# Create-User via REST-API, does not seem to be working

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-user-via-rest-api-does-not-seem-to-be-working/355112
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 28, 2025, 10:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-user-via-rest-api-does-not-seem-to-be-working/355112 "2025-02-28T22:16:29Z")
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### Author: ![RGJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rgj/32/523185_2.png) [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2025, 12:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-user-via-rest-api-does-not-seem-to-be-working/355112/3 "2025-03-01T00:08:15Z")

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Seems similar to [User creation API: ‘active’ attribute set to True but returns False in response](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-creation-api-active-attribute-set-to-true-but-returns-false-in-response/344908)

> [@User creation API: ‘active’ attribute set to True but returns False in response](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-creation-api-active-attribute-set-to-true-but-returns-false-in-response/344908/10):
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> Yes, it seems that the reason for the failure was the flag `normalize_email:true` it’s true by default. As I turned it off the users got created… However, the API is not considering the `normalize_emails` flag and is returning success eventhough the user never got created or activated for that matter

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