Ubuntu
account-plugins package

can't add linked in account because of failure (invalid redirect_uri)

Bug #1329629 reported by Peter Meiser on 2014-06-13

This bug affects 8 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	account-plugins (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

When I try to add my Linkedin account, I get the following error message: "Invalid redirect_uri. This value must match a URL registered with the API Key."

Please find attached the screenshot.

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Peter Meiser (meiser79) wrote on 2014-06-13:

account-plugin-linkedin-failure.png Edit (85.3 KiB, image/png)

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2014-06-20:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in account-plugins (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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abdullahc (sneetsher) wrote on 2014-06-20:

Linkedin updated OAuth 2.0 Authorization to enforce redirect URLs rule. It means each application key should have redirect URLs predefined. With any URL isn't listed with key, OAuth request will be rejected.

See https://developer.linkedin.com/blog/register-your-oauth-2-redirect-urls