On Apr 19, 3:24 pm, Ford <[email protected]> wrote:
> Eric,
>
> Yup, that fixed my problem. Thanks!
>
> I went with suggestion #2 since that requires the least amount of work
> for users of my app.
>
> Maybe the libraries could default accountType to "GOOGLE" in their
> health subclasses since, as far as I can tell, one would never want to
> use "HOSTED_OR_GOOGLE" or "HOSTED" in the context of Google Health.
Not a bad idea.
>
> Best,
> Ford
>
> On Apr 19, 3:46 pm, "Eric (Google)" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I believe this post describes the
> > problem:http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Base-data-API/browse_thread/thr...
>
> > This is an inherent problem with ClientLogin
> > that only affects a small set of users (i.e. users that
> > have both a Google Account and a Google Apps (hosted)
> > account with the same email address. BTW,
> > even the passwords can be the same!
>
> > By default, the client libraries use HOSTED_OR_GOOGLE
> > for the accountType parameter. That means that
> > the Google will attempt to authenticate the
> > Google Apps account first, it will be a valid,
> > and we'll expect 'SCHOOL123' as the password.
>
> > My suggestions:
> > - setup a new Google account with an entirely
> > different email address.
> > - Modified the ClientLogin accountType param to be GOOGLE
> > instead of leaving it as HOSTED_OR_GOOGLE.
>
> > Eric
>
> > On Apr 18, 8:30 pm, Ford <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > I think I've found a problem with the way ClientLogin works with
> > > Google Accounts that are linked to "Google Apps for your Domain"
> > > emails.
>
> > > In short, it looks like ClientLogin is accepting the wrong password,
> > > then displaying an empty health record.
>
> > > For example:
>
> > > My school uses GAfyD. My email there is <[email protected]>,
> > > password "SCHOOL123". I sign up for a Google Account (not Gmail, just
> > > the Google Account) with that <[email protected]> email address
> > > and a different password "HEALTH123".
>
> > > So, I go to the Google Health website, enter my email and the
> > > "HEALTH123" password. All is well, I am able to read and modify my
> > > profile. Cool.
>
> > > ClientLogin, however, does not accept my "HEALTH123" password.
> > > Instead, it accepts my "SCHOOL123" password, lists one entry in the
> > > profile list feed, and zero entries in the profile feed. As far as I
> > > can tell, I'm looking at an uninitialized profile, separate from the
> > > populated one I see on the Google Health website.
>
> > > I would expect ClientLogin to use the same username/password as the
> > > actual Google Health website. Can anyone else with a GAfyD email as
> > > their Google Health account recreate this issue? A few users of my
> > > iPhone app (Health Cloud) encountered this issue too, so I know it's
> > > not just me. I've also tested this in both the ObjC and Python GData
> > > libraries so I know it's not a library thing.
>
> > > Thanks,
> > > Ford
>
>
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