Seb is trying to use a Bash script to create a post via the Discourse API and make it editable by anyone (i.e., turn it into a wiki post). Initially, they shared a basic curl command to post content but were unsure how to set the wiki flag. Falco suggested reverse-engineering the API using a guide. Seb later shared screenshots of their network inspection and attempted to update the post via PUT to /posts/{id}/wiki, but the syntax was incorrect — using -d '{wiki="true"}' instead of form-data. In their final post Seb, they shared the working solution: after creating the post, they extract the post_id and send a PUT request to /posts/{id}/wiki using -F wiki=true along with the API credentials, successfully converting the post into a wiki. The key fix was using form-data (-F) instead of raw JSON (-d) for the wiki flag.
Hi i am using Bash to make post in specific topics.
I was wondering if there was a way to use the api to allow anyone to edit the post?
Here is the bash command:
#!/bin/bash
curl -k -X POST https://discourse.org/posts.json \
-H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data;" \
-F api_key="234234sdfsdf" \
-F api_username="hubot" \
-F topic_id="46605" \
-F raw="Wiki_test_"
I have been trying to figure it out using the API documentations but no luck ;p
Check this guide:
I think i am closer to being able to make the post i made a wiki but i still cant resole the issue.
When i reverse engeneered my command i got
and in the Body there was
Here is the Bash script that attempts this but i cant get it to work:
#!/bin/bash
response="$(curl -k -X POST https://discourse.org/posts.json
-H “Content-Type: multipart/form-data;”
-F api_key=“234234sdfsdf”
-F api_username=“hubot”
-F topic_id=“46605”
-F raw=“Wiki_test_”")"
post_id="$(echo "$response" | grep -oP '"id":\K.*(?=,"name":)')"
echo "post_id= "$post_id
curl -k -X PUT https://discourse.org/posts/$post_id/wiki \
-H "Content-Type:multipart/form-data;" \
-d '{wiki="true"}'\
Solved:
Script:
response="$(curl -k -X POST https://discourse.org/posts.json
-H “Content-Type: multipart/form-data;”
-F api_key=“234234sdfsdf”
-F api_username=“hubot”
-F topic_id=“46605”
-F raw=“Wiki_test_”")"
post_id="$(echo "$response" | grep -oP '"id":\K.*(?=,"name":)')"
echo "post_id= "$post_id
curl -k -X PUT https://discourse.org/posts/$post_id/wiki \
-H "Content-Type:multipart/form-data;" \
-F api_key=$API_KEY \
-F api_username=$API_USERNAME \
-F wiki=true