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:

1. Got to the ReckonAccountsHosted Developer Portal and click on Sign Up to create a developer account.
2. Complete the registration. Note the redirectURI, which is used as the CallbackURL.
3. 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.

If you are making a Web application, set CallbackURL to a trusted URL where users return after they authorize your application.