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chell
chell

Reputation: 7866

Is the Secure Canvas URL required for Localhost apps in development

I am developing an application in my local machine.

I let users invite their Facebook friends with a Facebook request Dialogue.

The friends then click the link in their Facebook and are directed to the canvas page and then redirected out of Facebook to my local site.

Do I need to have an SSL certificate and if so how can I have one when I am developing locally so I can test my site?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 3298

Answers (4)

trvsdnn
trvsdnn

Reputation: 146

Forward works great for developing facebook apps locally, supports SSL too.

https://forwardhq.com/in-use/facebook

Upvotes: 1

snaka
snaka

Reputation: 23

In my case, temporary DISABLE secure browsing setting in 'Account Setting'.

http://gyazo.com/39e4dd5087636ebc3024d2285ab3e33a.png

Upvotes: 2

SenG
SenG

Reputation: 731

From Facebook Oct.1 deadline blog post, SSL is not required for sandbox apps. So you can continue to develop apps without SSL certificate as long as you enable sandbox in your app.

Upvotes: 5

Anatoly Lubarsky
Anatoly Lubarsky

Reputation: 3036

You need a certificate before October 1st, otherwise your canvas landing page will be blocked by Facebook. If you develop locally and need a SSL cert just for test, see the following trick for IIS:

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/04/06/tip-trick-enabling-ssl-on-iis7-using-self-signed-certificates.aspx

Upvotes: 0

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