Google+ api doesn't return profile name with login request

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The google documentation HERE clearly says that

You should not request userinfo.profile or plus.me in combination with [https://www.googleapis.com/auth/plus.login] scope as they are implicitly included and would create a confusing permissions dialog for your user.

... yet if I don't use

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email and https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.profile along with https://www.googleapis.com/auth/plus.login the api will not return the user's email address or name.

If I'm not supposed to userinfo scope along with the plus.login scope how do I get the the user's name and email?

Prisoner · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-17 19:25:33Z

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You need userinfo.email to get the email address, but you should be able to request that without also requesting userinfo.profile. plus.login should give you access to the "GET /plus/v1/people/{userid}" call which should return the following fields/objects (at a minimum):

name - an object containing the name broken down into fields
displayName
nickname

answered Apr 17, 2013 at 19:25

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Andy Jones Over a year ago

after you've authenticated, yes, you can make a separate request to /plus/v1/people/{userid}

Joanna Over a year ago

Generally, it helps to call people.get in the sign-in callback function in the JavaScript.

mbdev · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-22 06:37:36Z

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I also got into difficulty getting the profile and e-mail address. Finally I found that I can use these scopes to get everything:

'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/plus.login', 'email', 'profile'

answered Jan 22, 2014 at 6:37

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Dan H · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-10 22:07:05Z

Seems like Google is a little vague in its documentation. They say the scope 'plus.login' contains the displayName and email, however, after running several tests with different Google accounts (plain Gmail, Google+, Google Apps) this seems to be false.

If the user doesn't have a Google+ profile, 'plus.login' will NOT contain displayName. This also seems to happen to Google Apps accounts. So, to cover all possible Google Account status, the safe bet is to request for:

They say the last 2 are deprecated, however, some accounts will not return all basic information if you don't use them. I don't know if this is related to the "age" of the Google account or just a bug on Google's end.

Mark Joseph M. Pino · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-21 14:20:26Z

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Works on me this way

scope = https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.profile email

between userinfo.profile and email has space in it

answered Nov 21, 2020 at 14:20

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Teddy Over a year ago

Works like a dream. Thanks! Its fascinating that Google would have 1000 pages of documents, but fail to mention such key information.

Abdul Majeed · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-19 08:06:26Z

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I have achieved multi-scoping using following scope param.

scope = https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email+profile

answered Nov 19, 2015 at 8:06

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