# API Error 422 for Invite Emails to users with existing account

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-error-422-for-invite-emails-to-users-with-existing-account/356168
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 6, 2025, 10:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-error-422-for-invite-emails-to-users-with-existing-account/356168 "2025-03-06T22:30:15Z")
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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: [March 6, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-error-422-for-invite-emails-to-users-with-existing-account/356168/3 "2025-03-06T23:08:36Z")

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You can [Reverse engineer the Discourse API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reverse-engineer-the-discourse-api/20576) and use the admin/users route and lookup the user via their email address and go from there?

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