# Add new API endpoints
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-new-api-endpoints/109898
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 23, 2019, 12:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-new-api-endpoints/109898 "2019-02-23T12:11:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Alfarhan\_Zahedi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alfarhan_Zahedi)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2019, 12:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-new-api-endpoints/109898/1 "2019-02-23T12:11:42Z")
Hi.
I need a API endpoint which is currently not present in the AOI provided by Discourse. How do I go about writing a plugin to extend the current API ?
Thank you!
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2019, 12:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-new-api-endpoints/109898/2 "2019-02-23T12:24:07Z")
First, back up and say what problem you are trying to solve. It may be that you don’t need a new endpoint. Have you looked at the 'reverse engineering" topic?
Next search for “plugin #howto”
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### Author:  [@Alfarhan\_Zahedi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alfarhan_Zahedi)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2019, 12:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-new-api-endpoints/109898/3 "2019-02-23T12:30:44Z")
As per my need, I modified the users table to add a custom attribute (Discourse custom fields was not what suited my needs). Now, I need to be able to modify that particular attribute.
I need a new endpoint (just like the ‘update email’ endpoint) to modify this particular attribute from a external site.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2019, 12:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-new-api-endpoints/109898/4 "2019-02-23T12:34:04Z")
Are you saying that you forked discourse or that you did this in a plugin?
Assuming that it’s the latter, I would look for another plugin that adds an endpoint. (and hope that someone with better rails chops than I takes notice of this topic)
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### Author:  [@Alfarhan\_Zahedi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alfarhan_Zahedi)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2019, 12:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-new-api-endpoints/109898/5 "2019-02-23T12:39:18Z")
Yes. I did that via a plugin that I wrote. All is working fine and I am able to access the attribute via the /users/{username}.json endpoint.
I do not know on how to begin writing the endpoint to modify that attribute.
Do I need to add a new route and a controller for that route ?
Will this do it ?
Or is there something that I am missing ?
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-new-api-endpoints/109898/6 "2019-02-23T14:57:43Z")
Read the poll plugin code:
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It has a controller and a route.
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### Author:  [@Alfarhan\_Zahedi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alfarhan_Zahedi)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-new-api-endpoints/109898/7 "2019-02-23T22:11:32Z")
Thanks. It helped.
Just in case someone else needs help in this particular topic, give this article a read - [How to create a Discourse plugin – kleinfreund.de](https://kleinfreund.de/how-to-create-a-discourse-plugin/)
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-new-api-endpoints/109898/8 "2022-03-23T14:43:53Z")
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-new-api-endpoints/109898/9 "2022-03-23T20:55:01Z")