Authorisation for webapp

Question

Hi,

I have absolutely no knowledge of google docs but i need to investigate something: Is it possible to authorize a user through google docs for a webapplication?

My app would not even have to handle the password, knowing if the user exists would be enough.

Why?: I'm building some tools for a client and they don't want to maintain users in each and every tool they have. For them now google docs is leading when it comes to maintaining users. Obviously they don't want former employees using the tools.

Answer 1

Google provides OpenID that you can use to link people to their Google Accounts.