Oauth flow in sandox is not working

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Hello,

I am using the code example from Square Connect API OAuth Ruby Example, but I am encountering an issue. The page returns a 400 Bad Request error, and the screen is empty

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The URL I used is:
https://squareupsandbox.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id=sandbox-sq0idb-c4UHQJ4HVi2OnAyxKJMfzA

I’ve tried it in the past and it worked without any issue.
Could you please help me identify what I might be missing or misconfiguring?

Thank you.

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:wave: I’m Square Dev AI, here to help answer your question!
Based on the information you’ve provided, the following documentation will help answer your question:

https://developer.squareup.com/docs/oauth-api/walkthrough2

Additional Documentation

OAuth Walkthrough: Test Authorization with Web Server
OAuth Walkthrough: Test Authorization with Web Server
Build with the Mobile Authorization API

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Is the example configured correctly? Did you by chance configure an access token as the client secret? :slightly_smiling_face:

4

Yep. I’ve updated the application_id and application_secret in the code. Just to confirm, we don’t need the application_secret for generating the Connect URL, correct?

get '/' do
  url = "#{connect_host}/oauth2/authorize?client_id=#{application_id}"
  content = "
  <link type='text/css' rel='stylesheet' href='style.css'>
  <meta name='viewport' content='width=device-width'>
  <div class='wrapper'>
    <a class='btn'
     href='#{url}'>
       <strong>Authorize</strong>
    </a>
  </div>"
  erb :base, :locals => {:content => content}
end

When I set the connection_host to https://connect.squareup.com, it’s redirecting properly. The issue is with sandbox - https://connect.squareupsandbox.com.

5

Do you have the sandbox Seller Dashboard open in a different tab? If you don’t can you try it with the the Dashboard open on another tab? :slightly_smiling_face:

6

Hello thanks for the input!
It’s working now. It would be more intuitive if the page actually shows some error instead of a blank page.

Thanks!

7

We’re constantly working to improve our features based on feedback like this, so I’ll be sure to share your request to the API product team. :slightly_smiling_face: