Google authentication with php laravel

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I am creating a php laravel application that requires google oauth to work. So I created the following function:

function auth(){
   $client = new Google_Client();
   $client->setClientId($client_id);
   $client->setClientSecret($client_secret);
   $client->setRedirectUri($redirect_uri);
   $client->addScope("https://www.googleapis.com/auth/adsense.readonly");
   $authUrl = $client->createAuthUrl();
   return "<a href=\"$authUrl\">Connect Me</a>";
}

Now I want to access this $client variable when the user comes back on my site. Since my Session becomes empty after the redirect, I can't use that. (maybe something to do with the response being in HTTPS).

The two options I have considered are: 1) Cookies 2) Making the redirect url have the session id as a param (not sure if this can work)

Is there any standard way to achieve this?

I do Session::put('client', $client); before returning $authUrl. On the other side, I do $client = Session::get('client'); but this comes out to be empty. Could this be because my auth() function is served over http and the redirect response uri is a different url that comes over https? — sudshekhar
– sudshekhar, Commented Feb 10, 2015 at 15:17
There is a package "adamwathan/eloquent-oauth-l5" which handles also google oauth. If you dont want to use it maybe you find your answere here. — TecBeast
– TecBeast, Commented Aug 26, 2015 at 8:46

hannesvdvreken · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-28 16:28:21Z

1

I suggest taking a look at http://oauth2-client.thephpleague.com/

There are code samples on it and it gives you good understanding of what you will need to do.

Alternatively take a look at Laravel's Socialite

answered Oct 28, 2015 at 16:28

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