RTFMs: https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/python/users/ https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/python/oauth/overview http://endpoints-trusted-tester.appspot.com/ (last item in the FAQ)
On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 6:47 PM, Emmanuel Mayssat <[email protected]> wrote: > [Following on the webapp2 vs django thread] > > Is there a built in authentication in GAE (other than just 'gmail' users)? > In the previous thread I read that facebook, twitter, and ... users can > automatically login your application. > Is that true? I assume you are referring to Oauth. > But AFAIK, for facebook, I have to use the facebook-sdk (python). I assume > for twitter there is a module as well. > > For webapp2, I implemented my account creation and session management. > Most websites who use facebook connect also offer traditional account > creation. > I am not sure on how to make it all work together. > Some user will be using facebook connect, others twitter 'connect', others > traditional account creation.... > > As anyone worked on the whole shebang account creation? > > > ------------ > [from previous thread] > > webapp2 doesn't provide a 'user account management' thing. App Engine > is something much more than just app instances hosting. > > Take for instance built-in Users/authentication service. Using that > you can make it so that any user on the planet with Google Account, > OpenID, OAuth 1 or OAuth 2 (via Cloud Endpoints) can sign in to your > app, w/o you creating an account for them beforehand. All you'd have > to do is something like assign permissions (if there's a permission > concept in your app). So, Django's standalone user account management > doesn't not fully fit into this thing. > > You could go ahead and let your users sign in with their twitter, > facebook, yahoo and what have you accounts. Who uses passwords these > days, anyway :) > > -- > 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.
