Changed 'response_type' to 'token'

[jasminegao]

'&response_type=code' no longer works for the auth_uri, foursquare's oauth docs state to use '&response_type=token' instead (https://developer.foursquare.com/overview/auth)

[mLewisLogic]

Where in the docs does it say that 'code' is deprecated? It seems like they're just two different flows?

[jasminegao]

For some reason, in my use case, the 'code' flow returned an access token that was classified as invalid/revoked when entered into the client, which made sense after I checked my connected apps and saw the one I just authenticated wasn't listed (even though authentication was successful). For reference, the auth_uri used for this was: https://foursquare.com/oauth2/authenticate?redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Ffoursquare.com%2F&response_type=code&client_id=XSW0MJM4OFZOYAWLLLXRXFKNJ2JPRLD0C3Z3YJBBHRO00OSA

The above issue was solved when I made another test app using the 'token' flow (with the only difference being the response_type): https://foursquare.com/oauth2/authenticate?redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Ffoursquare.com%2F&response_type=token&client_id=OWZIQVDO4TO3FLF1DGJNAYAS2MBKB5EXYLDFSXNHZIVKAZ1O

[mLewisLogic]

You made the call to https://foursquare.com/oauth2/access_token after you got your 'code' ?

The code flow doesn't give you a valid token back on the first response.

[jasminegao]

I used this flow to grab and set the token, which returned the invalid token error:

client = foursquare.Foursquare(client_id='[omitted]', client_secret='[omitted]', redirect_uri='https://foursquare.com/')
auth_uri = client.oauth.auth_url()
print 'Visit this URL in your browser: ' + auth_uri

access_token = raw_input('Copy the code at the end of your browser url: ')
client.set_access_token(access_token)

[mLewisLogic]

You missed the second part of the token dance:

# Interrogate foursquare's servers to get the user's access_token
access_token = client.oauth.get_token('XX_CODE_RETURNED_IN_REDIRECT_XX')

You need to send the returned code into Foursquare in order to get a valid token.