Maybe I'm just being dense, but I'm using this documentation to use Google OAuth 2 login.
I'm able to successfully retrieve a JSON array that consists of the access_token, id_token, etc. The id_token is encrypted in what google calls a JWT (JSON Web Token). From what I understand, they're base 64 encoded, but base64_decode() in PHP is just giving me gibberish.
What am I doing wrong??
OK so I figured out that if I use the JWT Decoder then it gives me all the information I want. But if I just do base64_decode() it gives me the header but not the claims part.
OK so this is really wacky, but I figured out that I actually didn't need it after all :) I was able to use the access_token with the API requests I need without validating it, whatever that means. I'm really confused why the documentation was insisting I go through those steps if it works without it???? Am I missing something??
Maybe someone with experience with Google's API can clue me in.
If you need to get user's email, this is the only way.
I was able to get the user's email by asking for the permission https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email instead of dealing with Google Plus.
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