Cal: The short answer is no.
The Authentication API is designed to give your web applicaiton the ability to access a user's Google services which include Blogger, Base, Calendar and Spreadsheets. The information you requested is not included in these services. cheers, -Vivian On Jan 5, 3:43 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm making a website to help people keep track of their online > information. I want to support login via Google Account > Authentication... so I followed the instructions > athttp://code.google.com/apis/accounts/AuthForWebApps.htmland supplied a > link to Google's login page. > > After the user types in his password, I received a token back as > described. > > My question is, is there a way to use this token and retrieve the > user's first and last name, as well as their GMail address? The > documentation seem to imply that the token can be used to request data > from Google Calendar or Blogger, but that would imply that the user has > signed up for those services, which is an assumption that I don't wish > to make. > > If there is no way, I suppose the only recourse is to use the Gmail > ATOM feed, ask the user to type in username and password there, and > parse the result for the Gmail address.... > > Thanks in advance > -cal --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Data API" 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-help-dataapi?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
