I’m working on an integration that publishes and syncs companion topics into Discourse via the API. For setup diagnostics, I’d like to read the forum’s current authoring limits so the integration can preflight content before attempting to create or update topics. The settings I’m trying to confirm …

It’s /admin/site_settings.json You need to be an admin, except for settings that have client: true, those can be found in /site/settings.json All settings you need, except for the last two, can be found in /site/settings.json. But for allowed groups, the mechanism works differently: if you …

Thanks @RGJ , this was exactly the missing distinction. I tested the paths against my forum and can confirm: /site/settings.json /site.json work with my current global/admin bot key. /site/settings.json exposes the numeric authoring limits I need, including: min_topic_title_length max_topic_ti…

[image] philh: I don’t see an obvious granular scope in the admin UI that allows access to those two site-level endpoints. Am I missing a granular scope or allowed URL configuration for /site/settings.json and /site.json? As I understand it this is expected Discourse behavior. I would prefer…

[image] Feature request: Allow safe API access to site settings without an admin-level key Feature As I understand it, requiring admin access for /site/settings.json and some information in /site.json is expected Discourse behavior. Discussion Bridge and simil…

Confirming API Access to Authoring Limit Site Settings

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philh July 25, 2026, 11:07pm 5

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Confirming API Access to Authoring Limit Site Settings

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