[OSM-dev] Use of OSM API for non-editing third party applications

[Tigerfell]

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 joi at 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" <> dieterdreist at gmail.com <mailto:dieterdreist at gmail.com?to=%22Martin%20Koppenhoefer%22%20<dieterdreist at gmail.com>>> >:
>  
>
>> sent from a phone
>>
>> On 1. Aug 2019, at 16:21, Jóhannes Birgir Jensson <>> joi at betra.is <mailto:joi at 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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