# Code for receiving emails via Discourse API

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/code-for-receiving-emails-via-discourse-api/96894
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 10, 2018, 8:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/code-for-receiving-emails-via-discourse-api/96894 "2018-09-10T20:56:25Z")
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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: [September 10, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/code-for-receiving-emails-via-discourse-api/96894/2 "2018-09-10T23:29:01Z")

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From the output of `rake routes` You can send a POST request to

```
admin/email/handle_mail

```

Here is the controller method from `handle_mail`:

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/app/controllers/admin/email_controller.rb#L124>

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