Can my extension get a user's e-mail address from Google Chrome?

Question

I\'ve got an extension for which some users contribute money or effort. I\'d like to be able to identify those users by their e-mail addresses, so I can display a \"Thank You!\"

Answer 1

I'm trying to do something similiar myself. I'm trying to get an ID that's based off their google account so that I can store some cloud data for the users. I believe you can get the email address through the same method, but they will have to approve permissions. If I have success, I'll post the code. Right now I'm trying to get: http://smus.com/oauth2-chrome-extensions/

Working with my own google api key and that.

Not having much success so far. Spent the last two hours implementing the only method that has decent documentation and it's telling me that the feature is depreciated. Might have to try and get this oauth2 crap working after all.