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# 2015 April 16th

What am I trying to do? 

I have a Chrome extension and I want to implement OAuth in it so that users can be authenticated and have accounts. 

So, first, I need users. The user objects shouldn’t be too hard to implement. Juan sent me a way to do it. 

Then, I need to figure out how to use Google OAuth. Actually, this doesn’t require me hitting the API for the Google Contacts I need, I believe - I should be able to just use Google OAuth before I hit the API, as that is actually a separate concern.

Beagle => Users => Google OAuth => Google Contacts API

Now, another bit of complication is that I am in an extension. So, there’s no redirect URL. I need to register my app - I need to register the Chrome Extension, and I also need to have a registered App in order to access the Google Contacts API.

A final problem is that, because I am in an extension, I have to deal with a background page, and including client side libraries with RequireJS and browserify.

Any tips?