Question

Is there a way to configure Google App Engine so that the log-in page appears either inline or in an iframe, instead of requiring a link.

I would like it to be as simple as

<iframe src="{{ login_url }}">
    <!-- no iframes -->
    <a href="{{login_url}}">Log in</a>
</iframe>

However that seems to be an undocumented way to go about logging in users, and I’m not sure if that’s the way to go about this.

I’d be grateful for any thoughts

Thank you for reading.

Brian

Answer 1

This is not a good idea. By showing a google login form on your domain how do your users know it is legitimate? By redirecting your users to a page on Google’s domain it reduces the amount of confusion.

Also, you might want to review the Terms before doing this. I would not be surprised if Google specifically mentions not doing this somewhere. It’s like teaching your users to give up there Google login details whenever prompted.

There have been several posts in the groups discussing this as well; Nick, and many other users, responded to this question with similar comments.