Google Login Strategy

Overview

This page explains how to enable the Google login strategy for Squirrelcart's social sign-in feature. If you have not already done so, please read the main Social Sign-In topic before reading this one. You will need to register an application with Google as part of the setup process.

Enabling Google Login

1. If you have not already done so, enable our SEO URL feature.
2. Go here: https://code.google.com/apis/console/
3. Login to Google if you are not already logged in.
4. Click create project, enter a name for your project, and save 
5. Click APIs & auth > Credentials
6. Under OAuth, click CREATE NEW CLIENT ID
7. Set Application Type to Web application
8. Set Authorized Javascript origins equal to your homepage URL. If you have an SSL certificate, use "https://" instead of "http://".
9. If you have the No Filename field checked on the Store Settings page in the control panel, enter a path like this for the Authorized redirect URI field:
   
   https://www.example.com/auth/google/oauth2callback
   
   If the No Filename field is not checked on the Store Settings page in your control panel, enter a value like this instead:
   https://www.example.com/store.php/auth/google/oauth2callback
   
   You'll need to change the URL to include your domain name. If you do not have an SSL certificate, you can use "http://" instead of "https://".
10. Click CREATE CLIENT ID
11. Copy the value of CLIENT ID to a text file
12. Copy the value of CLIENT SECRET to a text file
13. Click APIs & auth > Consent screen
14. Set EMAIL ADDRESS to the address you wish users to use if they need to contact you
15. Enter a value for PRODUCT NAME. We recommend using your domain name.
16. Enter a value for HOMEPAGE URL
17. Click Save
18. Open your Squirrelcart control panel
19. Click Users > Account Settings > Google
20. Enter your Client ID and Client secret in the corresponding fields
21. Check the Enabled field
22. Click

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