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Binoy Babu
Binoy Babu

Reputation: 17139

What is an oauth domain

What is an oauth domain? Are there any free oauth services? Can I use it for a StackApps registration? I googled a lot for these but couldn't find an answer.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1739

Answers (1)

Binoy Babu
Binoy Babu

Reputation: 17139

It is the domain in which redirect_uri to which users are redirected after OAuth 2.0 authentication is present.

Desktop applications cannot participate directly in OAuth 2.0 flows, however the embeddable browser controls available in most frameworks make it possible to work around this limitation.

Desktop applications should use the implicit client-side flow, hosting the process within a browser control. For redirect_uri, a value of https://stackexchange.com/oauth/login_success should be used. Upon a successful authentication, access_token will be placed in the url hash as with a standard implicit authentication.

So is it safe to use https://stackexchange.com/oauth/ as the OAuth domain for a desktop app? Can anyone confirm?

Upvotes: 2

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