Trello API - Unauthorized permission request

Question

I am trying to write a little script to update cards with the amount of time the card has been on the list it is currently on, so we can optimize our throughput. I wrote a little script on jsfiddle that almost works, but I'm getting a "unauthorized card permission requested" when trying to use:

Trello.post("cards/" + card.id + "/actions/comments", {text: "This card has been in this list for " + ago + " days."})

or...

Trello.put("cards/" + card.id + "/name", "(" + ago + ") " + card.name);

Here is the fiddle, if that helps: http://jsfiddle.net/A3Xgk/2/

Any ideas? Thanks!

Answer 1

Try request your app token from https://trello.com/1/connect?key=yourkey&name=your_board_name&expiration=never&response_type=token&scope=read,write

reference: https://github.com/zmilojko/git-trello

Answer 2

The "unauthorized card permission" that is being requested is the write permission

In your jsfiddle example, when the "Connect to Trello" window pops up, you'll notice it says

The app will be able to:

• Read all of your boards and organizations

It won't be able to:

• Create and update cards, lists and boards
• Make comments for you
• Read your email address
• See your Trello password

You need to request a token that has write permissions, which you can do by changing the scope parameter to Trello.authorize:

$("#connectLink").click(function() {
    Trello.authorize({
        type: "popup",
        scope: { read: true, write: true },
        success: onAuthorize
    });
});

(The default value for scope in the source for client.js is { read: true, write: false })