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Hi there,
I've been trying to get my head around OAuth redirect URI and it makes no sense to me! Can someone please explain to me how it works and how I make my plugin do the thing it should do?
I'm using a Wordpress plugin call External Media and it asked me to create an app. So far so good. I created the app and gave the plugin the key but when I try to give the app the web addess that the site is currently hosted on, it doesn't like it. I was wondering whether or not I needed to create the OAuth redirect URI but I've simpy NO IDEA what one is and what I should be writing in that box.
I've read the documentation several times and it still seems like gibberish and I just want to go lie down in a darkened room.
HAYULP!!
I recommend reading through the OAuth guide first to get an understanding of how the flow works:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/oauth-guide
The documentation for it can be found here:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#authorization
Also, in your screenshot, you're trying to register a redirect URI in the "Chooser/Saver domains" fields. That field is for a different feature. OAuth redirect URIs should be entered in the "OAuth 2 Redirect URIs" field above it.
Hi Greg, thanks for replying but the question already says I couldn't get my head around the documentation so telling me to read the documentation doesn't help that much.
I was asking whether or not I needed to fill in the OAuth section to utilise the Wordpress plugin that I'm using (https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/external-media/). It needs the Chooser/Saver section but doesn't make any mention of the Oauth section. Is that an oversight on their part?
Charlie
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