# Creating and activating users from the API

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-and-activating-users-from-the-api/162124>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [August 26, 2020, 12:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-and-activating-users-from-the-api/162124 "2020-08-26T12:15:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![yerttle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@yerttle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yerttle)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 12:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-and-activating-users-from-the-api/162124/1 "2020-08-26T12:15:22Z")

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Hi there, we are using version 2.5.0.beta3 and are having some problems creating a user via the API.

We would like to create a user and be able to post a topic straight away using the API without them having to click the confirmation link in the email.

We have tweaked the Active flag in various ways when creating a user but cannot seem to remove the need for the confirmation email.

`{"errors":["You are not permitted to view the requested resource."],"error_type":"invalid_access"}`

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