getting blank name (display name) from google plus api

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I am working on login system where user is logged to website using google plus api . I am hitting "me" endpoint after token verification .But I am facing a problem in some cases where I don't get the displayName/Name object of the user . scopes used : plus.profile and plus.login Endpint hit : "me"

$service=new Google_Service_Plus($client);
    $userinfo=$service->people->get('me');

I want to fetch the username of the user .

Is it consistent with specific users? Can you replicate it with the APIs Explorer? Are you sure you are not getting some error with the request that you are not catching? — abraham
– abraham, Commented Feb 7, 2015 at 19:05
@abraham: Yes , I am not even getting the result in API explorer . Problem is that i am getting displayName for some accounts and not for others . Is there any way to compel user for making a google plus account if he already do not have one . — Learner
– Learner, Commented Feb 8, 2015 at 18:33
I am getting blank names for those who are not google plus users . Is there any way to ask user to make a google plus account before signing into the application . — Learner
– Learner, Commented Feb 8, 2015 at 18:51
I am using plus.email and plus.profile scopes . I think I need to use deprecated userinfo.email and userinfo.profile scopes in order to compel user to make a new google plus profile if his gmail account is not linked to google plus account . — Learner
– Learner, Commented Feb 9, 2015 at 6:29

abraham · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-09 16:01:22Z

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Google+ Sign-In provides support for all users with a Google account, even if they have not yet created a Google+ profile. Your app can either prompt those users to create a Google+ profile (by using the https://www.googleapis.com/auth/plus.login scope) or not (by using the profile scope)

Switch to Google+ Sign-In

If you use the https://www.googleapis.com/auth/plus.login scope, users are guaranteed to have a Google+ profile.

answered Feb 9, 2015 at 16:01

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Luis Lopez · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-04 00:00:55Z

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If you want to bring information about the profile (Names) and Email.

I'd recommed you add the follow scopes separated by two spaces:

profile  email

profile bring the Names (givenName, familyName, etc.) and email bring the email.

answered Jul 4, 2017 at 0:00

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