Using AuthSub to authenticate users on your website?

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Timothy Parez

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Mar 11, 2008, 7:15:38 PM3/11/08
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Hi,

Is it possible to use AuthSub (http://code.google.com/apis/accounts/
docs/AuthForWebApps.html)
in order to authenticate users on your website?

Linking their profile on your site with something unique provided by
Google when they
authenticate with Google?

I would have a Login button on my site. The user would be redirected
to the google authentication
page and my page receives the token so I know the user has
authenticated and then I'd need something unique
so I can look up the profile record in my database.

Any ideas?

Timothy.

Jeff Fisher (Google)

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Mar 12, 2008, 1:53:43 PM3/12/08
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Hi Timothy,

Currently it is not possible to use AuthSub as a "Single Sign On"
service for your website, as no unique identifier for a user is
returned from the feeds.

You can discuss it in this group:

http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Accounts-API

Cheers,
-Jeff
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