# Can't create topic with tag using admin API due to insufficient trust level

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-create-topic-with-tag-using-admin-api-due-to-insufficient-trust-level/46972
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [July 7, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-create-topic-with-tag-using-admin-api-due-to-insufficient-trust-level/46972 "2016-07-07T21:34:29Z")
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### Author: ![neil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/neil/32/102150_2.png) [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-create-topic-with-tag-using-admin-api-due-to-insufficient-trust-level/46972/4 "2016-07-07T21:56:49Z")

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This worked for me and added two tags:

`curl --data "api_key=asdf...asdf&api_username=neill&title=this%20one%20has%20two%20tags&raw=and%20it%20is%20twice%20as%20delicious&tags[]=mazda&tags[]=protege" http://localhost:3000/posts.json`

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/b/5b2c26ed1e5271144803d69666d89149519da618.png)

So I’m not sure why it isn’t working for you…

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