Google+ and PayPal Authentication Changes

Created by Todd Zabel (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Feb 24, 2019
2 min read

Google+ End of Life on March 7, 2019

Google announced at the end of last year that they would be shutting down Google+ for consumers on March 7,2019. Janrain has been taking action to ensure a seamless transition for our customers.

Janrain has already updated our integration to use Sign In with Google APIs. We have also been in the process of updating branding from Google+ to Google across our interfaces for the past several months.

The final step in this process will occur the week of February 11th. All Google+ scopes will be automatically removed from Janrain Social Login configurations prior to February 15th to ensure that logins to functioning normally as the shutdown of Google+ begins.

No customer action is required to ensure that Google signins continue to operate. This is also true for native mobile logins since those integrations are direct to Google and already rely on Sign In with Google.

Note: If your app relies on a Native Sign in with Google login experience, please ensure that you are using the latest version of our SDKs. The latest SDKs require your app to retrieve an auth code using Google SignIn libraries and then pass that auth code to Janrain to log in the user. Details can be found in our SDKs for iOS and Android.

Also, Janrain widgets have already been updated to follow Sign in with Google branding guidelines. The only changes to consider are branding updates from Google+ to Google if you do not rely on Janrain widgets to render the login buttons in your application.


Connect with PayPal - Profile changes on March 4, 2019

PayPal has announced that starting March 4, 2019, profile data will need to be retrieved from a new profile endpoint and that fewer data attributes will be returned.

Janrain will automatically handle the updates to ensure that PayPal logins continue to operate.

Customers should review their apps to ensure they are not relying on any data that will no longer be returned. According to PayPal’s documentation the following fields will no longer be returned:

  • birthdate
  • age_range
  • phones
  • phone
  • account_type
  • account_creation_date
  • zoneinfo
  • Locale
  • language

If you are not relying on any of the attributes that will no longer be available, then no action is needed at this time.