Can OpenAI OAuth Callbacks Connect to Web Apps?
hmprivate · reddit · 2026-07-18
The post asks: does OpenAI / ChatGPT OAuth support configuring callback URLs for hosted web applications?
The author is building a forum product and wants users to integrate their AI accounts to invoke /gpt and /grok in discussions. While API Keys and xAI OAuth work, OpenAI is stuck at the OAuth callback: authorization redirects back to localhost, behaving more like a local CLI or desktop client flow, which is unsuitable for multi-user HTTPS web services.
The author primarily wants to confirm:
- Whether HTTPS redirect URIs can be registered for OpenAI/ChatGPT/Codex
- If subscription users can authorize hosted web apps this way
- If localhost callbacks are inherently restricted to local/desktop clients
- If there are official docs or supported alternatives
They explicitly state they do not want to proxy localhost callbacks or bypass official processes.
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