Tumblr API: requesting read-only access

Question

I'm hooking up my application to the Tumblr API, and when I try and authorize I get the message "Grant this application read and write access to your Tumblr account?". I only want read access to users' accounts.

The Tumblr API docs say you can have read-only or read and write access.

Permission will either be for read and write or read access. Read and write access permits the application or web site to create and edit your posts.

How do I tell oAuth to only request read access from the Tumblr API?

With the Twitter API, apparently you can change the access level of your apps: http://dev.twitter.com/discussions/1274. I don't see anything like that in the Tumblr oauth admin settings: http://tumblr.com/oauth/apps

Here's a relevant thread in the Tumblr API discussion group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/tumblr-api/HuDoDBvTIMI

Answer 1

Sadly I think this link needs updating as the only mention of read only is in the old API (v1): http://www.tumblr.com/docs/en/api/v1

The new API (v2) has no mention of read only and requires OAuth, no matter the mode: http://www.tumblr.com/docs/en/api/v2