AI-generated Key Takeaways
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Support for the Google Sign-In library is deprecated.
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Use ID tokens to securely communicate the currently signed in user to your backend server, not Google IDs or profile information.
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The
getBasicProfile()method allows retrieval of a user's basic profile information such as ID, name, profile URL, and email address after signing in. -
Use the account's ID to identify a user, not their email address, as email addresses can change.
After you have signed in a user with Google using the default scopes, you can access the user's Google ID, name, profile URL, and email address.
To retrieve profile information for a user, use the getBasicProfile()
method. For example:
//
auth2
is
initialized
with
gapi
.
auth2
.
init
()
and
a
user
is
signed
in
.
if
(
auth2
.
isSignedIn
.
get
())
{
var
profile
=
auth2
.
currentUser
.
get
()
.
getBasicProfile
();
console
.
log
(
'ID: '
+
profile
.
getId
());
console
.
log
(
'Full Name: '
+
profile
.
getName
());
console
.
log
(
'Given Name: '
+
profile
.
getGivenName
());
console
.
log
(
'Family Name: '
+
profile
.
getFamilyName
());
console
.
log
(
'Image URL: '
+
profile
.
getImageUrl
());
console
.
log
(
'Email: '
+
profile
.
getEmail
());
}
