flickr-downloadr / flickr-downloadr-gtk

A cross-platform desktop app, written in Mono that would download (all or selected) photos from your photostream in their selected size along with their description, title and tags.
https://flickrdownloadr.com/
MIT License
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Can't login to my Flickr account (Page not found after authorizing app) #118

Closed etagwerker closed 3 years ago

etagwerker commented 4 years ago

Hi there,

When I try to sign in using Mac OS X (Safari) I get this screen:

Screen Shot 2020-06-27 at 11 41 13 AM

While it takes me to this page at Flickr.com:

Screen Shot 2020-06-27 at 11 41 29 AM

Then when I click authorize I end up in this page:

Screen Shot 2020-06-27 at 11 41 36 AM

Do you know why it is failing? Should I try using another browser as my default browser?

Please let me know.

Thanks!

robermann commented 4 years ago

Edit the location bar: http:// (not https://, remove the 's')

On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 5:43 PM Ernesto Tagwerker notifications@github.com wrote:

Hi there,

When I try to sign in using Mac OS X (Safari) I get this screen:

[image: Screen Shot 2020-06-27 at 11 41 13 AM] https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/17584/85926135-3ea16f00-b86b-11ea-8e9d-9a447dedccb6.png

While it takes me to this page at Flickr.com:

[image: Screen Shot 2020-06-27 at 11 41 29 AM] https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/17584/85926140-4d882180-b86b-11ea-8db9-fe8738f60127.png

Then when I click authorize I end up in this page:

[image: Screen Shot 2020-06-27 at 11 41 36 AM] https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/17584/85926154-5da00100-b86b-11ea-8265-cd99e2f0add7.png

Do you know why it is failing? Should I try using another browser as my default browser?

Please let me know.

Thanks!

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etagwerker commented 4 years ago

@robermann I can confirm that manually changing the URL in the browser fixes it for me.