Hello, I have a requirement where a user can post topics specific to a Category only after joining that Category. How can we retrieve an API that indicates which Categories the user is allowed to post in and which ones they cannot, ideally showing a lock symbol on the restricted Category cards? How…

[image] Steve John: I have a requirement where a user can post topics specific to a Category only after joining that Category. Users don’t join categories. They join groups. You can then use groups to control access to categories. If you’re planning to have the users use Discourse, and not d…

As Jay mentioned you can do the s via groups. Create a Category you want visible but restricted. Category Security Settings Everyone - See Group name - See/Create/reply Now everyone can see the category but must join a group to create and respond to topics. Depending on Category purpose you co…

API request for specific category permissions

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Steve_John (Steve John) October 11, 2024, 12:16am 5

Thank you Dan for pointing it to this which is pretty helpful info.

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API request for specific category permissions

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