# Create users through API using explicit user ids

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-users-through-api-using-explicit-user-ids/182078>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [March 4, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-users-through-api-using-explicit-user-ids/182078 "2021-03-04T18:30:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-users-through-api-using-explicit-user-ids/182078/4 "2021-03-04T20:20:25Z")

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Do you have data in Discourse already that these users need to be associated with? Why do you need to create the users?

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