# Discourse-user-notes API

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-user-notes-api/240948>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** user-notes, rest-api\
**Created:** [October 4, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-user-notes-api/240948 "2022-10-04T21:34:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![codetricity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codetricity/32/3773_2.png) [@codetricity](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codetricity)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-user-notes-api/240948/3 "2022-10-05T20:44:34Z")

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> [@pfaffman](#):
>
> I recommend that you use the [data explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) plugin and [Run Data Explorer queries with the Discourse API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/run-data-explorer-queries-with-the-discourse-api/120063); it sort-of allows you to generate your own API endpoint (to retrieve [data explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) data).

Thank you for your help. What is the query I need to run to see the content of the user notes?

Is there some way I can see the fields that the note is stored in from the source code of the plug-in? Maybe I can show a custom\_field for the user somehow?

[discourse-user-notes/plugin.rb at main · discourse/discourse-user-notes · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-user-notes/blob/main/plugin.rb)

I do not know how to ready Ruby, but maybe there is a field called user\_notes in Discourse some place that I can search for with the user.id and then there is an object `notes` with a field of `raw`?

I’m just guessing. I may just pull the users and store the notes in a separate database, not Discourse. However, I would like to use the data in Discourse if possible as it will be easier to attach the note to a specific user and post.

```ruby
      notes = notes_for(user.id)
      record = {
        id: SecureRandom.hex(16),
        user_id: user.id,
        raw: raw,
        created_by: created_by,
        created_at: Time.now
      }.merge(opts)

      notes << record
      ::PluginStore.set("user_notes", key_for(user.id), notes)

      user.custom_fields[COUNT_FIELD] = notes.size
      user.save_custom_fields

```

> [@pfaffman](#):
>
> Are you requesting as a user that can read those notes?

I am pulling the list of users as admin to see which users have notes applied to them. After I identify the list of users with notes, I want to display the notes in a table so that staff can respond to questions more easily with the background information for the user.

* * *

I’m trying to use `/user_notes.json?user_id=2`

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/a/2/1/a213a14b2e9190a31c73e07549678fd243dcc5e3.png)

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