# Get /users/by-external/ throwing URL Not Found error after update

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-users-by-external-throwing-url-not-found-error-after-update/252410>\
**Category:** SSO\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [January 20, 2023, 12:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-users-by-external-throwing-url-not-found-error-after-update/252410 "2023-01-20T12:18:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![not-ethan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/not-ethan/32/282617_2.png) [@not-ethan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/not-ethan)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-users-by-external-throwing-url-not-found-error-after-update/252410/2 "2023-01-20T15:40:23Z")

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The endpoint changed to `/u/by-external/{external_id}.json` at some point. And an API key and username is required for that endpoint

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