{"record":{"id":"7dbf9949ff968537","repo":"xtekky/gpt4free","slug":"could-not-extract-authorization-code-7dbf99","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Could not extract authorization code","messagePattern":"Could not extract authorization code","errorType":"validation","errorClass":"RuntimeError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"warning","filePath":"g4f/Provider/needs_auth/GeminiCLI.py","lineNumber":1262,"sourceCode":"                \"Copy and paste the full redirect URL or just the authorization code below:\\n\"\n            )\n\n            user_input = input(\"Paste redirect URL or code: \").strip()\n\n            if not user_input:\n                raise RuntimeError(\"No input provided\")\n\n            if user_input.startswith(\"http\"):\n                parsed = urlparse(user_input)\n                params = parse_qs(parsed.query)\n                code = params.get(\"code\", [None])[0]\n                callback_state = params.get(\"state\", [state])[0]\n            else:\n                code = user_input\n                callback_state = state\n\n            if not code:\n                raise RuntimeError(\"Could not extract authorization code\")\n\n            print(\"\\nExchanging code for tokens...\")\n            tokens = await cls.exchange_code_for_tokens(code, callback_state)\n\n            print(f\"✓ Authentication successful!\")\n            if tokens.get(\"email\"):\n                print(f\"  Logged in as: {tokens['email']}\")\n\n            return tokens\n\n    @classmethod\n    async def login(\n        cls,\n        no_browser: bool = False,\n        credentials_path: Optional[Path] = None,\n    ) -> \"AuthManager\":\n        \"\"\"\n        Perform interactive OAuth login and save credentials.","sourceCodeStart":1244,"sourceCodeEnd":1280,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/xtekky/gpt4free/blob/973504e1770928ed5fb82f43da528f441ad9ddc3/g4f/Provider/needs_auth/GeminiCLI.py#L1244-L1280","documentation":"The manually pasted input was treated as a redirect URL, but urlparse/parse_qs found no 'code' query parameter — the URL is the wrong page (for example the consent page itself, or a post-consent landing page without ?code=), or the query string was truncated.","triggerScenarios":"User pastes a URL that is not the final localhost redirect: no ?code= param, or the query portion was cut off during copy; parse_qs returns code=None.","commonSituations":"Copying the address of the Google consent page instead of the resulting redirect; browser shows about:blank or blocks localhost navigation so the real redirect URL is never visible; terminal mangles long URLs.","solutions":["Copy the complete localhost redirect URL, including the full ?code=...&state=... query string","If the browser blocks the localhost redirect, copy the code from the page Google shows ('copy this code') and paste the raw code instead","Avoid line-wrapping when pasting; paste as one line"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"from urllib.parse import urlparse, parse_qs\n\ndef extract_code(user_input: str):\n    if user_input.startswith(\"http\"):\n        return parse_qs(urlparse(user_input).query).get(\"code\", [None])[0]\n    return user_input or None\n\nif extract_code(user_input) is None:\n    print(\"that URL has no ?code= param; copy the localhost redirect URL or the raw code\")","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"try:\n    tokens = await GeminiCLI.login()\nexcept RuntimeError as e:\n    if \"Could not extract authorization code\" in str(e):\n        # re-prompt with clearer instructions (use Google's 'copy code' fallback)\n        pass","preventionTips":["Paste the full final localhost redirect URL on one line","If the browser hides the redirect, use Google's 'copy this code' button and paste the raw code"],"tags":["oauth","gemini","login","cli","url-parsing"],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"973504e1770928ed5fb82f43da528f441ad9ddc3","analyzedAt":"2026-08-14T23:45:32.408Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-15T22:17:37.221Z"}