# discogs authorization
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-authorization/18251
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 19, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-authorization/18251 "2016-09-19T03:20:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@shadow66](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/shadow66)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-authorization/18251/1 "2016-09-19T03:20:59Z")
Hi. Why do I have to get a authorization code to look up a song at Discogs? I made a account which I really didn't want to. And I checked one song and got the code. It worked. But why do I have to get a code for every song. Time consuming. Why can't one code work for every song? I liked the old way. Never had to get codes before. Is there a way to use one code for every song. Or am I stuck with the slow way.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2016, 3:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-authorization/18251/2 "2016-09-19T03:59:36Z")
Look here for some advice on how to authenticate:
[/t/16278/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/16278/1)
No, it is not the usual case that you have to register again and again. So perhaps you should update to the latest version and make sure that the cfg-file has write-access for the current user-id.
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### Author:  [@shadow66](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/shadow66)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-authorization/18251/3 "2016-09-20T03:14:00Z")
Thank you. I don't know if I did it exactly but it's working. I don't have to get a code for every song. So that's good. Thank you
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-authorization/18251/4 "2026-02-09T12:26:25Z")