# OAuth not working **URL:** \ **Category:** API\ **Created:** [January 31, 2019, 8:47pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/oauth-not-working/19816 "2019-01-31T20:47:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![riki95](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/riki95/32/5744_2.png) [@riki95](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/riki95)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 8:47pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/oauth-not-working/19816/1 "2019-01-31T20:47:29Z")
Hi guys, hope this is the right section. I want to develop a simple script that is able to cycle on a certain number of channels that I select (for example I gave to him a list) and I want him to give me back the follower’s number. So if I give him a,b,c,d he give me back a followers: 15000 b followers: 20000 … I have created the application on the dev console and get my client ID. I am using a python library which is called python-twitch-client to interact with twitch and for some functions I need to generate an OAuth token. How can I generate it? Because I tried with this [https://twitchapps.com/tokengen/#](https://twitchapps.com/tokengen/#) but after clicking continue, it brings me to localhost since I have set [http://localhost](http://localhost) in the OAUth redirect. Is this correct? So how do I get my OAuth so that I can continue? Thanks guys ---
**Author:** ![Dkamps18](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/dkamps18/32/11559_2.png) [@Dkamps18](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/Dkamps18)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 10:51pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/oauth-not-working/19816/2 "2019-01-31T22:51:52Z")
No, The site your using sets the redirect\_uri to [https://twitchapps.com/tokengen/](https://twitchapps.com/tokengen/) and not [http://localhost](http://localhost) That will cause a ‘Parameter redirect\_uri does not match registered URI’ error Update the redirect\_uri parameter in the url and after Authorization page you will be redirected to [http://localhost](http://localhost) and find the access token in the url bar ---
**Author:** ![riki95](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/riki95/32/5744_2.png) [@riki95](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/riki95)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 11:08pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/oauth-not-working/19816/3 "2019-01-31T23:08:19Z")
Thanks, that’s clear! I cannot modify that parameter on the website. But I can on my app on TwitchDev account. So, I modified localhost with: `https://twitchapps.com/tokengen/` Because the website redirects here. I authorize and what I get is: {“status”:401,“message”:“invalid csrf token”} What am I doing wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Dkamps18](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/dkamps18/32/11559_2.png) [@Dkamps18](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/Dkamps18)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 11:18pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/oauth-not-working/19816/4 "2019-01-31T23:18:58Z")
its working perfectly fine for me. you might as well follow [this page](https://github.com/Dkamps18/PHP-Twitch-lib/wiki/Getting-Started) start at “To get a access-token”, skip the steps you’ve already done and the last step ---
**Author:** ![riki95](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/riki95/32/5744_2.png) [@riki95](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/riki95)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 11:36pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/oauth-not-working/19816/5 "2019-01-31T23:36:14Z")
Well, I do the following: Paste this url to browser ```auto https://id.twitch.tv/oauth2/authorize?client_id=YOUR-CLIENT-ID&redirect_uri=http://localhost&response_type=code&scope=SCOPES ``` I remove YOUR-CLIENT-ID and insert mine I remove SCOPES and live it blank I press ENTER, i authenticate and then I get: **{“status”:401,“message”:“invalid csrf token”}** Also if I insert something like **user:edit** instead of SCOPES, I get the same error. Any suggestion? ---
**Author:** ![BarryCarlyon](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/barrycarlyon/32/253_2.png) [@BarryCarlyon](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/BarryCarlyon)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 12:59am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/oauth-not-working/19816/6 "2019-02-01T00:59:32Z")
You don’t need an oAuth’ed scoped key for what you have described as wanting to do. Follow counts are public information A ClientID will suffice. > [@riki95](#): > > {“status”:401,“message”:“invalid csrf token”} This is a temporary issue and means you browser session is borked up usually. ---
**Author:** ![riki95](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/riki95/32/5744_2.png) [@riki95](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/riki95)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/oauth-not-working/19816/7 "2019-02-01T19:37:36Z")
Hi Barry, thanks for the answer. It seems very strange to mee, I tried from Chrome on Windows and it does this, but also from Chrome on Mac and from Safari on Mac. Are you sure is it a browser issue? By the way is not clear to me how to get the follower count for a channel. Any suggestion? ---
**Author:** ![BarryCarlyon](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/barrycarlyon/32/253_2.png) [@BarryCarlyon](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/BarryCarlyon)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 7:52pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/oauth-not-working/19816/8 "2019-02-01T19:52:15Z")
> [@riki95](#): > > Are you sure is it a browser issue? Yes > [@riki95](#): > > By the way is not clear to me how to get the follower count for a channel. Any suggestion? > **[Reference](https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/api/reference/#get-users-follows)** > > Twitch Developer tools and services to integrate Twitch into your development or create interactive experience on twitch.tv. ---
**Author:** ![riki95](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/riki95/32/5744_2.png) [@riki95](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/riki95)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2019, 10:04am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/oauth-not-working/19816/9 "2019-02-02T10:04:44Z")
Solved it, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://d2opxh93rbxzdn.cloudfront.net/original/2X/0/05909729875cce3b53e59d5561c4d23bb14948fc.png) [@system](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 10:04am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/oauth-not-working/19816/10 "2019-03-04T10:04:46Z")
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