Callback URI / Redirect URL - what settings to put?

[im_rickjamez]

Hi, im new to twitter api and authenticating -can someone explain what these fields represent and what information i should put in them?

thank you

[gauloics]

it’s related to Oauth1a https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/authentication/oauth-1-0a
or webhook https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/premium/account-activity-api/guides/getting-started-with-webhooks

[im_rickjamez]

so what do most people but there? is it just a random URL
thanks

[gauloics]

no, it is the site url you have to manage, imagine it is your website, which will be validated by twitter as a place that twitter will trust as a safe place for data traffic
as a webhook the url callback will be the place to receive events from subscribed user activity

[gauloics]

try to obtaining Access Tokens using 3-legged OAuth flow
check this https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/authentication/oauth-1-0a/obtaining-user-access-tokens
if you succeed then you will know what the url callback function is

[im_rickjamez]

I see,

so why do people put random website names for tutorials for the url?

Thanks

[gauloics]

maybe I misunderstood about random, if you mean random in terms of letters or names, then it doesn’t matter. As long as you have access to that url and not someone else’s url

usually during development the name url address is not very important, if the application is ready for production then the url address can be changed at any time

[gauloics]

maybe this is your solution

@andypiper

You should be able to use a URL such as https://localhost for the URL fields if you are not planning to build a sign-in with Twitter flow.

[im_rickjamez]

i think i am building a sign-in with twitter flow -specifically, oauth2

I do own a domain that is my portfolio site, could i use that?

and these are the settings im waiting for fill:

thank you ser i appreciate the help