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I’m trying to get the current user for a Gmail gadget, but it seems users.get_current_user() returns None, even though I’m obviously logged in.
Am I missing something?
Thanks in advance.
You can’t use the Users API directly within a Gmail gadget, but you can use a combination of OpenID and the gadgets APIs to authenticate your users. The document was writing in the context of a Gmail contextual gadget (which is installed via the Google Apps Marketplace), but the principles will still apply for non-contextual gadgets.
The biggest difference between what is outlined in the document and what happens in a non-contextual gadget is that Google Apps Marketplace applications (and their companion gadgets) are automatically whitelisted for OpenID. Without a Marketplace install, users will see an OpenID approval screen the first time they load your gadget.