# Add bulk\_create to Gamification external event API

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-bulk-create-to-gamification-external-event-api/307800>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** rest-api, gamification\
**Created:** [May 13, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-bulk-create-to-gamification-external-event-api/307800 "2024-05-13T13:22:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 13, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-bulk-create-to-gamification-external-event-api/307800/2 "2024-05-13T17:32:02Z")

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> [@colin.mckibben](#):
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> Is the external gamification built into the SQL database?

Yes, it has a dedicated table for this.

> [@colin.mckibben](#):
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> I have a need to assign external points to a large quantity of users and doing it through the API with its rate limiting will take too long and cause issues with other automations that rely on the API.

Sounds like what we really have here is a #Contribute > Feature request for a `bulk_create` where you can send, let’s say, up to a thousand of new scoring events per request. How that sounds like?

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