Hello, I'm trying to figure out possible solutions for a problem. I'm currently using openID to authenticate users, restricting to Google as an identity provider (both gmail and Google Apps).
What I need to do is to obtain reliable user information before a user logs in to the application. Use case is simple: *I want to make the app installable to a Google Apps domain (say for the marketplace). *During installation, domain admin logs in to my application, and I retrieve domain's user list (tipically using Google Data java client library) *Domain admin configures roles for my application users (e.g. read only or read/write access). Obviously, no other user in the domain has logged in. When the user logs in for the first time, I will have to apply correct roles and permissions, as provided during configuration. Best way to do this should be to access the unique userID provided by UserService/User classes. According to documentation, this is the only stable identifier for a given user. So how is it possible to obtain it before the user logs in? I tried to use User class constructor User(java.lang.String email, java.lang.String authDomain), but this does not populate the ID. Is it safe to save the object you obtain from such constructor, store it in a temporary list, then compare it to the value returned by userService.getCurrentUser() and apply roles accordingly? Thanks for any help on this Regards Lorenzo -- 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.
