Google OAuth Demo

This is a simple demo project showing how to implement Google OAuth login using a React frontend and a Flask backend.

Features

• Sign in with Google account
• Display logged-in user name
• Session management with Flask
• Logout functionality
• Simple responsive login page

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• Node.js / npm
• Google OAuth credentials

Instructions

Backend

1. pip install -r requirements.txt
2. create .env file in backend folder with Google OAuth credentials:
   FLASK_SECRET_KEY=your_secret_key
   GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=your_google_client_id
   GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=your_google_client_secret
3. run the Flask server:
   python oauth/api.py

Frontend

1. navigate to the project folder
2. npm install
3. npm start

Disclaimer: This project is just a simple API demo for local development. In a real project, tokens should be stored securely (e.g., using Keytar), and HTTPS should be used instead of HTTP.