how do I register for a clientid ?

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Hi there,

How do a get a client id so that I can write REST API calls ?
There is an older thread but no details on how to generate or get the client ID code.

2

Anyone able to help?

3

Could you share what you have tried so far?

The first step says to register at https://beta.online-go.com/oauth2/applications/

4

I have created an account there, but not clear what to do after that.
The site just looks like the main site ?
Where is the menu to register an application ?
I would have expected something like Settings / Register for API or / Get Client ID

I have tried code in python like:

import requests as rq

data = {
  'grant_type' : 'password',
  'username' : 'myusername',
  'password':  'mypassword',
  'client_id':  'abcedfghijkl123'

}

resp =rq.post('https://online-go.com/oauth2/token/', data = data)
print(resp.text)

And the response is:

{"error": "invalid_client"}

So how do you get a valid client ? I’m not the first person to ask this and the thread I quoted did not supply the answer either.

UPDATE:

I eventually got a pop up dialogue at
XXXhttps://beta.online-go.com/oauth2/applications/

Note I have had to put XXX in front of the URL to display the address properly.

I registered a client ID at the main site at:
XXXhttps://online-go.com/oauth2/applications/

Then changed the above code to use the client_id that I was supplied with and
it still came back invalide client id.

This document says ’

You will need to direct the user to generate an *Application Specific Password* . 
...in that the user will navigate to their 
[Settings Page](https://online-go.com/user/settings) 
and generate this password for use in your application.

So where’s the generate password option on the settings page ?

5

I think backticks also work like https://beta.online-go.com/oauth2/applications/

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6

But less spicy than XXX OGS :rofl:

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7

That’s the one where the higher subscription tiers give you tasteful pics from the maintainer performing pedal te-tsuke?