From 351777bda246b8a7e8456f67a4d1c2ce0df9a959 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Saroufim Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 10:53:01 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] docs: simplify auth flow and remove get-api-url step --- README.md | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 43999e9..ceb114f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -52,12 +52,10 @@ After installation, restart your terminal (or run `source ~/.bashrc` / `source ~ Since we're effectively giving out GPUs for free we rely on either github or discord authentication to prove that you're a real human before you access our service. -1. Go to the [GPU Mode Discord server](https://discord.gg/gpumode) and type in `/get-api-url` -2. Copy paste that url out `export POPCORN_API_URL="result_of_get_api_url"` -3. We recommend you authenticate via your Discord as this will guarantee that your name will show up correctly on the leaderboard, you can do this via `popcorn-cli register discord`. However in case this doesn't work for you we also support Github based authentication with `popcorn-cli register github` -4. To ensure the above worked you can run `cat $HOME/.popcorn.yaml` which should print your client ID which is what will be sent to us on every request +1. Register the CLI (Discord recommended): `popcorn register discord` (or `popcorn register github`) +2. To ensure the above worked you can run `cat $HOME/.popcorn.yaml` which should print your client ID which is what will be sent to us on every request -Sometimes you'll get an error that you're already authenticated despite being unable to submit in which case you can run `popcorn-cli reregister [discord|github]`. +Sometimes you'll get an error that you're already authenticated despite being unable to submit in which case you can run `popcorn reregister [discord|github]`. ## Make your first submission