Google API - How to redirect URL to my localhost

Question

I am working on integrating google login in my Phonegap app using Google OAuth. What happens is that while creating a client ID for my app, I have to choose "Installed Application" and then the application type as "Others" since I am creating my app using Phonegap.

This gives me two redirect URIs such as "urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob" and "http://localhost". I am not opting to go with "urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob" as it requires the user to copy the code and put it back to the app. The other option that I have is redirecting to localhost.

Here the problem is that how do I redirect the URL to localhost when I am on iPad? I have tried to use different redirect URIs but Google doesn't let me use them. It sticks only with redirecting to localhost (or adding some port numbers) which I have no other go.

Does anyone have any workaround on this? Are there any methods to accomplish this task? I am stuck. Please help.

Answer 1

You can use Rewrite Rules too.

For example, I need this callback for Google : http://local.dev/users/login-google

So I have set this URL in Google Console : http://localhost/JUMP/local.dev/users/login-google

And in apache, a simple redirect :

RewriteEngine  on
RewriteRule    ^JUMP/(.+)$   http://$1 [R,L]