Issues with OAuth state

API and Webhooks Authentication
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API Endpoint(s) and/or Zoom API Event(s)
OAuth callback url.

Description

We use an object as our state param for the OAuth url.

{
 "x": "value",
 "y": "value"
}

Recently we have noticed that after authorizing the app on Zoom, the state is returned to us with different encoding.

Previously we would receive

code=CODE&state=%7B%22x%22%3A+%22value%22%2C+%22y%22%3A+%22value%22%7D

And now we receive it with these quot in the query params.

code=CODE&state=%7B%26quot%3Bx%26quot%3B%3A%20%26quot%3Bvalue%26quot%3B%2C%20%26quot%3By%26quot%3B%3A%20%26quot%3Bvalue%26quot%3B%7D

Error?
Our code is expecting the query params to be returned in a consistent format so that we can appropriately parse them.

How To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Call the OAuth url with a state param that is an object https://zoom.us/oauth/authorize?response_type=code&client_id=ZOOM_CLIENT_ID&redirect_uri=ZOOM_REDIRECT_URI&state=%7B%22x%22%3A+%22value%22%2C+%22y%22%3A+%22value%22%7D
  2. Inspect the response that comes back after authorizing.
  3. Note the quot in the encoded query params.
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We’ve noticed this change as well, and it has broken our installation flow. Could the Zoom team clarify whether this was introduced unintentionally as a bug, or if it’s an intentional change we should plan around going forward?