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## [Is anyone working on a Discourse Wiki?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-anyone-working-on-a-discourse-wiki/20349)

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**Author:** [@peternlewis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/peternlewis)\
**Replies:** 41\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2020, 8:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-anyone-working-on-a-discourse-wiki/20349 "2020-05-15T20:44:51Z")

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I would love to replace my Mediawiki installation with a Discourse styled wiki. Same CommonMark preview/editor, similar Discourse look and feel, etc. It doesn’t seem to me that just using Discourse with “wiki” posts wo…

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## [Summarization of assignments in group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/summarization-of-assignments-in-group/154877)

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**Author:** [@Ahmed\_Gagan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ahmed_Gagan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 11:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/summarization-of-assignments-in-group/154877 "2020-07-10T11:11:18Z")

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Discourse assign has a topic assignment feature which can be viewed in User → Activity → Assigned. We are planning to add a feature to summarize all topics collectively assigned to the group. All topics assigned to the …

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## [Add Tag to The topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-tag-to-the-topic/157345)

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**Author:** [@Minhaj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Minhaj)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 11:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-tag-to-the-topic/157345 "2020-07-10T11:08:11Z")

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I want to query tag\_groups and assign on of the tags from it to the topic which I am creating using the Discourse API. I am unable to find it in API docs, can someone point me out.

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## [Oauth Redirecting to /login after successful user JSON call](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oauth-redirecting-to-login-after-successful-user-json-call/143851)

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**Author:** [@patrickeaton](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickeaton)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 8:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oauth-redirecting-to-login-after-successful-user-json-call/143851 "2020-07-10T08:19:38Z")

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My configuration for Oauth basic is behaving quite odd, I had a few errors initially during setup and have resolved them. However, now I can see the flow going from Discourse → Cognito Authorize Endpoint → Discourse Call…

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## [Reuse Discourse Hamburger Functionality](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reuse-discourse-hamburger-functionality/85578)

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**Author:** [@sarahann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sarahann)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 5:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reuse-discourse-hamburger-functionality/85578 "2020-07-10T05:38:46Z")

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Hello Discourse Team! I am using the discourse CLI Install the Discourse Theme CLI console app to help you build themes and the plugin API A versioned API for client side plugins to help me create my theme. I have adde…

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## [Can not activation mail to smtp.yandex.ru mail server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-not-activation-mail-to-smtp-yandex-ru-mail-server/157020)

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**Author:** [@kudos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kudos)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 6:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-not-activation-mail-to-smtp-yandex-ru-mail-server/157020 "2020-07-10T06:13:22Z")

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I’m trying to install Discourse Docker on an AWS server. After the build process completed, I must register an account for admin. Then, I click to the Register button but it doesn’t send any email for me. I used the…

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## [Adding an image to email invite](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-an-image-to-email-invite/157234)

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**Author:** [@Paul\_King](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_King)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 8:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-an-image-to-email-invite/157234 "2020-07-09T08:17:37Z")

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When customizing the template for forum invite emails, I cannot see how to embed a small image at or near the top (in this case a logo). How should this best be done? Dragging and dropping seems to work (with limited c…

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## [Body is limited to 32000 characters; you entered 43659](https://meta.discourse.org/t/body-is-limited-to-32000-characters-you-entered-43659/157301)

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**Author:** [@Ali3](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ali3)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/body-is-limited-to-32000-characters-you-entered-43659/157301 "2020-07-09T23:06:56Z")

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Is there any solution to this? I checked this many times on this forum, and there are 2 people with same problem, i tried to solve as per the method, but it looks like the method is no more working, Can someone pleas…

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## [Cannot create topic through API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-create-topic-through-api/157255)

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**Author:** [@Minhaj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Minhaj)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-create-topic-through-api/157255 "2020-07-09T22:44:07Z")

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I am running discourse on my local machine. When I tried to create the topic I got the following response {"id":24,"name":null,"username":"msriitd","avatar\_template":"/user\_avatar/localhost/msriitd/{size}/3\_2.png","crea…

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## [Discourse API Gem - how to create topic with tags?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-api-gem-how-to-create-topic-with-tags/156869)

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**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-api-gem-how-to-create-topic-with-tags/156869 "2020-07-09T22:03:09Z")

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This isn’t working… client.create\_topic( title: "My Title", category: "13", raw: "My Post", tags: "testtag" ) Since we require at last one tag, I get: DiscourseApi::UnprocessableEntity ({"action"=\>"create\_post…

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## [Tokenized 'visit topic' link to auto log users into discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tokenized-visit-topic-link-to-auto-log-users-into-discourse/157287)

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**Author:** [@JpMaxMan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JpMaxMan)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tokenized-visit-topic-link-to-auto-log-users-into-discourse/157287 "2020-07-09T21:17:18Z")

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I would love to see an option to add a token to the “visit topic” link when users get an email from discourse that would auto log them in when they click on the link. Many app based email clients - like gmail - use web …

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## [Configurable/new default for "Votes" sorting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configurable-new-default-for-votes-sorting/157292)

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**Author:** [@maiki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maiki)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configurable-new-default-for-votes-sorting/157292 "2020-07-09T20:12:40Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Delete Topics within a date in a specific category: I didn’t want to sidestep the date-range-operation on topics, so here’s a different proposal we make it so the “Votes” (/latest?order=v…

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## [Custom like button no longer appears after](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-like-button-no-longer-appears-after/157288)

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**Author:** [@abrambailey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/abrambailey)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-like-button-no-longer-appears-after/157288 "2020-07-09T19:08:19Z")

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I had the following code installed in my custom theme under the \</head\> section: \<script type="text/discourse-plugin" version="0.8"\> api.replaceIcon('d-liked', 'thumbs-up'); api.replaceIcon('d-u…

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## [Switch language for screenshot](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switch-language-for-screenshot/157250)

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**Author:** [@evantill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/evantill)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switch-language-for-screenshot/157250 "2020-07-09T17:31:59Z")

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Is it possible to change locale in url to take screenshots ?

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## [Delete Topics within a date in a specific category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-topics-within-a-date-in-a-specific-category/157272)

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**Author:** [@Headless](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Headless)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-topics-within-a-date-in-a-specific-category/157272 "2020-07-09T16:07:28Z")

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Hi! Currently I use the #plugin:voting plugin. The main downside of this plugin is its sort by vote feature as it still shows closed and old topics in the at the top of the voting list. I am not very familiar with Rails…

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## [Login form missing entirely from Discourse instance](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-form-missing-entirely-from-discourse-instance/157254)

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**Author:** [@Nialls](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nialls)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 12:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-form-missing-entirely-from-discourse-instance/157254 "2020-07-09T12:49:59Z")

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I’ve got a Discourse installation (Bitnami AMI on AWS) that has been dormant for a couple months… when I returned to it today, I noticed the login form appears to have disappeared. I have no idea what has caused this as…

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## [How to use SVG for group flair?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-use-svg-for-group-flair/157252)

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**Author:** [@jamesmarkcook](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jamesmarkcook)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 12:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-use-svg-for-group-flair/157252 "2020-07-09T12:07:01Z")

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I noticed that the Team flair on meta uses the Discourse SVG icon. I managed to upload a custom SVG sprite in my theme to get access to custom icons for group flair, but it doesn’t seem to allow you to use the SVG icon …

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## [How can I customized my own site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-customized-my-own-site/157004)

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**Author:** [@gaozp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gaozp)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 10:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-customized-my-own-site/157004 "2020-07-09T10:04:34Z")

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I use an VPS that build my discourse there , and used docker . I was wonder : how can I edit the source code in my own computer ,and then push this change to the remote machine . From my opinion : docker save \*\*\* scp…

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## [Patching Discourse's search](https://meta.discourse.org/t/patching-discourses-search/157156)

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**Author:** [@snoopdouglas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/snoopdouglas)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 8:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/patching-discourses-search/157156 "2020-07-09T08:53:21Z")

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I’m writing a plugin which stores some extra data against each user (similar to discourse-user-notes, but not staff-only), and would like to be able to search against this. Presumably this involves patching something in…

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## [Embed last posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embed-last-posts/157227)

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**Author:** [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 8:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embed-last-posts/157227 "2020-07-09T08:15:24Z")

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Is possible to do it? I think that could be great to display last posts of the forum in my blog page. The forum could have a lot more interaction in this way.

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## [Use Node-Red and Telegram to Monitor Discourse Status](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-node-red-and-telegram-to-monitor-discourse-status/157229)

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**Author:** [@neounix](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neounix)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 7:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-node-red-and-telegram-to-monitor-discourse-status/157229 "2020-07-09T07:17:02Z")

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Please note that this is a different application than sending Discourse application notifications using the Discourse Telegram Notifications plugin. This NR application is for monitoring the server, Docker and the Dis…

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## [Admin upgrade page does not exist](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-upgrade-page-does-not-exist/157180)

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**Author:** [@ajaypalnitj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ajaypalnitj)\
**Replies:** 27\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 6:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-upgrade-page-does-not-exist/157180 "2020-07-09T06:52:30Z")

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I have a discourse website ayushlive.com I saw a message on the admin dashboard which asks to upgrade the website but the upgrade link is not there and the upgrade page does not exist. Please suggest what to do. I do n…

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## [Export buddypress data (groups' activities) to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/export-buddypress-data-groups-activities-to-discourse/48284)

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**Author:** [@ArkGladios](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ArkGladios)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 6:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/export-buddypress-data-groups-activities-to-discourse/48284 "2020-07-09T06:37:53Z")

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How can I import data from buddypress to Discourse?

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## [Can we restrict comments in a certain article/articles?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-restrict-comments-in-a-certain-article-articles/157221)

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**Author:** [@Monika\_Gupta](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Monika_Gupta)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 6:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-restrict-comments-in-a-certain-article-articles/157221 "2020-07-09T06:11:56Z")

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Hi, I am trying to build a Community & I would like to separate the help & the community section. Is there any way we can restrict users comments on certain articles?

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## [Automatic enrollment](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-enrollment/156448)

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**Author:** [@Aikeen\_Poblacion](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aikeen_Poblacion)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 5:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-enrollment/156448 "2020-07-09T05:43:00Z")

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Hi all, is there a way to automatically sign up a person who signs up in one of our courses and also automatically remove access after a certain number of days? We use Teachable for our courses and Drip for CRM. Thanks…

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## [Show Badge Categories on Profile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-badge-categories-on-profile/157189)

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**Author:** [@abgeter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/abgeter)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-badge-categories-on-profile/157189 "2020-07-09T03:25:22Z")

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Hi there, I’d love to have the badge categories/types show up on the profile, in the same way that it shows up on the badges page. Currently, it’s clean and organized on the general badges page (forum.thereadingrush.com…

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## [Backup file size discrepancy](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-file-size-discrepancy/157175)

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**Author:** [@Oliver\_Walker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Oliver_Walker)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-file-size-discrepancy/157175 "2020-07-08T18:32:09Z")

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Hi, I saw a couple of strange things with our backups and would love a little bit of clarification on why stuff was happening. First of all, running ls -l --block-size=GB on the /backups/default/ directory shows that e…

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## [Webhook Payload](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhook-payload/157196)

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**Author:** [@hollyw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hollyw)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 11:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhook-payload/157196 "2020-07-08T23:45:41Z")

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We’re looking to potentially use webhooks to send data on certain types of events for metrics purposes. Are the payloads for these events listed anywhere, or are the webhook payloads identical to the ones in the Discours…

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## [Oneboxing doesn't work when creating a topic via the API?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oneboxing-doesnt-work-when-creating-a-topic-via-the-api/157190)

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**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oneboxing-doesnt-work-when-creating-a-topic-via-the-api/157190 "2020-07-08T21:16:34Z")

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I’m creating a topic via the API, with the last line being a link (to another Discourse forum) however it is not one boxing as it would if posting the topic manually. Is this something that’s done in a background task o…

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## [How to remove/hide topic IDs from discourse topic URLs?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-remove-hide-topic-ids-from-discourse-topic-urls/157179)

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**Author:** [@Faizan\_Zahid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Faizan_Zahid)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-remove-hide-topic-ids-from-discourse-topic-urls/157179 "2020-07-08T19:38:06Z")

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Bacially right now as you see any topic in discourse URL is like this, https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-file-size-discrepancy/157175 and the same topic opens up from this URL (removed topic ID from URL) https://met…

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