Correct Format of Harvest API OAuth2 Redirect URL in iOS Application

Question

What is the correct format for a redirect URL when authenticating with OAuth2 and the Harvest API from an iOS application?

oauth.com states that a redirect URL for a native application can look like myapp://callback. Problem is, Harvest doesn't accept such a redirect URL. It seems to require prefixing it with http/https, which causes problems when redirecting back to the iOS application at the end of the authentication flow. I don't seem to find anything relevant in the Harvest API documentation.

I have added a URL Type in Xcode where I set the Identifier value to com.example.myapp and the URL Schemes value to MyApp. No matter what redirect URL I specify (given the format mentioned above) in Harvest the authentication flow always complains that Safari cannot open the page because the server cannot be found. I am able to open the app manually with the appname:// URL from the

Answer 1

It sounds like you're looking for the URL to use regarding redirection from a web call. I'm not certain on oath2, but on SAML it is something like

https://where you are signing in/SSOpage?RelayState=https://where you are going

I hope this helps get you to your answer.

Answer 2

If anyone else has this issue, the identifier and URL Schemes should not be com.example.myapp and MyApp, respectively. You only need to set the URL Scheme to com.example.myapp