Dynamic Callback URLs with Wildcards

Overview

This article clarifies whether Auth0 can handle dynamic callback URLs by dynamically changing the URL path. For instance:

https://<app_domain>.com/<something dynamic>
Applies To
  • Callback URLs
  • Wildcards
Cause

 

 

Solution

This is not supported, as wildcards are only allowed for subdomains. Wildcard placeholders in subdomains should not be used in production applications. Auth0 recommends URLs with the {organization_name} placeholder where relevant. See  Subdomain URL Placeholders for additional details. 

A workaround for this is to have a specific callback URL and then have your app redirect users to other endpoints, as explained in Allowed Callback URLs ending with a wildcard

 

 

 

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