# What I should put in OAuth redirect URL input

**URL:** <https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/what-i-should-put-in-oauth-redirect-url-input/23308>\
**Category:** Extensions\
**Created:** [December 3, 2019, 8:03pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/what-i-should-put-in-oauth-redirect-url-input/23308 "2019-12-03T20:03:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![jakubwilk](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/jakubwilk/32/7446_2.png) [@jakubwilk](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/jakubwilk)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 8:03pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/what-i-should-put-in-oauth-redirect-url-input/23308/1 "2019-12-03T20:03:33Z")

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Hi, I’ve started create an app for my firend and I’m stuck, because don’t know what I should put inside Oauth redirect URL input field. It can be my personal website URL or on twitch documentation somewhere is hidden property URL address which I should copy?

PS: Sorry for my english :\<

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**Author:** ![Dist](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/dist/32/7192_2.png) [@Dist](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/Dist)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 9:53pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/what-i-should-put-in-oauth-redirect-url-input/23308/2 "2019-12-03T21:53:04Z")

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The OAuth redirect URL is where you want Twitch to send the user once they accept/decline your authentication process.

If you don’t plan to use Twitch Authentication you can just put `http://localhost` as your redirect url. If you do plan to use OAuth though then you’ll need to point this at your server that’s handling the auth process.

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**Author:** ![jakubwilk](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/jakubwilk/32/7446_2.png) [@jakubwilk](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/jakubwilk)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/what-i-should-put-in-oauth-redirect-url-input/23308/3 "2019-12-05T17:35:22Z")

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Okey, but this response from user is in body parameter or something like this? Beacuse still don’t know how can I read his “answer” (when he accept/decline) in my site on my server.

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**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:** [December 5, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/what-i-should-put-in-oauth-redirect-url-input/23308/4 "2019-12-05T17:36:14Z")

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Step 3 of oAuth will contain the code used to token exchange as a Query String/GET paramater

So [https://localhost/?code=asdasdasdasd](https://localhost/?code=asdasdasdasd)

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**Author:** ![jakubwilk](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/jakubwilk/32/7446_2.png) [@jakubwilk](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/jakubwilk)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/what-i-should-put-in-oauth-redirect-url-input/23308/5 "2019-12-06T17:32:13Z")

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Oh, You right. In URL is code with other parameters 😃  
I’ll test it when my streamer get respond from support… But it should be easy now with using docs

Thank u

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**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:** [October 11, 2023, 11:53am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/what-i-should-put-in-oauth-redirect-url-input/23308/6 "2023-10-11T11:53:18Z")

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3 posts were split to a new topic: [Windows Application redirect issue](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/windows-application-redirect-issue/48593)
