Welcome to our step-by-step guide on adding Google Login to your website registration, allowing single sign-on (SSO) for a streamlined user experience as well as “One-Tap” Registration. This guide is designed for real estate agents, iHOUSE Elite clients, website admins, and real estate brokers.
Overview
By following this guide, you'll learn how to:
1 - Visit the Google Developer Console
2 - Create a New Project and Navigate to the Google Auth Platform
3 - Complete ‘Get Started’ under Google’s OAuth Overview
4 - Complete the OAuth Branding section
5 - Create the OAuth Client and generate credentials
6 - Add Credentials to Your iHouseWeb Admin Menu
7 - Verify Google Single Sign-On and ‘One-Tap’ Registration are enabled
Let's get started!
Step 1: Visit the Google Developer Console
1 - Go to Google Developer Console: https://console.developers.google.com/
2 - Sign in with your Google account by entering your email and password.
3 - You will be prompted to agree to the Google Cloud Platform Terms of Service.
Step 2: Create a New Project and Navigate to the Google Auth Platform
1 - Once signed in, you should be directed to Google’s ‘APIs & Services’ dashboard
2 - Click ‘Select a project’, any existing projects will be displayed.
3 - Click ‘New Project’
4 - Provide a Project Name, ID, and Set organization- use defaults or customize as desired.
5 - Press ‘Create’. This will return you to the ‘APIs & Services’ dashboard.
6 - With the project created, you can now click ‘OAuth consent screen’ from the left side menu
7 - This will take you to ‘OAuth Overview’ dashboard
Step 3: Complete ‘Get Started’ under Google’s OAuth Overview
Press ‘Get Started’. Follow the 4 steps provided through Project Configuration
1. - App Information
App Name: Give your app a name.
User Support Email: for users to contact you with questions about their consent if ever needed
2. - Audience
select External
3. - Contact Information
Email addresses: These email addresses are for Google to notify you about any changes to your project
4. - Finish
‘Google API Services User Data Policy’, confirm your choices and then press continue
Review your choices and then click ‘Create’. This will return you to the OAuth Overview dashboard
Step 4 - Complete the OAuth Branding section
1 - From the side menu click on ‘Branding’
2 - Some fields may already be populated with your previously entered info, scroll down to App Domain
3 - App Domain: Enter the full domain of your homepage including the https://
4 - Enter your Privacy Policy link as needed
5 - Enter your Terms of Service link as needed
6 - Authorized domains: click ‘+ Add domain’, Enter the simple domain of your homepage (example.com)
7 - Developer Contact Information: Enter the email google can use to notify you about changes to your project
8 - press ‘Save’
Step 5 - Create the OAuth Client and generate credentials
1 - In the sidebar, click on ‘Clients’.
2 - Click on ‘+ Create client’
3 - Set the application type to "Web Application".
4 - Provide a name for the OAuth client ID.
5 - Authorized Javascript Origin, click ‘+ Add URI’ to reveal the needed field called URIs
6 - Enter your full domain (https://), remove any pathing from the end (e.g. no ‘/’ after ‘.com’)
7 - Click "Create".
8 - Your Client ID and Client Secret will be displayed. Make a note of these somewhere secure.
Note: as of June 2025 the Client Secret will not be viewable again after this dialogue.
Step 6 - Add Credentials to Your iHouseWeb Admin Menu
1 - Visit your iHouseweb Admin menu.
2 - In the sidebar, click on "Integrations".
3 - Under "Integrations", click "Social Login".
4 - Check the box for "Include Google Single Sign-On for Simple Registration".
5 - Enter your App ID and App Secret in the provided fields.
6 - Click "Save Settings".
7 - You can now, if desired, check ‘Enable Google One-Tap Prompt’
8 - Click “Save Settings”
Step 7 - Verify Google Single Sign-On and ‘One-Tap’ Registration are enabled
1 - To confirm the option(s) are appearing, visit the homepage of your website in a new window or tab.
2 - Ensure you are logged in to your Google account but logged out of your iHouseweb account
3 - For Single Sign-On, click on Log In or Register. A button to do so through google will now appear.
4 - For ‘One-Tap’ Registration, Google accounts detected visiting your website will receive a ‘one-tap’ prompt.
Congratulations! You have successfully set up Google Single Sign-On for simple registration and Google ‘One-Tap’ registration on your website.
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to simplify your registration process and improve user experience. Set up Google Single Sign On as well as the ‘One-Tap’ prompt now and watch your user engagement soar.
