrome-apps-lib

It looks like all loading has been removed as that would be impossible in chrome. 

Perhaps loading from local save of the file could be hacked together, but I cant find where any of the js source is hosted except for the minified client.js..

Any kind of update from the dev team on chrome + gapi from would be most welcome.

[David Karam]

For me getting the oauth token via Chrome's identity API works well. Then one can

gapi.auth.setToken({

  'access_token': 'token from chrome.identity'

});

https://developer.chrome.com/apps/identity

[andre...@analyticspros.com]

Hello! Any updates on Chrome Extension support since these posts? 

I noticed that gapi.auth is now deprecated and gapi.auth2 does not appear to have a setToken() function. Is there a way to use gapi.auth2 for authentication or is chrome.identity and xhr the way to do this for a chrome extension? Thanks!