openid attribute exchange

Question

I'm trying to use JanRain openid, I've already added some of the required fields like email, nickname etc.. and some optional fields, but the openid provider doesn't send me back any information except the user's openid url.

I'm trying on localhost. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Not every OpenID Provider would be able to reply for all your attribute requests since they might not have those information. Ever OpenID Provider specifies the attributes that they support for attribute exchange.

for example : Google supports only 5 attributes: firstname, lastname, email, language and country. You can find more info here.