Now you are confusing authentication with authorisation.
On 2 August 2019 10:07:19 BST, Tigerfell <tigerfell-...@tuta.io> wrote: >Not necessarily, the API calls >user/details >(https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_v0.6#Details_of_the_logged-in_user ><https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_v0.6#Details_of_the_logged-in_user>) >and >user/preferences >(https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_v0.6#Preferences_of_the_logged-in_user ><https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_v0.6#Preferences_of_the_logged-in_user>) >are used by some services to provide login and user organisation. > >Tigerfell > >Aug. 2, 2019, 2:14 a.m. by j...@betra.is: > >> Hello Martin. >> >> I'm afraid you are confusing two different things. >> >> The relevant page for authentication is this one > >https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OAuth ><https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OAuth> >> >> This is a totally different thing from the editing API. >> >> Cheers, >> Jói >> >> 1. ágúst 2019 kl. 21:45, skrifaði "Martin Koppenhoefer" <> >dieterdre...@gmail.com ><mailto:dieterdre...@gmail.com?to=%22Martin%20Koppenhoefer%22%20<dieterdre...@gmail.com>>> >>: >> >> >>> sent from a phone >>> >>> On 1. Aug 2019, at 16:21, Jóhannes Birgir Jensson <>> j...@betra.is ><mailto:j...@betra.is>>> > wrote: >>> >>>> I never read anything where it said that OSM-auth was only for >editing. So I have worked on the assumption that the answer would be >yes, you can piggyback. >>>> >>> >>> it’s written here: >>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API#Terms_of_use ><https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API#Terms_of_use> >>> >>> >>> Cheers Martin >>> >> >>
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