# Can't add user via API

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-add-user-via-api/169938
**Category:** Development
**Tags:** rest-api
**Created:** [November 12, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-add-user-via-api/169938 "2020-11-12T14:27:19Z")
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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: [November 13, 2020, 3:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-add-user-via-api/169938/2 "2020-11-13T03:00:09Z")

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That message in the response:

> [@itsupport\_bd](#):
>
> Du bist fast fertig! Wir haben eine Aktivierungsmail gesendet an **example address**. Bitte folge den Anweisungen in der E-Mail, um dein Konto zu aktivieren.

is the confirmation email message:

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/bd0b558a8995380138cc4a0ae638df9ad724359e/config/locales/server.de.yml#L208>

which means that the user is sent a confirmation email. Once they click on it they will be created.

Are you on the latest version of Discourse? If you pass in `"active": true` it should not send an email confirmation. See [Creating user via API - #11 by blake](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-user-via-api/36133/11).

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