# Ability to set topic external URL next to the title through the API

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-set-topic-external-url-next-to-the-title-through-the-api/285769
**Category:** Development
**Tags:** rest-api
**Created:** [November 16, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-set-topic-external-url-next-to-the-title-through-the-api/285769 "2023-11-16T18:50:56Z")
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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2023, 6:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-set-topic-external-url-next-to-the-title-through-the-api/285769/2 "2023-11-16T18:54:54Z")

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Did you [Reverse engineer the Discourse API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reverse-engineer-the-discourse-api/20576)? I’m pretty sure it returns the topic\_id and post number. The url is /t/-/topic\_id/post\_number

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