# Can I use the Discourse API on an officially-hosted instance?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-the-discourse-api-on-an-officially-hosted-instance/196527
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 9, 2021, 12:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-the-discourse-api-on-an-officially-hosted-instance/196527 "2021-07-09T00:32:02Z")
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### Author: ![Tanz0rz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tanz0rz/32/222712_2.png) [@Tanz0rz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tanz0rz)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2021, 12:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-the-discourse-api-on-an-officially-hosted-instance/196527/1 "2021-07-09T00:32:02Z")

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My instance of Discourse is officially hosted. Is it possible to talk to the API? All the docs show examples with `localhost`

Edit: The answer is yes. I just had my first request setup wrong 🤦‍♂️

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### Author: ![osioke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/osioke/32/238946_2.png) [@osioke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/osioke)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2021, 11:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-the-discourse-api-on-an-officially-hosted-instance/196527/2 "2021-07-09T11:39:46Z")

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