Uber API iOS OAuth 2.0
I was trying to make an iOS that would use the Uber API to do things like rides and what not. I am trying to implement OAuth 2.0 on iPhone without using any server side help.
Is it possible? Has anyone done this?
Here are some links:
Uber Authentication: https://developer.uber.com/v1/auth/
Oauth 2.0: https://aaronparecki.com/articles/2012/07/29/1/oauth2-simplified
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Yes it is possible. I was able to set up OAuth2 for my app using the Uber API. Below are step by step instructions:
- In your app, redirect https://login.uber.com/oauth/authorize with client_id and
response_type=code
to allow the user to authorize your app. - After successful authorization, Uber will redirect yours
redirect_uri
(you can specify any redirect_uri including localhost: xxxx for testing purposes, etc.) to provide you with an authorization code that is one-time and valid for 10 minutes, Implement a callback to get this code authentication. -
With valid authentication code in step 2, make a POST request to exchange an access token. As a simple check, I would recommend using curl to validate the access token. For example:
curl -F 'client_secret=YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET' \ -F 'client_id=YOUR_CLIENT_ID' \ -F 'grant_type=authorization_code' \ -F 'redirect_uri=YOUR_REDIRECT_URI' \ -F 'code=AUTHORIZATION_CODE' \ https://login.uber.com/oauth/token
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If the exchange is successful, use the access token as the value for the Authorization header for subsequent calls to the endpoints. For example:
curl -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN' 'https://api.uber.com/v1/products?latitude=37.7759792&longitude=-122.41823'
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