OpenID -- getting user information?

Question

I am wondering if it is possible to request more information besides email from Google and get the name of the user also?

Am using JanRain OpenID PHP script.

Thank you

Answer 1

No, it isn't possible. Google only releases the user's email address. Their server is set up to never give out any more information than that:

See their OpenID page for developers to learn more: http://code.google.com/apis/accounts/docs/OpenID.html

Answer 2

Search for OpenID Attribute Exchange -- that's what you want.

• basic overview
• formal specification

We haven't looked at it in a while (6 months?) but it was quite rough when we did. Hopefully things have improved since then.

More resources:

http://www.google.com/search?q=openid+attribute+exchange