create user field I see { "user_field[name]": "string", "user_field[description]": "string", "user_field[field_type": "string", "user_field[required]": true } Are you sure ? I think it should be something like { "user_field: { "name": "asdf", "description": "asdf", "field_type": "confirm", "required": true } }

I believe that @blake wrote that documentation so let’s see what he reckons here.

Yes, if you are using Content-Type: application/json you should send it in like [image] zsan: { "user_field: { "name": "asdf", "description": "asdf", "field_type": "confirm", "required": true } } The example in the api docs is using Content-Type: multipart/form-data, but I’ll be sure to update it to the json example.

[Screen Shot 2020-08-20 at 15.48.17] Thank you @blake Note: The problem is .. i see application/json in the example (so that’s why my partner spent all hours to figure it out how to use this call)

I also struggled for about 24 hours solid with this as the docs example suggests application/json formatted requests for creating a new user be boolean for user_field … I was being told I hadn’t finished all the required user fields … but in my case I have an existing required user_field I need to enter data into that field and it should be formatted like this: { "name": "Full Name", "email": "email@address.com", "password": "348hqpwfaed", "username": "UserName", "user_fields": { "1": "Required User Field Data" } } The above formatting worked for me. Are the docs correct in this case for creating a new user? [Screenshot 2024-01-21 at 3.22.10 pm]

[image] James North: Are the docs correct in this case for creating a new user? Nope that was still the form-data format. I updated it to use json so that the example matches the format. Thank you for bringing this up! https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/30133

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blake (Blake Erickson) August 20, 2020, 12:43am 3

Yes, if you are using Content-Type: application/json you should send it in like

The example in the api docs is using Content-Type: multipart/form-data, but I’ll be sure to update it to the json example.

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