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How to use the Google API to log in to a Website

Would you like to be able to offer your website visitors the option of logging in to your site using Google?

Do you want to avoid the issues associated with securing login information including passwords?

Do you want to easily get information about your website members?

This short course will take you through every step to enable you to offer a Google login option on your site.

You have probably seen Google login buttons such as this:

At the end of the course you should be able to secure your own website using the Google authentication API.

Every line of code is explained so that you have an understanding of what is being done at each step.

The course is available as an individual course for $19 or as part of the Coding Academy membership package which includes other courses.

There is no need to sit through hours of video in this course. Patrick has taken his award-winning teaching style and has managed to provide everything you need.  The course includes full code snippets so that you can avoid typos!

You will learn how to:

  • use Composer to install the required Google API library

  • use the Google Developer Console

  • use the correct scope data reference

  • create a Google login button and attach the Google authorisation URL

  • check the returned code and generate a Google token

  • secure a website page

  • retrieve Google user data and display on a page

  • use Bootstrap to style output

  • ...and more!

What skills do you need to take this course?

An understanding of PHP and basic HTML would be beneficial.  Every single line of code is explained in this course together with supporting code snippets.

Does this sound like the course for you?

Join the course today OR grab a membership package for Coding Academy and receive every new course released for the next 12 months FREE of charge.

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