Google

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To add Google as a social sign-in provider, you need a Google Developer account. Go to Google Cloud Console to create one.

Ory Console

Follow these steps to add Google as a social sign-in provider to your project using the Ory Console:

1. Sign in to Ory Console and select Social Sign-in.

2. Click the switch next to the Google logo to start the configuration.

3. Copy the Redirect URI and save it for later use.

4. Go to Google Cloud Console → APIs & Services to set up OAuth 2.

5. Using the project dropdown menu, select an existing project or create a new one.

6. Go to Credentials and create a new OAuth client ID.

   info

   You must have a consent screen configured to proceed.

7. Configure the Google OAuth client. In the Authorized redirect URIs section, add the redirect URI copied from the Ory Console.

8. Save the configuration and copy the Client ID and Client secret.

9. Paste the Client ID and Client secret of the created OAuth client into the corresponding fields in the Ory Console.

10. Click Save Configuration to enable Google as a social sign-in provider.

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These steps cover the basic configuration of a social sign-in provider integration. At this point, the user experience is incomplete. To complete the configuration and ensure a smooth and secure user experience, configure the scopes and data mapping as described in the next section.

Additional configuration

When adding a social sign-in provider, you can customize the integration by defining the OAuth scopes Ory requests from the provider and by setting up custom data mappings.

Scopes

The Scopes section allows you to define the OAuth scopes Ory requests from the sign-in provider. Defining scopes allows you to interact with the provider's APIs on behalf of the user, or to access additional user data, which is exposed as claims for data mapping.

For Google, add the email and profile scopes for a basic setup.

To learn more about the scopes available for Google, read the related documentation.

Data mapping

The Data mapping section allows you to map the data returned by the sign-in provider to traits as defined in the identity schema.

To define the mapping, create a Jsonnet code snippet. Read this document to learn more about Jsonnet data mapping.

local claims = {
  email_verified: true,
} + std.extVar('claims');

{
  identity: {
    traits: {
      [if 'email' in claims && claims.email_verified then 'email' else null]: claims.email,
      first_name: claims.given_name,
      last_name: claims.family_name,
      [if 'hd' in claims && claims.email_verified then 'hd' else null]: claims.hd,
    },
  },
}

The sample Jsonnet snippet creates the following mapping:

Google claim	Ory Identity schema mapping
email	email
given_name	first_name
family_name	last_name

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If you want to use this data mapping, you must include the first_name and last_name fields in your Identity Schema

danger

Don't save secrets such as API keys, credentials, or personal data directly in Jsonnet code snippets. Jsonnet code snippets used for data mapping aren't stored in an encrypted format in Ory Network.

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For Google, you can use the hd claim which is the hosted Google Workplace domain of the user. This claim is used only when the user has a Google Workspace account.

To learn more about the ID payload returned by Google, read the related documentation.

Ory CLI

Follow these steps to add Google as a social sign-in provider to your project using the Ory CLI:

1. Create a Google OAuth client.

2. Create a Jsonnet code snippet to map the desired claims to the Ory Identity schema.

   local claims = {
     email_verified: true,
   } + std.extVar('claims');
   
   {
     identity: {
       traits: {
         [if 'email' in claims && claims.email_verified then 'email' else null]: claims.email,
         first_name: claims.given_name,
         last_name: claims.family_name,
         [if 'hd' in claims && claims.email_verified then 'hd' else null]: claims.hd,
       },
     },
   }

   The sample Jsonnet snippet creates the following mapping:

   Google claim	Ory Identity schema mapping
   email	email
   given_name	first_name
   family_name	last_name

   note

   If you want to use this data mapping, you must include the first_name and last_name fields in your Identity Schema

3. Encode the Jsonnet snippet with Base64 or host it under an URL accessible to Ory Network.

   cat your-data-mapping.jsonnet | base64

4. Download the Ory Identities config from your project and save it to a file:

   ## List all available projects
   ory list projects
   
   ## Get config
   ory get identity-config {project-id} --format yaml > identity-config.yaml

5. Add the social sign-in provider configuration to the downloaded config. Add the Jsonnet snippet with mappings as a Base64 string or provide an URL to the file.

   selfservice:
     methods:
       oidc:
         config:
           providers:
             - id: google # this is `<provider-id>` in the Authorization callback URL. DO NOT CHANGE IT ONCE SET!
               provider: google
               client_id: .... # Replace this with the OAuth2 Client ID
               client_secret: .... # Replace this with the OAuth2 Client secret
               mapper_url: "base64://{YOUR_BASE64_ENCODED_JSONNET_HERE}"
               # Alternatively, use an URL:
               # mapper_url: https://storage.googleapis.com/abc-cde-prd/9cac9717f007808bf17f22ce7f4295c739604b183f05ac4afb4
               scope:
                 - email
                 - profile
               # other supported scopes can be found in Google OAuth 2.0 dev docs
               requested_claims:
                 id_token:
                   email:
                     essential: true
                   email_verified:
                     essential: true
                   given_name:
                     essential: true
                   family_name: null
                   hd: null # If you want the Google Workspace domain
         enabled: true

6. Update the Ory Identities configuration using the file you worked with:

   ory update identity-config {project-id} --file identity-config.yaml

Additional Parameters

The following parameters are available for the Google provider:

• login_hint
• hd

The login_hint parameter suppresses the account chooser and either pre-fills the email box on the sign-in form, or selects the proper session. The hd parameter limits the login/registration process to a Google Organization, for example mycollege.edu.

The parameters can be passed along to Ory on login, registration and settings flows on form submit.

See the Advanced Integration document for more information on passing parameters from your UI to Ory.

Troubleshooting

When you add a social sign-in provider, you can encounter common problems such as:

• Redirect URI mismatch
• Redirect loops during registration
• Domain verification issues

To troubleshoot those issues, read Social sign-in troubleshooting.