# Latest

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## [Uploading images for Signatures](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploading-images-for-signatures/304269)

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**Author:** [@TechnoFox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoFox)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploading-images-for-signatures/304269 "2025-02-21T01:10:06Z")

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How do users upload images into the signature without a link? Is that possible yet, or am I just not seeing it?

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## [Do the API endpoints change when migrating to hosted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-the-api-endpoints-change-when-migrating-to-hosted/353428)

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**Author:** [@multicam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/multicam)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-the-api-endpoints-change-when-migrating-to-hosted/353428 "2025-02-20T21:40:39Z")

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Hi there, We recently moved our 10 years old discourse outfit to a hosted plan. The usual api endpoints for invites GET “/invites.json” & POST “/invites” now return 404 This topic doen’t seem to be covered in the docu…

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## [Newbie Question re: security](https://meta.discourse.org/t/newbie-question-re-security/352497)

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**Author:** [@SamM](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SamM)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/newbie-question-re-security/352497 "2025-02-20T20:49:46Z")

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Hi, I just started my 14-day free trial and I like what I see. I have a question about security: I used to use a “Simple Machines” forum, linked to my website, but it proved to be a massive security risk, as spammers wo…

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## [Badge Granting Difficulties](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-granting-difficulties/353380)

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**Author:** [@Cricket](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Cricket)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-granting-difficulties/353380 "2025-02-20T19:27:12Z")

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Hello! My name is Cricket and I am new to this forum! I understand this is where you ask for regarding your forums or some issues, right? This is brilliant! Oops! I need to get straight to the point: I am trying to gran…

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## [Is this still the solution for checking for dark mode?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-this-still-the-solution-for-checking-for-dark-mode/353354)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-this-still-the-solution-for-checking-for-dark-mode/353354 "2025-02-20T18:46:26Z")

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Continuing the discussion from No specific class for dark mode: I’ve got a theme component that’s changing the site logo based on what category the user is in and adding logos to the categories in the sidebar, and now …

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## [Users self-deleting/anonymizing?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-self-deleting-anonymizing/267657)

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**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-self-deleting-anonymizing/267657 "2025-02-20T18:15:28Z")

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Just received this oh so gracious “request” from a user: Delete my forum account, \*\*\*\* .. you have not given me any means to anonymize or delete the account, and there is no way to contact the moderators on your varian…

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## [Rebuild fails (yarn config set network-timeout 600000 -g)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-fails-yarn-config-set-network-timeout-600000-g/353365)

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**Author:** [@ygramoel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ygramoel)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-fails-yarn-config-set-network-timeout-600000-g/353365 "2025-02-20T16:47:03Z")

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I am running a self-hosted discourse forum at forum.embeetle.com Web based update failed, so I logged in to the server and tried ./launcher rebuild app. This also failed. The last part of the output is included below. …

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## [There are too many options in Preferences](https://meta.discourse.org/t/there-are-too-many-options-in-preferences/353298)

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**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 12:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/there-are-too-many-options-in-preferences/353298 "2025-02-20T12:23:52Z")

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Very valuable options like Saved Searches, AI and Activitypub are only visible when pressing the \> icon, making them hard to discover, especially if you don’t know they’re there. Even with my font preferences set to “sm…

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## [Exploring Discourse Data Explorer on my Sandbox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exploring-discourse-data-explorer-on-my-sandbox/353130)

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**Author:** [@TedJohnson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TedJohnson)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 12:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exploring-discourse-data-explorer-on-my-sandbox/353130 "2025-02-20T12:08:20Z")

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I have Discourse Data Explorer installed on my Discourse sandbox, but I don’t have a lot of content on the site yet. I’m looking for some suggestions on how to play around with Data Explorer… On a site with minimum con…

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## [Mail-Receiver Configuration: 403 Error on smtp\_should\_reject Endpoint](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mail-receiver-configuration-403-error-on-smtp-should-reject-endpoint/353303)

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**Author:** [@Abdelrahman\_MoHamed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Abdelrahman_MoHamed)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 11:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mail-receiver-configuration-403-error-on-smtp-should-reject-endpoint/353303 "2025-02-20T11:46:37Z")

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Hello Discourse Community, I’m encountering an issue while setting up the mail-receiver for my self-hosted Discourse forum. Despite following the official documentation here, I’m receiving the following error in my logs…

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## [Images in an enlarged chat cannot be opened after a message with the image is posted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/images-in-an-enlarged-chat-cannot-be-opened-after-a-message-with-the-image-is-posted/352881)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 10:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/images-in-an-enlarged-chat-cannot-be-opened-after-a-message-with-the-image-is-posted/352881 "2025-02-20T10:09:37Z")

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Reproduction steps: 1. Enlarge chat: 2.1. Post a message with a medium to big image, so that you’d expect a popup with a larger image if you click on it in the message. OR 2.2. Receive such a message from other pe…

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## [Newly created topic shown location based on device](https://meta.discourse.org/t/newly-created-topic-shown-location-based-on-device/353266)

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**Author:** [@Jun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jun)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 9:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/newly-created-topic-shown-location-based-on-device/353266 "2025-02-20T09:03:00Z")

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Does discourse support such location feature: newly created topic show location of logging device(mobile or personal computer)?User needn’t choose location manually.

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## [Deletion of "Feedback" fails due to unknown chat channel dependency?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deletion-of-feedback-fails-due-to-unknown-chat-channel-dependency/353099)

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**Author:** [@Thomas\_Rother](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_Rother)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 8:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deletion-of-feedback-fails-due-to-unknown-chat-channel-dependency/353099 "2025-02-20T08:37:19Z")

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I am trying to delete the pre-seeded “Feedback” category because we moved all topics to another category. But this fails with an error:

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## [Issues with SSO and '~' character](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-sso-and-character/351582)

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**Author:** [@sweetbeems](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sweetbeems)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 7:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-sso-and-character/351582 "2025-02-20T07:13:38Z")

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Hi everyone, So recently I discovered that if I inclue ‘~’ in a user’s bios, I get a base64decode error from Discourse. It can handle all sorts of other problematic characters just fine (spaces, =, %, &) but not ~ for s…

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## [Guardian.anonymous? versus Guardian.is\_anonymous?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/guardian-anonymous-versus-guardian-is-anonymous/353209)

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**Author:** [@mdoggydog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mdoggydog)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 5:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/guardian-anonymous-versus-guardian-is-anonymous/353209 "2025-02-20T05:22:11Z")

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Guardian has two verrrry similarly named predicates: anonymous? and is\_anonymous? What is the difference? :philosoraptor: :grimacing: :zipper\_mouth\_face:

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## [Adding information about the flag review process](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-information-about-the-flag-review-process/352008)

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**Author:** [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 2:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-information-about-the-flag-review-process/352008 "2025-02-14T02:45:11Z")

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:bookmark: This is a how-to guide on how to modify information about the flags review process. :person\_raising\_hand: Required user level: Admin At the top of the flag modal generic information about the review proces…

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## [User Card: Chat button is gone](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-card-chat-button-is-gone/353133)

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**Author:** [@Magie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Magie)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 2:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-card-chat-button-is-gone/353133 "2025-02-20T02:57:08Z")

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Dear Discourse community, We used to have a chat button on our user cards under /u. But now they are gone. I am wondering why? Can you help me please? Why display: none for Admins? For Admins the “usercard-controls” ar…

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## [Adjusting Article Title Color for Night Mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adjusting-article-title-color-for-night-mode/353237)

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**Author:** [@CAX.DO](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CAX.DO)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 2:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adjusting-article-title-color-for-night-mode/353237 "2025-02-20T02:24:48Z")

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Hello everyone, I have a question about theme colors. I’ve set up a button for “night-dark” mode. When I use dark mode and browse article pages, the article title is displayed at the top in white, which is correct. Howev…

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## [Do not see discourse/config/site\_settings.yml to set USER API limits](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-not-see-discourse-config-site-settings-yml-to-set-user-api-limits/353138)

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**Author:** [@joshhabka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joshhabka)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 12:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-not-see-discourse-config-site-settings-yml-to-set-user-api-limits/353138 "2025-02-20T00:25:48Z")

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I cannot find site\_settings.yml to adjust my instance rate limits?

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## [WebP images are broken in Gmail](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webp-images-are-broken-in-gmail/337500)

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**Author:** [@Firsh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firsh)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webp-images-are-broken-in-gmail/337500 "2025-02-19T16:56:46Z")

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I have WebP images coming from WP DC SSO connection when creating new posts that create new topics. The Image URLs are valid, accessible even if hotlinked, but DC is instructed to create a local copy. For example this: …

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## [Topic.has\_summary is random, not reliable](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-has-summary-is-random-not-reliable/352715)

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**Author:** [@markschmucker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markschmucker)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-has-summary-is-random-not-reliable/352715 "2025-02-19T19:51:29Z")

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All of my topics have summaries. But when I get a topic with /t/topic\_id.json and check the has\_summary attribute, it’s 50/50. Even if it says has\_summary = false, I can see the summary by clicking or with /discourse-ai…

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## [RSS Feed Not Working for Discourse Forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rss-feed-not-working-for-discourse-forum/352993)

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**Author:** [@emonunix](https://meta.discourse.org/u/emonunix)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rss-feed-not-working-for-discourse-forum/352993 "2025-02-19T18:25:50Z")

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I’m having trouble fetching RSS feeds from my Discourse forum, thePros, and I’m hoping to get some guidance on resolving the issue. Issue Description: I am using RSS to fetch data from my Discourse forums. In my Mamaped…

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## [UI issue when merging accounts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ui-issue-when-merging-accounts/353135)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ui-issue-when-merging-accounts/353135 "2025-02-19T17:29:28Z")

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Today I ran into a strange problem here on meta when merging two accounts, at the request of a member. I was able to do it as usual and it worked, but something went wrong in the UI. Steps: merge using the button at t…

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## [Logged in as different user real time](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logged-in-as-different-user-real-time/328698)

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**Author:** [@tsk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tsk)\
**Replies:** 38\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logged-in-as-different-user-real-time/328698 "2025-02-19T16:49:22Z")

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Hi On several occasions I have now been logged in as a different user in the midst of scrolling a thread. It has been the same user each time. We both have admin privileges. There’s nothing in the logs.

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## [Favicon and stats missing for site in Discover](https://meta.discourse.org/t/favicon-and-stats-missing-for-site-in-discover/353953)

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**Author:** [@Shauny](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shauny)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/favicon-and-stats-missing-for-site-in-discover/353953 "2025-02-19T15:18:04Z")

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My site is on Discourse Discover but unlike seemingly every other site I look at, mine is missing: A Favicon Stats about number of members How can I correct this? The site is:

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## [I can't upload my images for logo and many things](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-cant-upload-my-images-for-logo-and-many-things/353107)

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**Author:** [@bairidaka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bairidaka)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-cant-upload-my-images-for-logo-and-many-things/353107 "2025-02-19T14:34:43Z")

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Like this image It popped an error (抱歉出错了 means sorry for this mistake) when I uploaded an image for setting my website logo. I checked the logs and storage space, and they were all normal.

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## [Help with Discourse AI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-discourse-ai/352947)

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**Author:** [@hmmmnotsure](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hmmmnotsure)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-discourse-ai/352947 "2025-02-19T14:06:50Z")

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I want to use Discourse AI. I have some questions regarding this. What data is being utilized by Discourse AI (and any LLM like OpenAI or Google LLM)? Does it include any sensitive data? Is any of this data being used …

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## [Trendy Login not appearing in installed plugins](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trendy-login-not-appearing-in-installed-plugins/352825)

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**Author:** [@Intagrator](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Intagrator)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trendy-login-not-appearing-in-installed-plugins/352825 "2025-02-19T13:36:22Z")

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Please forgive a novice user and a non-technical entrepreneur. I have run all the steps in the discourse plugin installation guide when trying to install the Trendy Login plugin. Following installation and ./launcher reb…

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## [Is there an API that can convert a topic into a PDF file?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-api-that-can-convert-a-topic-into-a-pdf-file/353048)

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**Author:** [@yangxuan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yangxuan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 10:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-api-that-can-convert-a-topic-into-a-pdf-file/353048 "2025-02-19T10:16:56Z")

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Is there an API that can convert a topic into a PDF file? If not, are there any recommended tools to complete the conversion？

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## [Can I ascertain if something is a touch device](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-ascertain-if-something-is-a-touch-device/353076)

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**Author:** [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 12:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-ascertain-if-something-is-a-touch-device/353076 "2025-02-19T12:34:39Z")

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… in Javascript? And I don’t mean mobile, I mean any device, e.g. touch device like a tablet, where hover doesn’t make sense. Or am I forced to use CSS?

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