Drafts - Evernote - Google - Disallowed_UserAgent

1

I am trying to create an action that will take my text and send it to an Evernote folder called ‘Personal’ on my iPhone.

I connect in to Evernote with my Google account. When I create the action, it says
Authorization Needed
Continue to authorize Drafts…

When I click ‘continue’, I get sent to Sign in to authorize Drafts 5 and click on the ‘Continue with Google’
This takes me to a 403, disallowed_useragent error message.

How do I get this working?

2

In the web view that comes up can you get the URL of the page? If so, try opening the URL in the Safari app and completing the authorisation there.

I know Google has additional restrictions with embedded browser windows for OAuth, which I’m guessing might be what is causing this error.

3

What version of Drafts are you running? I believe this was resolved in the most recent update - at least for the Google-linked Evernote account I was testing with.

This is due to a bug in Evernote’s SDK I had to work around, and it is possible my fix is not applicable to all accounts.

4

Hi:

I am using version 18.1.6. However, when I go to sign in to Evernote with Google through Drafts, the screen says:
“Sign in to authorize Drafts 5”

I uninstalled and reinstalled on my iPhone and still having the same problem.

5

Any suggestions on this?

Thanks

6

Do you have an iPad? It appears my “fix” for Evernote’s issue works on iPad, but not on iPhone - I expect because the iPad mimics desktop browsers since iPadOS 13 shipped.

If you can authenticate on an iPad in a synced Drafts installation, those auth credentials will sync to your iPhone.

7

Sorry, I don’t have an iPad; just an iPhone.

8

Unfortunately, there appears to be no workaround for this at this time. Until Evernote updates their SDK authentication process, it will not work with “Sign-in with Google” type Evernote accounts on iPhone. I have been in communication with Evernote about this problem, they are aware of the issue.

If there is a way to unlink your Evernote account from Google (not sure?), sign in directly with Evernote accounts works fine.

9

That did the trick. I can post to Evernote now from Drafts.

Thanks!