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jenny_
Explorer | Level 3
7 years ago

Redirect URI for localhost not working

Hello, I have troubles in adding the redirect URI to my dropbox app. The placeholder said that http is allowed for localhost. I use a hostname.      How can I fix that without setting up htt...
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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    7 years ago
    As a matter of security, Dropbox doesn't allow the use of http:// with a non-localhost redirect URI. I'll ask the team to look into adding an exception for .local, but I can't make any promises as to if or when that would be done.
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rpmgr
New member | Level 2
7 years ago

I'm having the same problem. Is the exception added for this?

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    Greg-DB
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    7 years ago

    rpmgr No, unfortunately we have not added an exception to allow .local. I'm not aware of plans to do so currently, but I'll follow up here if that changes.

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