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Step-by-Step Guide to Use OKX OAuth in Laravel

To use OAuth with OKX, you'll need to integrate the OAuth 2.0 flow into your application. OKX OAuth allows you to authenticate users and access their data (with permission) โ€” such as account info, balances, and trading actions โ€” without storing their credentials.


โœ… What is OKX OAuth?

OAuth is a secure authorization framework. With OKX OAuth, you can:

Authenticate users using their OKX accounts

Access protected OKX user data via API

Let users trade or access portfolios via your app

๐Ÿ“Œ 1. Register Your App with OKX

Before anything, contact OKX support or your BD (Business Developer) to enable OAuth access and get your:

client_id

client_secret

redirect_uri

You wonโ€™t find a self-service OAuth app page on OKX; itโ€™s done via BD approval.

๐Ÿ“Œ 2. Set Environment Variables (.env)

OKX_CLIENT_ID=your_client_id
OKX_CLIENT_SECRET=your_client_secret
OKX_REDIRECT_URI=https://yourdomain.com/okx/callback
OKX_AUTH_URL=https://www.okx.com/oauth/authorize
OKX_TOKEN_URL=https://www.okx.com/oauth/token



๐Ÿ“Œ 3. Create OAuth Routes

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
use App\Http\Controllers\OKXAuthController;

Route::get('/okx/login', [OKXAuthController::class, 'redirectToOKX']);
Route::get('/okx/callback', [OKXAuthController::class, 'handleOKXCallback']);



๐Ÿ“Œ 4. Create the OKXAuthController


namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;

class OKXAuthController extends Controller
{
    public function redirectToOKX()
    {
        $query = http_build_query([
            'client_id' => env('OKX_CLIENT_ID'),
            'response_type' => 'code',
            'redirect_uri' => env('OKX_REDIRECT_URI'),
            'scope' => 'read', // scopes may vary, check OKX API docs
        ]);

        return redirect(env('OKX_AUTH_URL') . '?' . $query);
    }

    public function handleOKXCallback(Request $request)
    {
        $code = $request->input('code');

        $response = Http::asForm()->post(env('OKX_TOKEN_URL'), [
            'grant_type' => 'authorization_code',
            'code' => $code,
            'redirect_uri' => env('OKX_REDIRECT_URI'),
            'client_id' => env('OKX_CLIENT_ID'),
            'client_secret' => env('OKX_CLIENT_SECRET'),
        ]);

        $data = $response->json();

        // Store token in session or DB
        session([
            'okx_access_token' => $data['access_token'],
            'okx_refresh_token' => $data['refresh_token'],
        ]);

        return redirect('/dashboard')->with('success', 'OKX Connected!');
    }
}



๐Ÿ“Œ 5. Make Authenticated API Requests

$response = Http::withToken(session('okx_access_token'))
    ->get('https://www.okx.com/api/v5/account/balance');

$data = $response->json();


๐Ÿง  Notes:

OKX doesnโ€™t have full public documentation for OAuth usage โ€” reach out to OKX support or BD for detailed scopes and production access.

Be careful with access token expiry; youโ€™ll need to implement a refresh token handler.

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