Social Connect - Google+
To use authentication with Google you must first create an app.
Follow this step:
Step 1 (Create Project)
- Go to Google API Console https://code.google.com/apis/console/
- Click on Create Project an fill the Project name
Step 2 (Enable Google+ API)
- In Project View go to Enable and Manage APIs and choose Google+ API. Important!!
- Enable Google+ API
Step 3 (Create API Key)
- On left menu choose Credentials
- Click on New Credentials and choose Server Key
- Click Create and annotates generated Server Key KEEP NOTE OF API KEY
Step 4 (OAuth Consent Screen)
- In Credentials page click on OAuth Consent Screen and fill product Name, this name will be displayed for all users in Google Login Page
- All other parameter are optional
- Click on Save button
Step 5 (Create OAuth Client ID)
- Click on button New Credentials and after choose OAuth Client ID
- Choose Web Application
- Fill Web Origin with you domain (e.g. http://www.example.com)
- Fill Redirect URI with http://www.example.com/index.php?option=com_jsn&tmplsocial=1&view=google&task=accesstoken
- Click on Save to save the filled information
- in the next page get the Client ID in the Client Secret KEEP NOTE OF THESE VALUES
Step 6
- Copy and paste your API key, Client ID and Client Secret provided by applications details page to configuration of Easy Profile Social Connect
- To find the configuration of Easy Profile go to Administrator->Components->Easy Profile->Options and click on Social Connect Tab.
