Possible to test Google social login locally?

Question

I want to test the Google Social login system on my local machine. However when I create a new OAuth button: 'Create New Client ID' it requires me to fill in the Authorized redirect URI which needs to be a valid address (ends with .com or .org).

Obviously when we develop locally we don't have the .com or .org at the end. I have a virtualhost setup... and my address to my local development is mywebsite.local

Is there a way to input the redirect URI to be mywebsite.local without receinv the error:

Invalid Redirect: http://mywebsite.local/login/auth must end with a public top-level domain (such as .com or .org)

Answer 1

You can set "Authorized redirect URI" to local IP (like http://127.0.0.1/callback), it's working fine for me.

What really agonizing is that google don't allow user to config an external IP (let's say your server IP like 99.99.99.99) as "Authorized redirect URI", google want the "Authorized redirect URI" to end with a public top-level domain (such as .com or .org).

Answer 2

Further to pinoyyid's answer, here's what you'd want in your /etc/hosts file.

0.0.0.0 mywebsite.com 

I put new rules after everything else that's already in there.

you can then access your development site at mywebsite.com and enter the correct redirect URL in the Google Developer's Console.