Creating a Custom OAuth App
When to Create a Custom OAuth App
The following are various scenarios where you custom Oauth applications may be useful.Web Applications
You need to create a custom OAuth app in the web flow.Desktop Applications
Creating a custom OAuth app is optional as the driver is already registered with Instagram and you can connect with its embedded credentials. You might want to create a custom OAuth app to change the information displayed when users log into Reckon Accounts Hosted point to grant permissions to the driver.Headless Machines
Creating a custom OAuth app is optional to authenticate a headless machine; the driver is already registered with Instagram and you can connect with its embedded credentials. In the headless OAuth flow, users need to authenticate via a browser on another machine. You might want to create a custom OAuth app to change the information displayed when users log into the the Reckon Accounts Hosted OAuth endpoint to grant permissions to the driver.Creating a Custom OAuth App
To display your own information to users when they log in, follow the steps below to register an app and obtain OAuthClientId and OAuthClientSecret:
- Got to the ReckonAccountsHosted Developer Portal and click on Sign Up to create a developer account.
- Complete the registration. Note the redirectURI, which is used as the CallbackURL.
- After submitting the application form, an email containing the Client ID and Client Secret is sent to the user. These supply the values for the the OAuthClientId and OAuthClientSecret properties.