Google signin callback - get name and email

Question

I am trying to trap basic google account information (name, email, id.) into a database on sign in.

I am doing this by setting vars for their profile info and updating t

Answer 1

I solved this with the following code:

        var acct_type = 'G';

        gapi.client.load('plus','v1', function(){

            var request = gapi.client.plus.people.get({
              'userId': 'me'
            });

            request.execute(function(resp) {
                var id = resp.id;
                var fname = resp.name.givenName;
                var lname = resp.name.familyName;
                var email = resp.emails[0].value;

                $.post("_yourDBinjection_.php", 
                {
                id:id,
                fname:fname,
                lname:lname,
                email:email,
                acct_type:acct_type
                });

            });
        });

The point being that it uses no external functions or variables, it sets everything in the gapi.client.load function parameter including the variables and sending the ajax.

Note that the third parameter (a function, whether written or referenced) is listed on Google dev as 'optional' but it's not very useful without it (returns a promise?) So anything you want to do with the loaded information should probably be done in the function parameter. For some reason with this case piecing it out in different external functions I ended up not being able to reach or use variables above it (but note also that G passed just fine in this example as well.)

I don't like nested functions much so figuring this out was weird.

REFERENCES

Google dev sneaks away a lot of examples and info so here are some articles that helped me generate this answer:

(javascript version)
https://developers.google.com/+/api/latest/people/get#examples

the very vague gapi.client.load description:
https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/javascript/reference/referencedocs#gapiclientload

RESOURCES FOR SIGN-IN

this page shows a live version/code example of profile JSON return: https://developers.google.com/+/web/people/

this article will show you the nesting structure of each JSON people object: https://developers.google.com/+/api/latest/people

if you couldn't find it, Google has a well-hidden quickstart app for javascript/jQuery sign-in that basically does the sign-in work for you, except it takes some ripping up if you want it to bounce to other pages rather than refresh itself with information. I frankensteined it to my needs. https://developers.google.com/+/quickstart/java