without "Experimental Federated Login" on Authentication Options drop down at GAE

channing dev

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Sep 17, 2016, 11:32:07 PM9/17/16

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Hello,

Why I can't see the "Experimental Federated Login" option in App Engine Settings on my GAE projects?

Thanks a lot.

Adam (Cloud Platform Support)

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Sep 18, 2016, 8:02:10 PM9/18/16

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That option has been deprecated for some time (the only references to that option are from blog and forum posts for 4+ years ago). You don't need that option for federated sign-in anymore though, as this functionality is now provided by Open ID Connect via the Google Identity Toolkit.

channing dev

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Sep 18, 2016, 10:27:08 PM9/18/16

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Hi,

I see. But which one will be selected (Google Accounts API or Google Apps Domain) even I use the Google Identity Toolkit for federated login.

Thanks

Adam (Cloud Platform Support)

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Sep 20, 2016, 1:41:59 PM9/20/16

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These options only apply to the Users API in Google Apps. Selecting 'Google Apps Domain' will restrict login to users from a specific Google Apps domain only, while 'Google Accounts API' allows sign-in from any Google account.

Note that the newest version of Google Identity Toolkit has been released as Firebase Authentication, so it's recommended to use this for new projects.

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