# Discourse always posts in general using API

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-always-posts-in-general-using-api/70276
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 18, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-always-posts-in-general-using-api/70276 "2017-09-18T14:23:36Z")
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### Author: ![dylanh724](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dylanh724/32/119642_2.png) [@dylanh724](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dylanh724)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-always-posts-in-general-using-api/70276/2 "2017-09-18T14:57:48Z")

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Ahhhh apparently error 422 is **rate-limiting**. The category “number” IS actually “text” (a string). Making bot account admin seemed to do the trick for the limiting (…[but why do I have to make it an ADMIN to edit rate limiting?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improve-add-friendly-json-api-error-messages-at-least-generic-ones/70272) Seems a bit of a dramatic upgrade for such) and “15” as the category as a string.

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