Always “Have Offline Access” | Google OAuth 2

Question

I am trying to get fetch user\'s profile using Google OAuth2 api. After user authentication, on the consent page, I am always asked for \"Have Offline Access\"

The URL i

Answer 1

Because you are redirecting back to http(s)://localhost:/. This makes sense because any app that requests redirection to localhost is obviously running locally.

Redirect it to a public web address and it will not bother you.

Answer 2

if you are using node js module 'everyauth' , you can override the googles default value by

.authQueryParam({ access_type:'online', approval_prompt:'auto' })

Answer 3

I had the same problem, and after googling for a long while, I found this link:

"This app would like to: Have offline access" when access_type=online

it suggests to remove 'localhost' in the redirect_uri, and it works for me.

Answer 4

Looks like you have registered your client as a "Native Application" instead of a "Web Application". Native apps get a refresh token by default which is a long lived token, for which the Resource Owner gets a notification and a consent screen because of its inherent security implications. Change your client type to "Web Application" assuming that's what it is...

Answer 5

There are two parameters which can cause this prompt:

• access_type (if it is 'offline', get refresh token)
• approval_prompt (if it is 'force')

A reference about this can be found here.

Try to change the approval_prompt parameter to 'auto' or add it to your request and check the access_type parameter to 'online' or add it to your request.