Just started exploring the API.
I'm trying to get some documents' metadata via the following api call to:
api.scribd.com/api?method=docs.getSettings&doc_id=<dociId>&api_key=<apiKey>
It works fine for my documents, but for documents I do not own, I get a "Insufficient permissions" error message ?
It looks like docs.getSettings can only be used by owners. The platform API reference from Scribd for docs.getSettings says: "The current user must have uploaded this document, or will cause an access denied error.". See also this discussion on Google groups.