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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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Greg-DB
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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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