idToken doesn't exist in the response

[eddyverbruggen]

idToken doesn't exist in the response

[AbhilashThomas]

But you are getting oauthToken....doesn't that work?

[vineet-pandit]

I figured it out. Using the webApiKey works. I wanted to use server side authentication.

[AbhilashThomas]

But if I pass webApiKey as an option, I get IdToken. From this how can i use it in the server to post or do other google plus activities?

I went through the google docs and modified the plugin so as I can get the code which I can exchange for an server access token. Had to update the googleplay jar and add an interface.

[vineet-pandit]

In the google developer dashboards I have two apps. One which was created with the package name. This was the reason I was getting the oauthToken directly.
The second app on the dashboard was a web app. This app has a web client id and a web secret. I used the web Client ID as the webApiKey in my app, this got me the idToken. On the server side I used the idToken with the web secret to retrieve the user's information.
I only wanted the user's information but on the server side. I didn't want to trust the user's email address and other information sent from the client to the server.
Using the idToken I get the information directly from google.

[AdamNowaczyk]

HI @vineet-pandit, what value do you use for webApiKey option? I'm unable to get the idToken. I'm using Android client_id and I'm getting oauthToken without problems, but no idToken. When adding webApiKey error: "failed to retrieve token: Unknown".

[jorgeluis11]

+1