I don't understand, is it now impossible to use contact api without authorization?

Question

Python

looking for groups. the doc says that now this function requires an access_token. what is obtained by an authorized user O.o how so then?
And in order to authorize, you need to press a button on the authorization page, I need everything to work without a user!

Answer 1

Everything is fine. Why is it NOT for the user to look for groups and create a load that is useless for vk.com?
Absolutely all methods now require an access_token. Methods that previously could be called without a token can now be called with a service token that is assigned to all applications.

Answer 2

To begin with, for authorization, you can pretend to be the official VK application ( https://habrahabr.ru/post/213163/).
To authorize, you do not need to press buttons, you can simply send redirect_uri = https://oauth.vk.com/blank.html and response_type = token to https://oauth.vk.com/authorize and then open this link in the browser and get cherished access_token.