Feature Request: Pass UserID to robots

[GoogleCodeExporter]

As far as I can tell (from incoming data logs, searching Wave, the sandbox, 
and the issue tracker) there's no way for a robot to make an automatic 
connection between some_email@gmail.com and some_email@googlewave.com. 

My problem is that I want to pull user content from my app into Wave to be 
managed/collaborated on, but I'd much rather let Google handle my auth than 
require users to set a Wave password or manually tie their Wave account to 
their app account.

Of course, I'm assuming that the unique Google Accounts IDs apply to 
@googlewave.com addresses, and that in the future addresses won't use 
@gmail.com addresses.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by pakattac...@gmail.com on 3 Oct 2009 at 1:37

[GoogleCodeExporter]

You will have to have the users authenticate to other Google services either 
way - even 
if you know their Gmail account - probably by redirecting them to an 
authentication 
screen (AuthSub). Does knowing the GMail account make that authentication 
easier?

Original comment by pamela.fox on 6 Oct 2009 at 2:27

• Changed state: NeedsMoreInfo

[GoogleCodeExporter]

I'm not sure why (or how) users logged into Wave would need to authenticate 
again. 
Especially since the robot doesn't seem to be able to make the connection 
between a 
Wave user who submitted a blip and that same user logged into my App Engine app.

With that said, thinking about now, as not every Google Account has a GMail 
account 
having a gmail address wouldn't solve the problem of loading content tied to 
that 
account. A better title for the issue might be "Enable robots to automatically 
link 
Wave users to Google Accounts"

At this point I'm not sure if my thinking is to narrow/naive (i.e. non App 
Engine 
robots would have no use for a user ID), so I'll make a thread in the 
discussion 
group rather than clutter the comments here.

Original comment by pakattac...@gmail.com on 8 Oct 2009 at 4:55