# API: a scope with access to /uploads

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-a-scope-with-access-to-uploads/208895>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [November 11, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-a-scope-with-access-to-uploads/208895 "2021-11-11T16:34:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Simon\_Manning](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simon_manning/32/198596_2.png) [@Simon\_Manning](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Simon_Manning)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-a-scope-with-access-to-uploads/208895/10 "2021-11-12T20:19:49Z")

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Presumably uploading a new avatar is something one might make use of with the users:update API scope. (Which isn’t currently possible?)

With more varied and potential future avenues where uploads might be used, it probably does make sense to create a separate scope and put the onus on the user to choose the appropriate scoping. It’s clear for users when an API key will/won’t be able to upload and avoids potentially missing situations where uploads could be used if/when extending the APIs.

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