OATUH 2.0 Without SDK - Authentication URL

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dhebert-dev

• June 23, 2020 09:09

I am learning how to utilize OAUTH 2.0 in my React application. In the docs I see:

let accessToken = await axios.post(
  authenticationUrl,
  querystring.stringify({
    grant_type: 'authorization_code',
    code: '[CODE]',
    client_id: '[CLIENT_ID]',
    client_secret: '[CLIENT_SECRET]'
  })
)
.then(response => response.data.access_token)

 What does authenticationUrl refer to? Is this the same as authorizationUrl as stated in step 2 or is this the url that is returned with the code after I am redirected? Thanks 

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  jcleblanc

  • June 23, 2020 09:28

  Hi ,

   

  It looks like a line may be missing in that code. If you flip to the other language tabs (in the below case Python) it'll be:

   

  authentication_url = "https://api.box.com/oauth2/token";

   

  We'll take a look over the page content and code and make adjustments to the docs to clear that up for Node.

   

  Thanks,

  Jon

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  jcleblanc

  • June 24, 2020 09:22

  Hi ,

   

  To close the loop, the docs are now updated with the missing line (https://developer.box.com/guides/authentication/oauth2/without-sdk/#4-exchange-code). Thanks again for pointing this out.

   

  - Jon

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