Core Boxx – Login With Google

Last Updated: September 7, 2023

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

DOWNLOAD & INSTALLATION

First, the download links for the module, and also “installation instructions”.

 

LICENSE & DOWNLOAD

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REGISTER WITH GOOGLE

  • Head over to Google API Console
  • Create a new project, or select an existing project.
  • Next, go under “OAuth consent screen”.
    • Fill in your app info.
    • Scopes can be left blank.
    • Under “Test Users”, add your own Gmail account.
    • Leave the app as “testing”, do not publish until you are ready.
  • Finally, go under “Credentials”.
    • Create credentials > OAuth client ID.
    • Set the name of your app, set your origin – http://your-site.com.
    • Set redirect URL as http://your-site.com/login.
    • After completion, Google will give you the client ID and secret. Download and save the credentials as lib/CRD-Google.json.

 

INSTALLATION

  • Install the Users Module first.
  • Copy/unzip this module into your existing Core Boxx project folder.
  • Access http://your-site.com/install/GOOIN, this will automatically:
    • Add “login with Google” button to pages/PAGE-login.php.
    • Add “sign up with Google” button to pages/PAGE-register.php.
    • Delete PAGE-install-GOOIN.php itself.

 

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FILES LIST

LIBRARIES

ASSETS & PAGES

  • pages/MAIL-gooin.php For new users only – Send automatically generated password to user on Google Login.

 

 

LIBRARY REFERENCE

Lastly, the list of library functions and API endpoints.

 

construct ()

Automatically creates a new Google Client object.

in ()

Creates a “Login With Google” link.

<a href="<?=$_CORE->GOOIN->in()?>">Login With Google</a>
go ()

Process login.

if (isset($_GET["code"])) { $_CORE->GOOIN->go(); }
get ($id)

Get the user with the given Google ID.

$user = $_CORE->GOOIN->get(12345678901234567890);
login ($user)

Login and set the given user in $_SESSION. Helper function for go().

$user = $_CORE->GOOIN->get(12345678901234567890);
$_CORE->GOOIN->login($user);