# API topic post creation ordered by updated\_at or created\_at?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-topic-post-creation-ordered-by-updated-at-or-created-at/84511>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [April 3, 2018, 11:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-topic-post-creation-ordered-by-updated-at-or-created-at/84511 "2018-04-03T23:57:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![blake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/blake/32/157322_2.png) [@blake](https://meta.discourse.org/u/blake)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-topic-post-creation-ordered-by-updated-at-or-created-at/84511/2 "2018-04-04T17:28:32Z")

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Post order isn’t something that can be changed. Even if a post was updated later it shouldn’t change the post order.

Can you share an example of the code you are using to create topics and posts?

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