(shown as required in the docs, but should be ok to omit)
- `username`: the user’s username
- `email`: the user’s email
- `password`: some password that meets your site’s requirement
- `active`: `"true"` (in quotes)
- `approved`: `"true"` (in quotes)
Fill in the Headers section to add your `Api-Key` and `Api-Username` (I’ve only tried this with `system` as the Api-Username.
Use the default values for all other sections.
Here are a couple screenshots with fake data:
That’s working for me. If it’s not working, the other thing to check is to make sure the `invite only` setting isn’t enabled on your Discourse site.
To see if it would work, I also just made a custom integration with the Zapier CLI that creates new users. If Discourse want, that action could be added to the official Discourse Zap. I’m not sure that adding an action to create users is a priority though. I don’t think it’s been requested as often as things like creating an invite or suspending a user.
Notes from further testing:
- the Payload Type can be set to either “json” or “form”. To set custom fields with the request, the payload type needs to be set to “form”.
- Multiselect custom fields are a bit of an issue. Zapier won’t allow duplicate key names in the Data section. It should be possible to set Multiselect custom fields with the Zapier “Custom Request” action.
- the values of the `active` and `approved` parameters do not need to be wrapped in quotation marks.
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### Author:  [@bedgarsf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bedgarsf)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-discourse-user-from-a-zapier-request/283570/6 "2023-10-26T23:31:04Z")
@simon Thanks! I got it to work! Your screenshot helped me sort out the issues with the way Zapier is creating the data fields. It was doing some wonky stuff but I was basically not understanding how to format / map the data to airtable. I need to get the end to end automation working but the create user definitely worked.
fyi @pfaffman
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### Author:  [@bedgarsf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bedgarsf)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-discourse-user-from-a-zapier-request/283570/7 "2023-10-31T15:14:20Z")
Hi @simon - thanks again for the help on the formatting. Now I am trying to add some custom fields to the user profile and see if I can get Zapier to populate them in a new Discourse user. It seems to be causing the whole request to fail and I am getting a message “you have not completed all the user fields”
I found this [post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-creating-user-with-custom-user-fields-with-the-api/148434) so I tried switching it to form from json but that didn’t work
Any advice on how to format custom profile fields? Thanks!
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### Author:  [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-discourse-user-from-a-zapier-request/283570/8 "2023-10-31T19:04:12Z")
> [@bedgarsf](#):
>
> I found this [post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-creating-user-with-custom-user-fields-with-the-api/148434) so I tried switching it to form from json but that didn’t work
Changing the payload type to “form” works for me:
Except that approach won’t work with multiselect dropdown fields. For that type of field I think you’ll have to use the “Custom Request” action. Might take a bit of fiddling around to get it to work.
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### Author:  [@bedgarsf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bedgarsf)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-discourse-user-from-a-zapier-request/283570/9 "2023-10-31T19:38:09Z")
Wow - you are truly the grand wizard of zapier + discourse. Changing the red arrow and it worked first try. I had it as the name of the field but of course that makes no sense given would not know that upstream. So for every new field I create I just use the [#] and it will automatically map them in order? I am planning a bunch - maybe 10 or so. Also, it seemed to work fine even though my test field is a drop down - maybe because it’s just pulling it from Airtable?
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### Author:  [@bedgarsf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bedgarsf)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2023, 7:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-discourse-user-from-a-zapier-request/283570/10 "2023-10-31T19:39:42Z")
Actually - I did not do a real end to end test. I just tested the zap but it did work on a drop down field.
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### Author:  [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2023, 7:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-discourse-user-from-a-zapier-request/283570/11 "2023-10-31T19:43:32Z")
> [@bedgarsf](#):
>
> So for every new field I create I just use the [#] and it will automatically map them in order?
Yes, just put the field’s `id` in the `[]`. You can get the id of the field by loading the JSON version of your Admin / Customize / User Fields page (`/admin/customize/user_fields.json`)
(It’s easier to read if you have a browser extension that formats JSON.)
> [@bedgarsf](#):
>
> it seemed to work fine even though my test field is a drop down
Drop down fields should be fine. It’s just Multi-select fields that will have issues. For example, the “hobbies” field in the screenshot I posted above.
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### Author:  [@bedgarsf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bedgarsf)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-discourse-user-from-a-zapier-request/283570/12 "2023-10-31T19:48:56Z")
Ah multiselect - yeah I missed that part. I only have single select drop down for now.
This is awesome. Thanks!!!
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### Author:  [@JamesNorth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JamesNorth)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2024, 1:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-discourse-user-from-a-zapier-request/283570/13 "2024-01-05T01:39:33Z")
Wonder whether it’s ok to open this one up again and ask about creating **groups**?
- I can create users from Zapier without an issue (even when `invite only` is turned on) ✅
The Zapier interface allows for individual API headers but when it asks for an object (which creating a `group` appears to require) .. I get this, even if I edit the body manually to be formatted like the API docs ask:
> # Failed to create a custom actions in Discourse
>
> Raw request failed. Problem executing your request: Error code 400: param is missing or the value is empty: group
Is there a way I can send that initial object `group {` and close it again using Zaiper?
Any insight would be amazing and much appreciated!
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### Author:  [@JamesNorth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JamesNorth)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2024, 12:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-discourse-user-from-a-zapier-request/283570/14 "2024-01-05T12:00:58Z")
I solved it - I had to use Zapier’s Webhooks in the fully customised mode so that I could enter all the headers manually as well.
Then I just pasted in the data/body area and it worked … it just would not work in any other mode.
