How do I login into Google Apps via a URL?

Question

I know I can login into Google using a URL. For example to login and see my inbox:

https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLoginAuth?continue=http%3A//mail.google.com/gmail&service=mail&Email=LOGIN&Passwd=PASSWORD&null=Sign+in

But how do I do the same for a gmail inbox that belongs to a domain that is using Google Apps? These domains are located at https://www.google.com/a/domainname.com and as much as I've tried to manipulate the login url, I couldn't get in.

Any idea if it's possible, and if so, how?

Answer 1

Could Federated login for Google account users based on the openID standard be of any use to you?

More information: http://code.google.com/intl/nl-NL/apis/accounts/docs/OpenID.html

Answer 2

This works for me:

https://mail.google.com/a/domain.com/

(replace domain.com with your Google apps domain)

Answer 3

Without a token/cookie, there is not a way to achieve a valid Google Apps login using just the HTTP URL.

You'll need to implement an SSO solution using one of the two offered options:

• SSO using their SAML-based SSO API http://code.google.com/googleapps/domain/sso/saml_reference_implementation.html

• Federated login using the OpenID approach http://code.google.com/googleapps/domain/sso/openid_reference_implementation.html