Authentication does not work with local auth servers

[cweiske]

Authentication does not work with local auth servers that are non internet-reachable.

My auth server redirects to omnibear.com, and then I only see:

Omnibear Authentication successful

Retrieving access token...

And nothing happens because omnibear.com cannot reach http://anoweco.bogo/ that is running here locally on my laptop.

I can basically not test the extension locally.

[keithjgrant]

I just released a version 0.4.2 yesterday that should have improved error messages when authentication goes wrong. Can you verify you’ve got this version and see if the displayed message gives any more info?

[cweiske]

I actually installed the extension this morning.

omnibear.com cannot connect to 127.0.0.1, nor can it resolve my internal hostname.

[keithjgrant]

Omnibear.com doesn’t have to reach your local server, only the browser extension does (the omnibear.com page is just a static landing page to provide some user feedback). I’ll have to do some experimentation and see if the extension needs additional permissions to access this.

[cweiske]

This still happens with 0.5.0

[keithjgrant]

On the “Retrieving access token page”, what is the full url in your url bar? Can you see if there are any console errors?

You will need to check the console of the "background page":

1. Navigate to chrome://extensions/
2. Check "developer mode" box
3. Click "Inspect views: background page" under the Omnibear extension

[cweiske]

The full URL is http://omnibear.com/auth/success/?code=ZW1vamk9JTVDMzYwJTVDMjM3JTVDMjIyJTVDMjUxJm1lPWh0dHBzJTNBJTJGJTJGY29tbWVudHBhcmEuZGUlMkZ1c2VyJTJGMy5odG0mc2NvcGU9cG9zdCtjcmVhdGUrZGVsZXRlK3VwZGF0ZSZzaWduYXR1cmU9RklYTUU%3D&me=https%3A%2F%2Fcommentpara.de%2Fuser%2F3.htm&state=very-secret-omnibear-state

There is nothing to see in the background page's console.

[cweiske]

Works fine with Omnibear 0.6.0 on Firefox 55.