Closing OAuth 2.0 popup window after redirect

Question

I redirect user to the OAuth 2.0 authorization endpoint in popup window. What is best way to close this popup and refresh main window after OAuth 2.0 authorization server redirects user back with an authorization code?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Answer 1

I think popup you can close by

parent.close();

And to refresh main window I used this trick:

$(function() {
    var win;
    var checkConnect;
    var $connect = $("#some_button");
    var oAuthURL = "http://example.com/account/_oauth?redirect_url=" + redirect_url;
    $connect.click(function() {
        win = window.open(oAuthURL, 'SomeAuthentication', 'width=972,height=660,modal=yes,alwaysRaised=yes');
    });

    checkConnect = setInterval(function() {
        if (!win || !win.closed) return;
        clearInterval(checkConnect);
        window.location.reload();
    }, 100);
});

Opener ( main window ) just checks every time if the popup still live and if win.closed returns true - the main window reloads

Hope it will help somebody

Answer 2

So IDK if this will help anyone, but instead of refreshing the page, you probably want to be checking your server to see if the user connected or not via a re-occurring timeout, and then use .close() after they did. An added benefit here is that you'll now have the data to continue on with the registration process.