# API username query

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-username-query/60227
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 31, 2017, 8:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-username-query/60227 "2017-03-31T08:59:58Z")
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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 10, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-username-query/60227/6 "2019-04-10T16:36:16Z")

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Yes, you can use your username or “system” as the `api_username`. Unless you are trying to get user specific information like the notifications of a user, then you would need to use their username.

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