Add a .dev command as url in a facebook app

Question

I want to test a facebook login with a ruby on rails app. I am using pow, so the domain name of my local server is http://my_app.dev/. If I put this into the Site Url for my facebook app, I get the following error message:

This URL contains an invalid domain.

If I put in http://localhost:3000/ it is accepted. How do I use the pow local server.

Answer 1

Based on Cbrow's comment, you can create an alias symlink e.g

cd ~/.pow
ln -s ~/Projects/my_app fbmyapp

You can then enter the domain as fbmyapp.dev in your facebook app, then access it on the local machine at fbmyapp.dev.