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Google Auth API Javascript idpiframe initialization error on Chrome

I use GSuite and I'm coding a very simple web app to use Google Auth API, and I get an exception "idpiframe_initialization_failed".
Now I have the exact HTML as shown in the google Sample:
https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/javascript/samples/samples
1) I've created a project on the Google Developer Console
2) I setup the OAUTH authorization screen
3) I've created the client ID, creating restrictions and redirection URL
4) I've also created the API KEY
5) Finally I've enabled the People API, because discovery services was failing when setting the discoveryDocs parameter
With all of these steps, When I call the gapi.client.init, it raises an exception ONLY in chrome, I cannot understand why.
The code for initializing the API is:
gapi.client.init({
apiKey: 'MY_API_KEY',
discoveryDocs: ["https://people.googleapis.com/$discovery/rest?version=v1"],
clientId: 'MY_CLIENT_ID.apps.googleusercontent.com',
scope: 'profile'
}).then(function (response) {
// Listen for sign-in state changes.
gapi.auth2.getAuthInstance().isSignedIn.listen(updateSigninStatus);
// Handle the initial sign-in state.
updateSigninStatus(gapi.auth2.getAuthInstance().isSignedIn.get());
},function(reason){
console.log('onerror');
console.log(reason);
// Listen for sign-in state changes.
gapi.auth2.getAuthInstance().isSignedIn.listen(updateSigninStatus);
// Handle the initial sign-in state.
updateSigninStatus(gapi.auth2.getAuthInstance().isSignedIn.get());
The code is running the error block, and the message is:
details: "Failed to read the 'localStorage' property from 'Window': Access is denied for this document."
error:"idpiframe_initialization_failed"
Any ideas why I'm coming into this error?
Thanks!

I encountered the same issue. After investing some time, found the reason. This error is because in chrome settings, you have the Block third-party cookies and site data option enabled.
It can be resolved by disabling this option:
"To find the setting, open Chrome settings, type "Content settings" in the search box, click the Content Settings button, and view the fourth item under Cookies."
Uncheck the box "Block third-party cookies and site data".
Hopefully this helps you in resolving your issue.

The problem is with Google's API console and how it handles creating credentials.
It only seems to work when I access it through the following url
https://developers.google.com/identity/sign-in/web/sign-in#before_you_begin
There is a link that lets you create your app and the OAuth credentials.
When I go to the console and create it through that screen it doesn't seem to work.
After trying and re-create again and test with a fresh app I found out that the URL you add to the Authorized Javascript Origins doesn't always get added.
If everything is good then the url should be available in the credentials page

In my case, I just had to wait a bit for Google to take the origin into account. I cannot tell exactly how long it took. I waited ~30min. I then went to sleep and it was working the following morning.
Edit: Ooops I just realized I was using http:// and not https://. That was the actual problem.

I had the same problem and I searched for 3 days: Resolve " popup_closed_by_user" Go to your console.google go to your API MANAGE : Credentials:modify your credentials:
Authorized Javascript origin (http://localhost:port);
authorized redirect URI(http://localhost:port/auth/google/callback);
Example:|| Authorized Javascript origin (http://localhost:4200);
authorized redirect URI (http://localhost:4200/auth/google/callback)

Can't Post to Facebook Page using JS

Okay what I want is to post to the Facebook Page as an Page(This is developing mode application only viewable to ne).
I have done with Facebook login.
So basically I ask for 2 permissions and they are
Manage Pages
Publish Pages
I can post to the page using the Facebook graph explorer tool but can't via my Javascript code.
Here is the code that I write using JS. This code is written inside a function.
FB.api('me/accounts', function(response){
token = response.data[0].access_token;
post_with_token(token);
});
function post_with_token(token){
var message = $('#post_body').html();
var page_id = 'page_id';
FB.api('page_id/feed', 'post',
{ message : message,
access_token : token},
function (response){
console.log(response);
});
The error object in the console says this
message: "(#200) The user hasn't authorized the application to perform this action"
Both the apps My and Graph explorer have the same permissions granted.Is any new permission to be asked. I am unable to figure out what exactly the problem is.Correct me if I am wrong anywhere.
I got the answer that I posted below but didn't got why I need additional permission.?

publish_pages has only been introduced with Graph API version 2.3.
Before that, publish_actions was used to allow posts on pages by the page as well – now with v2.3, they have made that into two separate permissions. publish_actions is for everything you publish as/in the name of a user, and publish_pages is for publishing as a page.
Graph API Explorer has API version 2.3 selected by default – that is why your call was successful there. Most likely, with your own API call from your JS code, you did not use v2.3, but specified a lower API version when initializing the JS SDK.
So just specify version: 'v2.3' in your FB.init parameters (see Basic Setup section in JS SDK docs), and it should work fine with publish_pages.

Okay I solved the problem . I have to ask for publish_actions permission also. So I asked through the Login Dialog and used the same code as above to post to the page!

The error implies exactly what it says. They've designer their API so it's not going to let you post without proper authorization first.
Facebook provides a guide on how to give proper authorization to your registered app

Facebook javascript sdk asking for birthday permission randomly

I need to get user_birthday and email along with some of the basic profile info for a facebook user.
I am not using XFBML in my view but an HTML button that calls the following javascript function on click
function loginToFacebook(){
FB.login(function(response){
console.log(JSON.stringify(response));
checkLoginState('login');
}, {scope: 'email,user_birthday'});
return false;
}
The issue is a little strange, When I go to login and the permission dialog pops up. basic profile and email permission is always asked but user_birthday is random. for some id`s I can see this being asked for others not.
Am I missing something? any guidance? If you need other part of code, please let me know.

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/apps/changelog
Apps requesting more than public_profile, email and the user_friends permission must be reviewed by Facebook before those permissions can be requested from people.
Meaning, user_birthday needs to get approved before it can be used by users, else it will only work for users with a role in the App (Admin, Developer, Tester). There should be a very visible message telling you about that when you open the login dialog as Admin/Developer of the App.
More information: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/apps/review/login

I had a similar issue with user_email
While logging in a user has the choice to cherry pick their information sharing and logging into the application.
The best way to ensure data is captured accurately is to have an in-app form to ask them for what you need.

Invite friends with Javascript, but inside a specific page of a canvas app

What I need to do is to put a button on various pages of my facebook app, which will invite user's friends to the specific page of the app.
I use the JS SDK of facebook and I created the following function:
<script>
function sendRequestViaMultiFriendSelector() {
FB.ui({method: 'apprequests',
title: 'Share message title',
message: 'Share message'
}, requestCallback);
}
function requestCallback(response) {
}
</script>
I am thinking that I might need to add the "redirect_uri", but whatever I did it didn't work. The app uses clean urls.
I have to tell you that my app is still in Sandbox mode and I also have set basic Authenticated Referrals for the users. Also the Migrations settings are as follows:
Stream post URL security: Disabled
Deprecate offline access: Enabled
Timezone-less events: Enabled
Forces use of login secret for auth.login: Disabled
Enhanced Auth Dialog: Enabled
Page Hours Format: Enabled
Batch API Exceptions Format: Enabled
July 2012 Breaking Changes: Disabled
Include Checkins with Statuses: Enabled
Do you need more information on that so that you can help me find the solution?

I've never tried it before, but the Requests Dialog documentation has something about the data parameter which is optional:
Optional, additional data you may pass for tracking. This will be
stored as part of the request objects created. The maximum length is
255 characters.
Also, you can see how it's used in this official facebook blog post: Upgrade to Requests 2.0
Hope this helps you.

Using Facebook Javascript SDK to get Graph Data

FIXED NOW! But I can't answer my own question yet. See my comment below. And thanks for helping.
I've searched and searched and read the docs and still can't figure this out.
I have a web page about an event. There's also a public Facebook "event" for my event. I'm trying to use the FB Javascript SDK to get the number of attendees for the Facebook event and add it to the number of people who've registered through the website.
I've created an app and I have an appID and secret string. I can get an access token from:
https://graph.facebook.com/oauth/access_token?client_id=XXXX&client_secret=XXXXX&grant_type=client_credentials
and I can then use that access token to get the attendees for a public event:
https://graph.facebook.com/331218348435/attending?access_token=XXXXXXXXX
That's all fine.
I'm now trying to do this same thing using the Javascript SDK.
I've loaded the SDK and done an init:
FB.init({
appId : 'XXXXXXXX',
status : true, // check login status
cookie : true, // enable cookies to allow the server to access the session
xfbml : true // parse XFBML
});
and I know the SDK is working because I can get an object with the data that doesn't need an access token:
FB.api( '/331218348435', function (response) { console.log ( response ) } );
but when I try to get the attendee data that needs the access token:
FB.api( '/331218348435/attending', function (response) { console.log ( response ) } );
I get an OAuthException: "An access token is required to request this resource."
All the tutorials and information I can find all refers to using the .login method, but I don't want a user to login, I want to login using my app ID without any user interaction.
I'd assumed that the API took the SDK's init request and granted me an access token when I called the .init method, the authentication being done against my website's address (the HTTP referrer - yes I have set my website URL in the Facebook app settings).
Any ideas what might be causing this to not work? How can I get the access token using the Javascript SDK without doing a .login? Am I missing a step? Is this even possible?
Thanks

Form what the rather circular documentations says, getting the attending feed requires a 'generic access_token`. In Facebook terms:
Any valid access_token
Any valid access token returned by our APIs. An access token may not be valid if, for example, it has expired. No special permissions are required. Occasionally, this is referred to as a generic access_token.
So this means that you can use any token you like to access the attending feed, as long as the event is public. The easiest access token to get seems to be an app token: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/authentication/#applogin. You can get this token using only your App ID and Secret, and no user interaction is required.
To summerise the link content: You can get an application access token by sending a GET request to
https://graph.facebook.com/oauth/access_token?client_id=YOUR_APP_ID&client_secret=YOUR_APP_SECRET&grant_type=client_credentials
You can then use that access_token to make the call for you attending list
FB.api('MyEvent/attending?access_token=ACCESS_TOKEN');

Oh. OK.
Well, for whatever reason, I went away and had my dinner and when I come back it's working fine.
When I updated the settings for my app Facebook said it might take a few minutes for the change to get around the servers. Turned out to take over an hour!
My code was fine.
Thanks for your help.