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I'm trying to locally test Google oAuth, but Google won't let me generate credentials because it's not happy with the domain name:
It doesn't complain if I use a localhost domain, so I could use that, but I don't know what port my app is mapped to. Going to localhost:80 lands me on a Laravel Herd 404 page.
Instead of using the herd vanity url try to run php artisan serve on your terminal from the project folder, then you can use http://127.0.0.1:8000/ or http://localhost:8000/
Unfortunatelly I don't know of a way to use the vanity url, because like you said Google will not be happy about it.
I am also struggling with this issue but my app is not a laravel app so php artisan serve doesn't work. Is there any other way to test Google OAUTH using herd?
@earmsby Use ngrok to create a tunnel that exposes your site instead:
https://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/sites/sharing-sites#sharing-sites-via-ngrok
https:// herd.laravel. com/docs/macos/advanced-usage/social-auth#using-the-fwd-host-webservice
When implementing social authentication in your Laravel application, you may face the issue that Herd’s .test domain is not recognized by the social authentication providers. This is because they often require a public top-level domain (TLD) for their callback URLs. Herd does not support changing the .test domain to a public TLD, because that would introduce serious security issues to your machine – but we can work around this. ​ Using the fwd.host Webservice We’ve created a web service that acts as a proxy for your redirects and does not store any data. You can use this service to handle social authentication callbacks by setting your callback URLs to https:// fwd. host/http: //your-herd-site. test/auth/callback. This way, the social authentication provider will redirect to fwd.host, which will then forward the request to your Herd site.
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