Capture User Access Token Locally - Unity/C#

[BarryCarlyon]

@Bear

“use a Server or webpage to handle oAuth loop” still means I have to use a server, which I am trying to avoid, unless you are implying that I write code for a localhost server to capture callbacks. In which case, I’ve considered it, but it’s really an issue of overcomplicating a solution.

By server I mean start a temporary web server inside the game

@Bear

“accounts system” is implying a persistence method? But doesn’t necessarily tackle the main issue of bypassing a server hosted callback URI management system. Unless, the accounts system you are mentioning is managed by Twitch, in which case I am unfamiliar.

A custom accounts system for your own game. Your can connects to your extenal accounts system on a public server (which you are trying to avoid having) and fetchs the linked twitch account access token and uses that.

@Bear

Lastly, take a model of the CLI? Assuming you mean to model some code after the CLI to manage the issue myself? In which case, the answer is presumably similar to the “use a Server or webpage” option, which goes back to the overcomplicating the solution thing.

The CLI starts a temporary web sever to capture oAuth codes for exchange for tokens

@Bear

Or maybe fork the CLI repo and edit it to fit my needs? Which I also considered, but not sure about the legalities of distributing the CLI through a paid application. Though, if I am 100% honest, I am not sure what you mean by this option.

I was suggesting you could copy the proceedure not the code itself.

TLDR:

The primary ways to get a token into a game are

• user copy pastes the token
• you start a temporary web server to handle the oAuth steps
• you run a server external to the game on the web to handle oAuth and pass the token into the game somehow (Theres a variety of methods that can work)