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John
John

Reputation: 1220

Need for creating different Projects in Google API console

I have basically two URL's http://xyzwebsite.com (for Development Testing) and http://abcwebsite.com (For Production). I have a simple Login mechanism where a user can click on Google Plus icon to log in rather than using their Username and Password. I created one Project for Development with obviously different Client ID and different for Production with a separate client ID.

But I tested both the URL's above with the client ID of Development project and it worked fine. I am wondering why there is a need ot having multiple projects in Google API console?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 381

Answers (1)

abraham
abraham

Reputation: 47863

There is no particular need. A single project can have several URLs and client IDs for use.

Some reasons you might use multiple projects include:

  • Changing project settings in dev without worrying about breaking production
  • If you have a development script that gets into an endless loop or something it might use up all of the quota and the production app might start throwing errors
  • You might want clear branding on the dev app that explicitly identifies as not production.
  • Some unknown reason I can't think of.

Upvotes: 1

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