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 [email protected]: > 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" <> > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]?to=%22Martin%20Koppenhoefer%22%20<[email protected]>>> > >: > > >> sent from a phone >> >> On 1. Aug 2019, at 16:21, Jóhannes Birgir Jensson <>> [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>>> > 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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