# Creating user via API

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-user-via-api/36133>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [November 29, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-user-via-api/36133 "2015-11-29T20:18:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vocino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/vocino/32/85136_2.png) [@Vocino](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vocino)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-user-via-api/36133/8 "2017-04-25T17:00:35Z")

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Sorry to necro this post but it appears to be the most relevant discussion.

I’m currently adding users via the API but they aren’t getting the verification email. Is there something I can add to the response to ensure that this email gets triggered?

I’ve seen people setting `active` to `true` but that’s what I don’t want since I want them to be pruned if they never verify. Setting it to `false` doesn’t seem to trigger the activation email though.

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