Using the one-time-code flow with Google+ Sign-in
OAuth v2 background In this post, I’m going to assume that you understand a little bit about the traditional OAuth v2 flows for authorization. If you haven’t already checked it out, you can get acclimated hands-on through the OAuth2 playground….
My thoughts on Google+ Sign-In
Before continuing, I want to remind you, dear reader, that this blog represents my personal opinions and is not the official word from Google. With that out of the way, let’s talk about Google+ Sign-In. “Any sufficiently advanced technology is…
Google+ platform launch roundup
Whew! What a week! Google+ sign-in has been an exciting launch so far and we’re just getting started! If you’re new to the Google+ platform launch, you can learn more from the Google+ developers blog, Introducing Google+ Sign-in : simple…
Handling events for +1
A feature that I haven’t really talked about yet, events on +1 buttons, is interesting because it enables so many exciting scenarios for developers interested in doing something when their users click the +1 button and so on. A high…
Switching to pure HTML for Google+ badge, +1, and Share
As you may have noticed, Google+ has been pushing to an updated approach to rendering the +1 and share buttons. I for one have been a guilty party and have needed to update my +1 and share links on my…
Rendering schema.org microdata for content behind a paywall
One of the challenges with writing moments to a user’s Google+ history page is that you need a target URL to pass to the API and that target URL needs to contain appropriate microdata for Google+ to use for…
Novel uses of the Google+ button widget
I’m still learning the Google+ features for publishing but I realized how useful and simple it would be to perform various cool things using the + button. The following examples are just the tip of the iceberg for what is…
Pimp my MacBook
I recently started at Google and the first thing that happened on start for me was I was issued a brand new MacBook Air. I just barely missed the newly released version based on the Ivy Bridge and including a…
How I added article G+ buttons to my WordPress site
In my last blog post I mentioned that I added G+ buttons to my blog. Yes, I know there are plugins for WordPress that do this but I felt that it would be a fun experiment. I was able to…
Rendering comments from Google+ related to a post (or URL!)
In my previous post on retrieving Google+ activity and comment data, I looked into aggregating comments from posts using the Google+ REST API. As useful as that is for specific posts, I was interested in pulling in “related” comments and…