glanceapp/glance · error

application name, client ID and client secret are required

Error message

application name, client ID and client secret are required

What it means

Thrown by the reddit widget's initialize() when app-auth is partially filled in. If any of name, id, or secret is set, all three must be set; app-auth is opt-in for OAuth-based Reddit API access with higher rate limits than anonymous JSON endpoints. Glance enables app auth only when the triple is complete.

Source

Thrown at internal/glance/widget-reddit.go:88

	if s != "hot" && s != "new" && s != "top" && s != "rising" {
		widget.SortBy = "hot"
	}

	p := widget.TopPeriod
	if p != "hour" && p != "day" && p != "week" && p != "month" && p != "year" && p != "all" {
		widget.TopPeriod = "day"
	}

	if widget.RequestURLTemplate != "" {
		if !strings.Contains(widget.RequestURLTemplate, "{REQUEST-URL}") {
			return errors.New("no `{REQUEST-URL}` placeholder specified")
		}
	}

	a := &widget.AppAuth
	if a.Name != "" || a.ID != "" || a.Secret != "" {
		if a.Name == "" || a.ID == "" || a.Secret == "" {
			return errors.New("application name, client ID and client secret are required")
		}
		a.enabled = true
	}

	widget.
		withTitle("r/" + widget.Subreddit).
		withTitleURL("https://www.reddit.com/r/" + widget.Subreddit + "/").
		withCacheDuration(30 * time.Minute)

	return nil
}

func (widget *redditWidget) update(ctx context.Context) {
	posts, err := widget.fetchSubredditPosts()
	if !widget.canContinueUpdateAfterHandlingErr(err) {
		return
	}

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Solutions

1. Fill in all three keys under app-auth: name (any label), id (client ID), secret (client secret) from your Reddit app settings
2. Double-check indentation so all three keys sit directly under app-auth
3. If you do not want app auth, remove the entire app-auth block rather than leaving partial values

Example fix

# before
app-auth:
  id: abc123
  secret: xyz789

# after
app-auth:
  name: my-glance-app
  id: abc123
  secret: xyz789

aa = w.get('app-auth')
if aa is not None:
    missing = [k for k in ('name', 'id', 'secret') if not aa.get(k)]
    if missing:
        raise ValueError(f'app-auth is partial; missing: {missing}')

type AppAuth = { name: string; id: string; secret: string };
function isCompleteAppAuth(v: unknown): v is AppAuth {
  if (typeof v !== 'object' || v === null) return false;
  const o = v as Record<string, unknown>;
  return ['name', 'id', 'secret'].every(k => typeof o[k] === 'string' && o[k].length > 0);
}

When it happens

Trigger: An app-auth block with only id and secret (missing name); only name set (pasting the app name first and saving); a secret that YAML decodes as empty (quoted-empty or null); whitespace-only values.

Common situations: Creating a Reddit 'script' app and copying two of the three values; rotating the client secret and leaving it blank during the edit; assuming name is optional because it is just a label.

Related errors

• subreddit is required
• no `{REQUEST-URL}` placeholder specified
• URL is required
• nested groups are not supported
• split columns inside of groups are not supported

AI-assisted analysis of glanceapp/glance@91324e8de7 (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/95a86b244a128706. Report an issue: GitHub.