# Approving an already-existing user through API?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/approving-an-already-existing-user-through-api/71998>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [Octobre 13, 2017, 9:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/approving-an-already-existing-user-through-api/71998 "2017-10-13T09:18:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Frank\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/frank_bailey/32/83927_2.png) [@Frank\_Bailey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Frank_Bailey)\
**Post date:** [Octobre 13, 2017, 10:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/approving-an-already-existing-user-through-api/71998/4 "2017-10-13T10:17:40Z")

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Thanks, that was an interesting read and very helpful.

For anyone finding this topic on the Googles, this is the syntax I used:

 ![approve_member](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/7/a/7a96fc9655a521270c51f067c54ab9a2ed4948d2.jpg)

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