# For a SaaS app built on n8n, how can I handle dynamic, per-user authentication for nodes like Google Sheets? Is there a built-in way to connect each user's own account, or is a custom OAuth2 flow the standard approach?

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**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** oauth2\
**Created:** [May 4, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/for-a-saas-app-built-on-n8n-how-can-i-handle-dynamic-per-user-authentication-for-nodes-like-google-sheets-is-there-a-built-in-way-to-connect-each-users-own-account-or-is-a-custom-oauth2-flow-the-standard-approach/110724 "2025-05-04T20:27:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mudassir\_Ahmad](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/mudassir_ahmad/32/58755_2.png) [@Mudassir\_Ahmad](https://community.n8n.io/u/Mudassir_Ahmad)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/for-a-saas-app-built-on-n8n-how-can-i-handle-dynamic-per-user-authentication-for-nodes-like-google-sheets-is-there-a-built-in-way-to-connect-each-users-own-account-or-is-a-custom-oauth2-flow-the-standard-approach/110724/1 "2025-05-04T20:27:45Z")

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**Author:** ![hubschrauber](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/hubschrauber/32/46788_2.png) [@hubschrauber](https://community.n8n.io/u/hubschrauber)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/for-a-saas-app-built-on-n8n-how-can-i-handle-dynamic-per-user-authentication-for-nodes-like-google-sheets-is-there-a-built-in-way-to-connect-each-users-own-account-or-is-a-custom-oauth2-flow-the-standard-approach/110724/2 "2025-05-04T20:28:24Z")

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/system/32/195824_2.png) [@system](https://community.n8n.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/for-a-saas-app-built-on-n8n-how-can-i-handle-dynamic-per-user-authentication-for-nodes-like-google-sheets-is-there-a-built-in-way-to-connect-each-users-own-account-or-is-a-custom-oauth2-flow-the-standard-approach/110724/3 "2025-08-02T20:28:27Z")

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