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Login with SoundCloud without requiring write permissions

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale

Research direction

Start by reviewing the SoundCloud API authentication flow and how its permission scopes are selected. Determine the minimum scope needed to identify a user without write access, then verify that login no longer prompts for unnecessary write permissions.

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Description

enhancement

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Is there a way to allow users to log in with SoundCloud without requesting write permissions on their account? Ideally, authentication should only request the minimum scope needed to identify the user, so they don’t get scared by unnecessary permission prompts

Dominant language
JavaScript
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Forks
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