Compose a new pre-filled topic via URL

[techAPJ (Arpit Jalan)]

Discourse now supports composing a new (pre-filled) topic via URL! To compose a new pre-filled topic, modify URL params like this:

http://discourse.example.com/new-topic?title=topic%20title&body=topic%20body&category=category/subcategory&tags=email,planned

This will open composer window pre filled with topic title, body, category and tags.

Try it out live, here on meta!

https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?title=topic%20title&body=topic%20body&category=support/wordpress&tags=wordpress

Also, instead of providing category/subcategory name, you can also specify a numeric category_id, like:

https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?title=topic%20title&body=topic%20body&category_id=3&tags=wordpress

This feature also supports “Start a topic by pasting a link (like Reddit)”, provided that the body is not present, for example:

https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?title=https://www.xkcd.com/556

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Want to compose a pre-filled personal message instead? See: Compose a new pre-filled personal message via URL

[erikmolenaarnl (Erik Molenaar)]

Great feature!

Is it possible to include variables like a pre-filled username ?

e.g.: set the Topic Title to “Hi! I am %username%” which will output “Hi! I am Erik Molenaar!”

Thanks for listening!

[adopilot (Admir Hodzic)]

Apologies for bumping post.
Is there u chance to pass param to composer open in full screen mode ?

[sam (Sam Saffron)]

hmm I am not against adding an option here

[debryc (Deborah Chang)]

Is it possible to include variables like a pre-filled username ?

e.g.: set the Topic Title to “Hi! I am %username%” which will output “ Hi! I am Erik Molenaar! ”

Hello, was this question addressed? Thank you!

[erikmolenaarnl (Erik Molenaar)]

Nope… Unfortunately not