Problems understanding oauth authentication

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Okay, got this figured out :smiley: Thanks for the links :slight_smile: Got successfully subscribed with the app to the pubsub topic for channel point redemptions :slight_smile:

  1. Open https://id.twitch.tv/oauth2/authorize?client_id=$client_id&redirect_uri=http://localhost&response_type=code&scope=channel:read:redemptions%20chat:read in browser
  2. Get the ?code= from the URL
  3. Paste the code to and curl -X POST https://id.twitch.tv/oauth2/token?client_id=$client_id&client_secret=$client_secret&code=$code&grant_type=authorization_code&redirect_uri=http://localhost
  4. Use the access_token as header “Authorization: OAuth $access_token” oatn https://id.twitch.tv/oauth2/validate
  5. ???
  6. Profit!

Everytime I was so confused on the redirect_uri that I totally ignored what was in the parameters when I opened the link in step 1.

What also helped understanding was this blog post: https://blog.twitch.tv/en/2019/11/06/twitch-authentication-understanding-which-protocol-and-flow-is-right-for-you/

Issue resolved for me :slight_smile: