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Asked: 2026-05-23T20:15:42+00:00

How to create a custom login system with google-app-engine’s User class? I’m making my

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How to create a custom login system with google-app-engine’s User class?

I’m making my own login system. I have tried os.environ['USER_EMAIL'] = 'john.doe@example.com', but it doesn’t work. I guess the information is not saved in a session, so if I visit another page then users.get_current_user() has no memory of what I had set it to previously.

I have seen google-app-engine unit tests that does this to fake a logins. I think these works because the tests are within the same session. I need to store my own custom information across multiple sessions.

I have also tried setting environment variables, but without luck.

os.environ['USER_EMAIL'] = 'john.doe@example.com'
os.environ['USER_ID'] = 'todo_user_id'
os.environ['USER_IS_ADMIN'] = '1'
os.environ['AUTH_DOMAIN'] = 'todo_auth_domain'
os.environ['FEDERATED_IDENTITY'] = 'todo_federated_identity'
os.environ['FEDERATED_PROVIDER'] = 'todo_federated_provider'
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  1. Editorial Team

    You can’t – the Users API only supports signing in with methods supported by that API. If you want to implement your own signin, you will need to use a third-party session library and keep track of logged in users the ‘regular’ way.

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