Sandbox authorization url

Questions
1

i am building my auth url. i get it to work fine in production, but for sandbox, i keep on getting a 400 bad request.

the url is something like:

https://squareupsandbox.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id={client-id}&scope=ITEMS_READ+ITEMS_WRITE+&session=false&state=5ec7fa6887230&redirect_uri=https://somedomain.com/square.php

now, it works fine when the domain goes to:

https://connect.squareup.com/oauth2/authorize?

but when i change it to sandbox, ie

https://connect.squareupsandbox.com/oauth2/authorize?

it redirects to:

https://squareupsandbox.com/oauth2/authorize?

and then i get a 400 error.

what might i be doing wrong here?

2

:waving_hand: 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

Move OAuth from the Sandbox to Production
OAuth Walkthrough: Test Authorization with Web Server
Create the Redirect URL and Square Authorization Page URL

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3

Do you have the sandbox Seller Dashboard open in another tab when trying to do OAuth isn sandbox? It required when doing OAuth in sandbox. :slight_smile:

4

who knew?

so specifically i need to go:

  • account
  • developer console
  • sandbox test account
  • square dashboard

in trying to navigate through my account, what is the quickest way to get to the developer console?

thanks for the help!

5

also, does the sandbox seller dashboard need to be open when obtaining a new sandbox oauth token using a refresh token?

6

Yes, that’s how to get to the sandbox Dashboard.

No, it doesn’t since those are server side API calls. :slight_smile: