# Creating user via API

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-user-via-api/36133
**Category:** Development
**Tags:** rest-api
**Created:** [11월 29, 2015, 8:18오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-user-via-api/36133 "2015-11-29T20:18:49Z")
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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: [12월 23, 2016, 12:10오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-user-via-api/36133/7 "2016-12-23T00:10:18Z")

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> [@Creating Active Users via the API gem](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-active-users-via-the-api-gem/33133/8):
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> Theoretically, you could create an account with a fake email address, deactivate, update the email address to the real email, then activate the account.
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> Unfortunately, this is too much of a workaround for the project we are working on. We have decided to settle with sending our users 2 emails. Not an ideal workflow.

^ I think that might be how you can get around the activate email thing /shrug

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