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I need to store data related to a (Google) user in my database. I tried to store the id_token, but later found out that the part after the '.' changed. What can be used instead, or can I just save the part infront of the "." from the id_token?
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After you have signed in a user with Google using the default scopes, you can access the user's Google ID, name, profile URL, and email address.
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Thanks Steven Soneff
Use the 'sub' field of the ID token, it is invariant for the Google user https://developers.google.com/identity/sign-in/android/backend-auth#calling-the-tokeninfo-endpoint
The ID token have three parts; the header, body and signature, divided by a '.' (header.body.signature). Each part is encoded with base64. If you decode the body, you will get a JSON like this:
{
"iss":"https://accounts.google.com",
"at_hash":"xxx",
"aud":"xxx.apps.googleusercontent.com",
"sub":"xxx",
"email_verified":true,
"azp":"xxx.apps.googleusercontent.com",
"email":"[email protected]",
"iat":xxx,
"exp":xxx
}
...you can safely retrieve and use the user's unique Google ID from the sub claim
So you can save the sub in your database to identify your user
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