"Something went wrong" google error when setting up oauth 2.

[hfytr]

So I am trying to set up gcalcli according to the README, but after selecting my account, and bypassing the "this app isn't verified", i get the message: "Something went wrong
Sorry, something went wrong there. Try again."

[dbarnett]

Can you still repro? If so, could you get a screenshot or any other available details?

[Tchou]

@hfytr are you by any chance using Firefox to open the OAuth url ? If so, could you try with Chrome ? I tried for a few days to get gcalcli to work on a Google Workspace account with every possible flavour of Internal/External/Test/Scopes/Api... to no avail. Until a switched to Chrome, based on a comment found on Stackoverflow, and with chrome it works 100% of the time. I thinks Firefox does not like going back to localhost:8080, for whatever reason.

[DaniloDjokic]

@hfytr I had a simillar issue with Firefox when trying to do the oauth. It turns out that my privacy focused extensions were messing up the URL as the application was still in "testing". You could try disabling the extensions or just doing the initial oauth with chrome

[kat0h]

I encountered the same issue on Firefox. I'm not sure which extension is causing it, but I was able to authenticate without any problems in a private tab.

@dbarnett
This issue seems both likely to occur and difficult to resolve. How about adding some information about it to docs/api-auth.md? If necessary, I can create a PR to add the documentation.

[DaniloDjokic]

@kat0h @dbarnett
If it means anything, the extension causing the issue was "Clear URLs". After disabling the extension the oauth passed successfully.