Getting error "invalid uri" when using http://localhost

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I'm working with my first api here and I'm trying to get through the Oauth authorization so i can start working with the api. When trying to get the short life access key with the following code surveymonkey is telling me I have an invalid uri. The api key and username are replaced with dummies

string url = "https://api.surveymonkey.net/oauth/authorize";
string api_key = "api_key=sdwertyujgfv3f24qqa4kfyd";
string client_id = "client_id=XXX";
string redirect_uri="redirect_uri=http://localhost";
url = url + "?" + redirect_uri +"&" + client_id + "&" + api_key;
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(url);

What is the uri and how do i use is in this situation.

have you checked here https://developer.surveymonkey.com/mashery/guide_oauth — Mauricio Gracia Gutierrez, Dec 17 '13 at 17:12
yeah I'm not too familiar with python and i didnt see anything in that guide that would help with the problem I'm having. — Arachnid Hivemind, Dec 17 '13 at 17:14
In this link https://developer.surveymonkey.com/mashery/authentication they mention this library http://dotnetopenauth.net/ — Mauricio Gracia Gutierrez, Dec 17 '13 at 17:21
You haven't URL-encoded your `redirect_uri` parameter. Try `"redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost"` instead. — Richard Deeming, Dec 17 '13 at 18:37
Make sure your redirect_uri matches the url you have on your application on Mashery. — Miles Cederman-Haysom, Dec 17 '13 at 19:51

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 10 '18 at 16:31

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You can not bitly a localhost link. You could try with 127.0.0.1 instead just to get it to work. But ultimately once the app is deployed it's hostname will not be localhost so it will work if that was the only obstacle.

answered Jan 10 '18 at 16:31

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Getting error "invalid uri" when using http://localhost

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