This isn't GWT-specific. I've only done it when running on App Engine, and there it should be fairly simple. The server-side code can ask the user to log in, get the email address, and then pass it to the browser. https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/java/users/
Without App Engine, I think OAuth 2.0 is supposed to be the way to do it, but I have no experience with this: https://developers.google.com/accounts/docs/OAuth2 - Brian On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 11:35:03 AM UTC-7, BRL wrote: > > Hello All, > > I am new to GWT. My company uses google apps. I have created a widget > that will go on an internal google site and that interfaces with our ticket > entry system to post tickets. All of this is working just fine and I have > had a lot of fun learning how to do it. > > Here is what I would like to do: when someone comes to the google site > where my widget will live, capture their google username (they will most > likely be logged into google apps) so I can populate the name field with > their name. > > I have not had much luck googling on this, does anyone have any > suggestions on where I might get started? Any links to articles or > tutorials, or even an explanation of how this works (use small words!) will > be appreciated. > > Thanks, > BRL > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-web-toolkit/-/rVVMc5rxaTEJ. 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-web-toolkit?hl=en.
