OpenStreetMap · OAuth Scopes

OpenStreetMap OAuth Scopes

OAuth 2.0 derived

OpenStreetMap publishes 7 OAuth 2.0 scopes via the authorizationCode flow. Scopes are the fine-grained permissions an application requests at authorization time to act against the OpenStreetMap API on a user’s behalf.

Tokens are issued from https://www.openstreetmap.org/oauth2/token.

This index is generated from the provider’s OpenAPI security definitions (and, where available, its documented scope reference) and refreshes on every APIs.io network build. Browse every provider’s scopes at scopes.apis.io.

GeospatialMappingOpen DataGeocodingEditing

Scopes: 7 Flows: authorizationCode Method: derived

OAuth endpoints

Authorization URL
https://www.openstreetmap.org/oauth2/authorize

Token URL
https://www.openstreetmap.org/oauth2/token

Flows
authorizationCode

Scopes (7)

Scope	Description	Flows
read_gpx	Read private GPS traces	authorizationCode
read_prefs	Read user preferences	authorizationCode
write_api	Modify the map (nodes, ways, relations, changesets)	authorizationCode
write_diary	Create diary entries	authorizationCode
write_gpx	Upload GPS traces	authorizationCode
write_notes	Create, comment on, and close notes	authorizationCode
write_prefs	Modify user preferences	authorizationCode

📄 Provider scope reference:

Source

OAuth Scopes

generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/openstreetmap-main-openapi.yml
schemes:
- name: OAuth2
  source: openapi/openstreetmap-main-openapi.yml
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://www.openstreetmap.org/oauth2/authorize
    tokenUrl: https://www.openstreetmap.org/oauth2/token
  description: OAuth 2.0 — required for write operations
scopes:
- scope: read_gpx
  description: Read private GPS traces
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/openstreetmap-main-openapi.yml
- scope: read_prefs
  description: Read user preferences
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/openstreetmap-main-openapi.yml
- scope: write_api
  description: Modify the map (nodes, ways, relations, changesets)
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/openstreetmap-main-openapi.yml
- scope: write_diary
  description: Create diary entries
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/openstreetmap-main-openapi.yml
- scope: write_gpx
  description: Upload GPS traces
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/openstreetmap-main-openapi.yml
- scope: write_notes
  description: Create, comment on, and close notes
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/openstreetmap-main-openapi.yml
- scope: write_prefs
  description: Modify user preferences
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/openstreetmap-main-openapi.yml