Nickname is the name of a Google account. When you login to any Google services with a Google account, you can type the entire email or just the user name of your Gmail account. It's a litter convenient for the Gmail user, so dose in GAE.
If you really want the email address, you can call email() method instead. ---------- keakon 2010/3/19 Greg Tracy <[email protected]>: > > Why is that the users object returned for the logged in user isn't > being populated with ALL of the details for that's user's account? > > Specifically, there is odd behavior for the nickname. Gmail accounts > seem to pull out the name in front of '@gmail.com' as the nickname, > but other logins - that are valid Google accounts - will use the > entire email rather than the real name of that user. > > Why isn't the built-in API providing better access to the actual > account data? > > Am I required to implement the Google Account API (http:// > code.google.com/apis/accounts/) to get the real information about the > user? > > Thanks! > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
