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Copy edited (e.g. ref. <http://stackoverflow.com/legal/trademark-guidance> (the last section)). Used more standard formatting.

edit approved Aug 21, 2020 at 10:39

Peter Mortensen

Use Stack Overflow's authentication API in a browser extension

I want to create a browser extension that reproduce the Stack Overflow navbar (inbox and achievements):

I need for that to authenticate the current user using the authentication API.

For this step, I need to provide a redirect_uri parameter that must be under an app's registered domain. It is used to redirected the user when he/she logged in.

My issue is that browser extensions don't have a URL (it's just like a local web application). So how can I log a user in a browser extension using the API?

asked Aug 20, 2020 at 14:15

johannchopin