Can a public IP address be used as Google OAuth redirect URI?

Question

I\'m trying to set a web service that needs the user\'s Google Latitude info, so I\'m using Google OAuth to get the user authorization stuff.

However, when trying to

Answer 1

Yes, as of now you still need to have a domain name to use Google OAuth in your application. If you have a static public IP and don't want to buy a domain name, you could use a free subdomain from FreeDNS to link to your public IP. Seemed to work well enough for me with a Django app.