Error: invalid_request device_id and device_name are required for private IP

Question

I was doing my development with Google Drive API using [localhost:8080]. Suddenly I felt to test it in my local deployment sandbox and it has IP address as [192.168.1.1:8080

Answer 1

Google will not accept a local (private) IP address when doing Oauth calls. My workaround was to add an entry in my Windows hosts file for the local IP:

\Windows\System32\drivers\etc

192.168.1.2   fakedomain.com

then register fakedomain.com with Google in their dev console. That appears as a "real" domain to them, but will still resolve in your browser to the local IP. I'm sure a similar approach on Mac or Linux would also work.