OpenID login on local development server for google app engine

Question

Are you able to use open id to log into the local development server with google app engine sdk version 1.4.1 and python 2.5?

When I execute this

self.redirect(users.create_login_url(continue_url, None, openid_url))

I get redirected to http://localhost/_ah/login rather than the openid url. The openid url and continue url are valid.

My app.yaml looks like this

- url: /_ah/login_required
  script: do_openid_login.py

- url: /users/(.*)
  script: routers/user_router.py
  login: required

Is there a config issue or does openid not work locally?

The simple answer is openid doesn't work locally. You could however built up a so-called staging area but there's probably no offline way of telling for example who's an administrator and who's a regular user. — Niklas R.

Nick Johnson Nick Johnson · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-11T23:49:32

No - in the SDK, openid logins are treated the same way as regular logins, using the same Users mockup. It's intended purely for testing.