At this page the documentation states that detailed record for user can be obtained by GET /admin/users/{id}.json Tests suggest this is not correct (returns 404) and the correct URL is GET /admin/users/{id}/{username}.json Should I do a PR on the docs repo? Or do the team consider that the API e…

I think you should revisit your tests. The first path works fine as long as it is a valid member id number In fact, AFAIK, it is the only path that works with the account number and not the member name.

Sorry @Mittineague I’m absolutely positive. Maybe this is a version change? I am running against Discourse 2.1.1 You can also see it -in the UI - when you look at details of a user they appear at <mysite.com>//admin/users/{userid}/{username} while <mysite.com>//admin/users/{userid}/ is a 404

You have a few variations there. These work for me. Discourse 2.2.0.beta2 .../admin/users/{userid}.json .../admin/users/{userid}/{username} .../admin/users/{userid}/{username}.json

[image] Mittineague: …/admin/users/{userid}.json That one works for me too. I’ve been ignoring the .json suffix and just using the header as documented Instead of sending API requests to /categories.json you may also send them to /categories and add an Accept: application/json header …

Routing is different for different paths. Do you have the Ember addon installed in your browser? [image] Installing the Inspector - Ember Inspector - Ember Guides You can install the Inspector on Google Chrome, Firefox, other browsers (via a bookmarklet), and on mobile devices by follow…

[image] Mittineague: Routing is different for different paths. Do you have the Ember addon installed in your browser? I have now - so this is about reverse engineering the API ?

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Julian_Elve (Julian Elve) September 20, 2018, 9:29am 7

I have now - so this is about reverse engineering the API?

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