Unable to authorize

[thepigeonoftime]

Every time I try to authorize I get INVALID_CLIENT: Invalid redirect URI as a reply from Spotify.

The URL generated by spotify-tui is:
https://accounts.spotify.com/authorize?redirect_uri=http:%2F%2Flocalhost:8888%2Fcallback&client_id=[CLIENT_ID]&response_type=code&state=[STATE]&scope=playlist-read-private%20user-library-modify%20user-library-read%20user-modify-playback-state%20user-read-currently-playing%20user-read-playback-state%20user-read-private%20user-read-recently-played&

This happens independent of browser with the homebrew version on MacOs 10.14.5

[QuinnFreedman]

I got this same error when I accidentally skipped the step 4

1. Go to the Spotify dashboard - https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard/applications
2. Click `Create a Client ID` and create an app
3. Now click `Edit Settings`
4. Add `http://localhost:8888/callback` to the Redirect URIs - you don't need anything running on localhost

[Rigellute]

It's a shame the auth process is so strange, but it seems this is the only way at the moment.

As @QuinnFreedman says, adding ``http://localhost:8888/callback` to Redirect URIs is essential.

[Rigellute]

It feels wrong when this lands you back on localhost, which doesn't do anything.

I'll explore starting a localhost server to show a simple webpage.