[OSM-talk] Authorisation problems uploading changes from JOSM

[Sebastian Klein]

Richard George wrote:
> I just mapped a bunch of back-roads & footpaths I walked along on 
> holiday last week (near Agen, France) in JOSM, but I'm not able to 
> upload it. Every time I try I get an error message of:
> 
> "Authorisation at the OSM server with the OAuth token '{redacted}' failed.
> This token is not authorised to access the protected resource
> 'http://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/changeset/create'.
> Please launch the preferences dialog and retrieve another OAuth token.
> 
> I've tried creating a new token but the problem persists. Is there 
> something special I need to do to be authorised for uploads? Or is this 
> an issue on the server?
> 
> (This is a 'safe' version of JOSM downloaded last night)
> 
> Thanks in advance,
>      Richard

The tested version does not work with OAuth any more, because the server 
has switched from http to https.

So you either have to use latest (>= 3188) or send the credentials in 
plain text. Unfortunately the protocol is not configurable in the tested 
version.

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Sebastian