I used Facebook login to identify users. When a new user comes, I store their userID in my database. Next time they come, I recognized their Facebook ID and I know which use
I inserted this method into google-api-php-client/src/apiClient.php:
public function getUserInfo()
{
$req = new apiHttpRequest('https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/userinfo');
// XXX error handling missing, this is just a rough draft
$req = $this->auth->sign($req);
$resp = $this->io->makeRequest($req)->getResponseBody();
return json_decode($resp, 1);
}
Now I can call:
$client->setAccessToken($_SESSION[ 'token' ]);
$userinfo = $client->getUserInfo();
It returns an array like this (plus e-mail if that scope has been requested):
Array
(
[id] => 1045636599999999999
[name] => Tim Strehle
[given_name] => Tim
[family_name] => Strehle
[locale] => de
)
The solution originated from this thread: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/google-api-php-client/o1BRsQ9NvUQ/xa532MxegFIJ