Is it possible to test the Facebook plugin on localhost ?

Question

I'm working on a q2a installation on my pc.

I have this error when I try to login :

Given URL is not permitted by the application configuration.: One or more of the given URLs is not allowed by the App's settings. It must match the Website URL or Canvas URL, or the domain must be a subdomain of one of the App's domains.

(it looks like I can login successfully, but the oauth redirect is failing)

The url that I've configured on the Facebook app is the url that I use locally (remapped in the HOST file to a local IP).

Has anyone already been able to successfully authenticate on Facebook locally ?

 

Answer 1

I am not much familiar with Facebook API but you can see this if helps..

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9957218/use-facebook-login-in-localhost

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14667180/setting-up-facebook-login-on-localhost

Comments

Ok, now it works, thanks.
My "Preferred site URL" was not aligned with the url on the facebook app.

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cool.... so you have set your prefer site url in API settings to the localhost?

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Yes, the q2a field contained an URL different from the URL that I had inserted on the facebook app. About the URL that I use to navigate on the q2a installation on my pc,  I''m using a "virtual" URL (www.question2answer.com) that , in the Windows HOST file (Windows/system32/etc/drivers) , i've remapped to a local IP that I have on my pc. I've inserted this URL in the facebook app and in the q2a "preferred site Url" field, and now I can authenticate with any facebook account on the q2a installation that I have on my pc and I''m using for testing.

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This worked for me: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21295872/facebook-app-localhost-no-longer-works-as-app-domain