Developing facebook canvas app on localhost

Question

I am new to Facebook app development. Trying to develop a test app but I don't have a SSL certificate on my host, hence no https access, as Facebook requires for "Secure Canvas URL".

This is what I did, but the app shows a blank page:

Basic settings:

1. App Domains: http://localhost/
2. Canvas URL: http://localhost/mytestapp/
3. Secure Canvas URL: <empty>

Advanced settings:

1. Valid OAuth redirect URIs : http://localhost/

Please let me know of any changes in settings to get this work or if there is any other way to achieve the same.

Answer 1

You need to have a Secure Canvas URL set as Facebook now exclusively uses HTTPS. Depending on the local server software you're using, you should be able to create a self-signed SSL certificate to use. This will let you serve HTTPS pages from your localhost.