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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.

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.

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    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 claimOry Identity schema mapping
emailemail
given_namefirst_name
family_namelast_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

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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 The 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.

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.