FreeOTP QR Code Format

[Carey Hildebrand]

Hello,

I am using FreeOTP v.1.4(13).  In what format should the QR Code be for 
sending the base32 code to FreeOTP?

Simply sending the text for the code in base32 causes the app to crash.

I also found a reference to sending the code as follows:
otpauth://totp/GL2=secret=codehere

What should the text in the QR Code contain so that the app doesn't 
crash?  And shouldn't it ideally give an error message instead of 
crashing, if the code is incorrect?

Thank you.

Best Regards,
Carey

[John Rowe]

On Fri, 2014-08-08 at 17:05 -0500, Carey Hildebrand wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am using FreeOTP v.1.4(13).  In what format should the QR Code be for 
> sending the base32 code to FreeOTP?
>
> Simply sending the text for the code in base32 causes the app to crash.
>
> I also found a reference to sending the code as follows:
> otpauth://totp/GL2=secret=codehere

After a little trial and error I've ended up with a text string of:

otpauth://totp/$h?secret=$k

Where $h is the host name (or more generally an identifier to be
displayed in the key listing) and $k is the key.

John