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

[Colin Smale]

Now you are confusing authentication with authorisation. 

On 2 August 2019 10:07:19 BST, Tigerfell <tigerfell-688 at 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 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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