django-rest-framework-social-oauth2: error 400 - redirect_uri_mismatch - django

Question

I've been trying to add google login to my django app following this tutorial:
https://github.com/RealmTeam/django-rest-framework-social-oauth2
By following exactly the instructions, everything works fine in local.
However, when I try to replicate the same on the server, I get the following error on the redirect page of the login:
Error 400: redirect_uri_mismatch
redirect_uri: http://localhost:8000/auth/complete/google-oauth2/
What is strange to me is, in my google developer console, I have set up the correct redirect url in my app, as follows:
https://mydjangoapp.com/auth/complete/google-oauth2/
And I have also put 'mydjangoapp.com' under 'Authorised JavaScript origins'.
So my question is, why google keeps telling me that the redirect url is
http://localhost:8000/auth/complete/google-oauth2/
which is not the one I have set up in the console? Perhaps there is something obvious that I'm missing here. Thank you!

Answer 1

Why google keeps telling me that the redirect url is
Because your application is sending its in your code the app is running on http://localhost:8000 and if you are using a client library its probably adding the rest automatically.
http://localhost:8000/auth/complete/google-oauth2/
The redirect uri must exactly match what you are sending from your application.
You need to add
http://localhost:8000/auth/complete/google-oauth2/
Javascript origin is only needed if your code is using javascript.
This video will show you how to fix the error. Google OAuth2: How the fix redirect_uri_mismatch error. Part 2 server sided web applications.
If you want your code to send https://mydjangoapp.com then your going to have to be running it from https://mydjangoapp.com probably and you may need to figure out how to configure it so that it is running from the correct host.