OAuth: how to test with local URLs?

Question

I am trying to test OAuth buttons, but they all (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) come back with errors that seem to signal that I can not test or use them from a local

Answer 1

Taking Google OAuth as reference

• In your OAuth client Tab

  1. Add your App URI example(http://localhost:3000) to Authorized JavaScript origins URIs

• In your OAuth consent screen

  1. Add mywebsite.com to Authorized domains

• Edit the hosts file on windows or linux Windows C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts Linux : /etc/hosts to add 127.0.0.1 mywebsite.com (N.B. Comment out any if there is any other 127.0.0.1)

Answer 2

You can also use ngrok: https://ngrok.com/. I use it all the time to have a public server running on my localhost. Hope this helps.

Another options which even provides your own custom domain for free are serveo.net and https://localtunnel.github.io/www/