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Tidal

Unlike the library provider, Tidal is not a shared, admin-configured source — each household member links their own personal Tidal account from their own Profile → Streaming accounts tab ("Connect Tidal"). Their playlists merge into the shared pool alongside whatever the library provider syncs. The admin's only job is to register the OAuth app once so those per-user logins have something to authenticate against.

Admin: register the OAuth app (once)

  1. Register an app at developer.tidal.com.
  2. Set the redirect URI to https://<your-domain>/profile/tidal/callback — it must match exactly, no trailing slash.
  3. Enable all three of these permissions for the app in the developer console. These are separate toggles from the OAuth scopes Trobar sends in its own request (the console lists them by these same names):
  4. user.read
  5. collection.read
  6. playlists.read

A fourth, playlists.write, is optional. Members need it to keep a copy of a playlist in each other's Tidal accounts. Enable it in the console first, then tick My Tidal app has playlists.write enabled in the same Tidal block of Configuration. Trobar requests it only once that box is ticked, so an app without it keeps working for everything else. 4. Enter the Client ID and Client secret under Administration → Configuration.

The permissions step is easy to miss

Registering the app and entering the client ID/secret + redirect URI is not sufficient on its own. Missing any of the three permissions fails at

Tidal's own login.tidal.com screen with a generic, unhelpful error, and the request never reaches Trobar's /profile/tidal/callback — so there's nothing to debug on this side. If a member's "Connect Tidal" bounces off Tidal's login page, check these permissions first.

Each household member connects their own account from their own Profile → Streaming accounts tab. Playlists then merge into the shared pool; per-playlist ownership/sharing controls keep a personal playlist private if you want — see Playlists.

If you linked your account before the admin enabled playlists.write, the link can still only read. Profile then says so, with a Reconnect Tidal link that asks Tidal for the new permission.