Hi there, we are using version 2.5.0.beta3 and are having some problems creating a user via the API. We would like to create a user and be able to post a topic straight away using the API without them having to click the confirmation link in the email. We have tweaked the Active flag in various ways when creating a user but cannot seem to remove the need for the confirmation email. {"errors":["You are not permitted to view the requested resource."],"error_type":"invalid_access"}

It looks like 2.5.0.beta3 was released on April 22, 2020 and the fix I made for this issue was released on April 14, 2020 so you should be able to create an active user via the API with a single request. Can you verify your requests and response look similar to this curl command: curl -i -sS -X POST "http://localhost:3000/users" \ -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data;" \ -H "Api-Key: 079fb2bb12d3b436bb11bde8eb58aaa9a36560fa7d79b14b3087aa40b1ebc2c4" \ -H "Api-Username: blake.erickson" \ -F "name=8fe87241ca91a69f5ccd" \ -F "username=8fe87241ca91a69f5ccd" \ -F "email=8fe87241ca91a69f5ccd@example.com" \ -F "password=c9193506a8f5e402a88cf2f8cee3f258" \ -F "active=true" \ -F "approved=true" HTTP/1.1 200 OK { "success": true, "active": true, "message": "Your account is activated and ready to use.", "user_id": 10 }

Tried the curl command and the response shows user is not active. The message says the user will be activated through email. C:\Windows\system32>curl -i -sS -X POST https://our-discourse-host/users -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data;" -H "Api-Key: The-API-key" -H "Api-Username: The-username" -F "name=8fe87241ca91a69f5ccd" -F "username=8fe87241ca91a69f5ccd" -F "email=8fe87241ca91a69f5ccd@testemail.test" -F "password=c9193506a8f5e402a88cf2f8cee3f258" -F "active=true" -F "approved=true" HTTP/1.1 200 OK { "success":true, "active":false, "message":"\u003cp\u003eYouΓÇÖre almost done! We sent an activation mail to \u003cb\u003e8fe87241ca91a69f5ccd@testemail.test\u003c/b\u003e. Please follow the instructions in the mail to activate your account.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf it doesnΓÇÖt arrive, check your spam folder.\u003c/p\u003e", "user_id":13 }

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yerttle (Mark) September 21, 2020, 8:46am 4

@blake Could you please check post #3 and let me know if I am missing anything in there?

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