What is "User authorization callback URL" for?

unformatt · May 23, 2020, 5:33am

I’ve set “User authorization callback URL” in my “Github App” settings and when a user installed my app, they are not taken to that URL.

User goes to https://github.com/apps/[my app name]/installations/new
User select which repos my app has access to, clicks “Install”
User is then taken to https://github.com/settings/installations/xxxx

I expected the user to be taken to the URL I’ve entered for “User authorization callback URL” not taken to the github installations page.

I tried to set the “Setup URL (optional)” and this gives me the desired behavior.

What is “User authorization callback URL” for?

andreagriffiths11 · May 23, 2020, 6:04am

Hi @unformatt,

Thanks for being here! Per the docs did you set up a route to specify what the callback should do?

unformatt · May 23, 2020, 6:04am

Hi AndreaG,

Yes, my server is ready to accept the callback URL. However, Github is not redirecting the user to the callback URL. It’s not a matter of 404 as mentioned in your link. Github is redirecting back to Github, not my site.

Thanks

Matt

jonathan-marcus · August 7, 2020, 2:42am

Hi @unformatt,

Did you ever solve this? I have the exact same problem - the “User authorization callback URL” appears to be a no-op. The user is never brought there, and no messages are sent to that URL, it just redirects to https://github.com/settings/installations/xxxx.