LonghornLeghorn 0 Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 Can anyone tell me why I would need a URL redirect for an API when the bot will be run locally on someone's computer and will never hit my URL? I just cannot grasp this in my mind. Everything is self contained in a bot and will never be run through my website. Can anyone help me...please! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LonghornLeghorn 0 Posted November 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 Can anyone tell me why I would need a URL redirect for an API when the bot will be run locally on someone's computer and will never hit my URL? I just cannot grasp this in my mind. Everything is self contained in a bot and will never be run through my website. Can anyone help me...please! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
UBotDev 276 Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 You would need it because the API (Linkedin) you are trying to access uses "Authorization Code" grant type, implementing so called 3-legged Oauth, where users first need to grant access which posts authorization code back to your side, which you can then use to exchange for an access token, which finally permits you to access data via API. So in short, if Linked doesn't support any other grant types (was checking but couldn't find one) you'll have to go through that process. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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