I fully support the suggestion that GAE's authentication library should allow integration in Google Marketplace out-of-the-box. Actually, I'm eagerly waiting for this to happen. I won't try to do such integration for my python GAE apps myself: it just seems too difficult.
PC On Mar 12, 3:54 am, Rajkumar Radhakrishnan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Guys, > > While there seems to be this related thread on the forum Ikai Lan has > mentioned, which you may follow / add to the thread as need > be..http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/apps-apis/thread?tid=52e36f012c... > > ..I think our options for the moment are pretty clear. > > For developers over Google App Engine, I think the current option is > to support OpenID and then list yourself in the Google Marketplace. > > Nicholas Johnson's AEoid <http://github.com/Arachnid/aeoid> seems to be > a good place to start. You may want to check out Evan Kaufman's > fork<http://github.com/EvanK/aeoid>which include many useful changes > and Scott > Ellis' fork <http://github.com/sje397> which include Evan's changes and a > little more (in contains some of his specific code too, which you might want > to update). I tested Scott's fork and it seems to work fine in my > development environment. But, my concern is should this not be part of > Google App Engine itself ? > > In could be better if OpenID support was by default available (may be as a > deployment option) in Google App Engine, instead of each one of us having to > integrate a package which we think is good and that which also includes > session maintenance. > > Once this OpenID support is included in default Google App Engine, it is > easier for existing apps to adapt to the authentication mode and then list > themselves in the marketplace. So, this is for App Engine guys at Google to > decide. > > Another way in which App Engine people at Google can help is to provide a > "click to install" option. This will require very minimal changes to the > existing apps. In this approach applications can be marked for sale - may be > from the apps dashboard by the developer, and can redeployed to a customer's > App Engine account, after the customer has paid for the same via Google. Of > course, such redeployed apps cannot be resold, from that apps > dashboard. Google can take a cut from the recurring/one-time sale > proceedings and also by enabling billing for those customers. > > Come on App Engine guys, help us and help yourself make some money. We are > already betting on you. > > Thanks & Regards, > R.Rajkumar > > On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 12:25 AM, Ikai L (Google) <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Can you guys also ask here? > > >http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/apps-apis?hl=en > > > I apologize if it seems like I'm punting the question a bit, but this > > really isn't a subject I have much familiarity with. Trying to keep up > > with all the different Google APIs is more than a full-time job in and > > of itself =). > > > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Jérémy Selier <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > I'm interested too. I've tried using with > >http://openid-consumer.appspot.com/ > > > andhttps://www.google.com/accounts/o8/site-xrds?hd=mydomain.comand > > > this seems to not working. > > > I think that we have to use some custom version of the openid consumer > > > lib to be able to deal with OpenID Google Apps discovery. > > > > -- > > > Jeremy > > > > On Mar 11, 3:51 pm, Wooble <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> You can only have your app authenticate to a single apps domain, and > > >> you have to choose that domain when you create the application. This > > >> makes it kind of impossible to sell integration to a google apps > > >> domain you weren't aware of when you wrote the app, let alone 2 or > > >> more of them. > > > >> On Mar 11, 7:08 am, Tim Hoffman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > Hi > > > >> > I don't think you would need it. An app engine app can already use > > >> > the apps domain to authenticate. > > >> > That page you are referring to is for applications not running in app > > >> > engine (say on ec2, that want to use the users google apps account to > > >> > login to that third party service). > > > >> > By the way there are a few libraries out there for python. > > > >> > T > > > >> > On Mar 11, 10:52 am, molicule <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > Hi, > > >> > > The sso page here does not have any python openid libraries for the > > >> > > marketplace??http://code.google.com/googleapps/marketplace/sso.html > > > >> > > Is that an oversigght? is there any way a python google appengine > > app > > >> > > can > > >> > > participate in the marketplace?? > > > >> > > Thanks > > >> > > S. Sriram > > > >> > > On Mar 10, 9:56 am, Roberto Saccon <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > > I am planning to integrate an appengine hosted app on custom > > domain > > >> > > > with the Apps Marketplace. Has anybody done that yet and has > > >> > > > experiences to share ? > > > >> > > > One thing I am wondering about is whether the customer has to add > > on > > >> > > > his Google Apps Admin Panel both, the Market place and the > > appengine > > >> > > > app (and perform there optionally the domain-mapping), or if it > > could > > >> > > > be handled all by just adding the Marketplace app. > > > >> > > > -- > > >> > > > Roberto > > > > -- > > > 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]<google-appengine%[email protected]> > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > > -- > > Ikai Lan > > Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine > >http://googleappengine.blogspot.com|http://twitter.com/app_engine > > > -- > > 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]<google-appengine%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~http://crm.ifreetools.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. 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