Here are the Javadocs regarding this: http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/java/javadoc/com/google/appengine/api/users/User.html#getNickname()
<http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/java/javadoc/com/google/appengine/api/users/User.html#getNickname()> "The nickname will be a unique, human readable identifier for this user with respect to this application. It will be an email address for some users, but not all." We don't currently integrate with Google Profiles. You'll probably want to star this issue: http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=310 On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 12:09 AM, Philip Tucker <ptuc...@gmail.com> wrote: > When I access the nickName field of the userService.getCurrentUser() > object, I don't get the nickName from Google profiles. For example, if > I go to http://www.google.com/profiles/me/editprofile for my account > (ptuc...@gmail.com) my nickName is "Philip", but in AppEngine I get > "ptucker". > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine for Java" group. > To post to this group, send email to > google-appengine-j...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-appengine-java+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<google-appengine-java%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en. > > -- Ikai Lan Developer Relations, Google App Engine Twitter: http://twitter.com/ikai Delicious: http://delicious.com/ikailan ---------------- Google App Engine links: Blog: http://googleappengine.blogspot.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/app_engine Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/appengine -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine for Java" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine-j...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine-java+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en.