# Detect if a topic has a new post

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/detect-if-a-topic-has-a-new-post/73880>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** webhooks\
**Created:** [November 11, 2017, 5:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/detect-if-a-topic-has-a-new-post/73880 "2017-11-11T05:39:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![jordan1909](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@jordan1909](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan1909)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 5:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/detect-if-a-topic-has-a-new-post/73880/1 "2017-11-11T05:39:06Z")

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I needed to determine if it was possible to:

1. Detect when a new post is submitted via client side  
Reason: We do a lot of support here. We do not want “stale” cases to go unanswered or slip through the cracks.  
  
==\> If specific poster != x set topic timer on a specific topic based on this change and set it to a specific user

It a long shot and I have a feeling this functionality will require a full plugin however I wanted to determine if this was the case.

I guess I am more directly trying to find out if I can even detect a post submission and if I can update the timer via an api call to the topic. I can figure out the rest myself if I can confirm this is possible and where this is documented.

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