# API, create user, no longer returns user\_id

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-create-user-no-longer-returns-user-id/343427
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 19, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-create-user-no-longer-returns-user-id/343427 "2024-12-19T17:35:21Z")
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### Author: ![clayg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/clayg/32/181131_2.png) [@clayg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/clayg)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-create-user-no-longer-returns-user-id/343427/1 "2024-12-19T17:35:22Z")

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I have a script that runs daily to create new users via the API. Up until a few days ago, when the post would complete, the response included the user\_id of the newly created user. Now the API no longer does so? But the API docs indicate that it should.

> **[Discourse API Docs](https://docs.discourse.org/#tag/Users/operation/createUser)**

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