Implementing SSO and OAuth with Google

Implementing SSO and OAuth with Google involves integrating your application with Google’s identity and authentication services. The following general steps are for implementing SSO and OAuth with Google (at the date of writing). Google is notorious for changing things, so when you try to implement SSO, the steps may vary, but the concept should still be the same.

There are several steps to take to implement SSO with Google:

1. Create a Project on Google Cloud Console:
   • Go to the Google Cloud Console (https://console.cloud.google.com/).
   • Create a new project for your application. Figure 7.1 shows a screenshot of a project creation:

Figure 7.1 – Google project screen

2. Enable Google Identity Platform API:
   • In your project, enable the “Google Identity Platform API” from the API Library. This requires a billing account, but Google will give you a credit to get started. Figure...