# Creating a staged user with an API call

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-staged-user-with-an-api-call/84667>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [April 5, 2018, 7:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-staged-user-with-an-api-call/84667 "2018-04-05T19:19:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![blake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/blake/32/157322_2.png) [@blake](https://meta.discourse.org/u/blake)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-staged-user-with-an-api-call/84667/21 "2020-02-27T16:13:35Z")

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I don’t think they can. They would have to register and update their preferences on that topic or their overall notification preferences.

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