Check this out: http://code.google.com/apis/accounts/docs/OpenID.html
the Session module from this site will probably be helpful, too: http://gaeutilities.appspot.com/ On Mar 27, 5:45 pm, Erik Froese <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm looking into building a GAE app (with django) but I don't want to force > everyone who wants an account to sign up for a google account. > Is there a way to support Google accounts but also store my own users? I > think this could be achieved with a generic account class that stores a > reference to either a google user or a local user. > > That's fine for storing account data and doing authorization but what about > authentication? > > I guess I could hijack the login_required decorator to send the user to > another page like this: > > Sign in: > username: |_____________| > password: |_____________| > > or: sign in with your google account (linked) > > Has anyone tried to do this? > > Erik --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
