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

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**Category:** Product 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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**Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-user-via-rest-api-does-not-seem-to-be-working/355112/9 "2025-03-03T23:37:10Z")

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> [@supermathie](#):
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> Check to ensure there isn’t already a user with the same email address, especially if `normalize_emails` is enabled.

You are correct. This was the problem: A user with the same email address already exists.

I was searching by username and by created\_at desc, which was why the new user didn’t come up in the search results.

The successful response threw me off.

Thank you for your help.

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