# How do I set up a read only API for my forum page

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-set-up-a-read-only-api-for-my-forum-page/291840
**Category:** Development
**Tags:** rest-api
**Created:** [January 16, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-set-up-a-read-only-api-for-my-forum-page/291840 "2024-01-16T21:02:20Z")
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### Author: ![op\_julian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@op\_julian](https://meta.discourse.org/u/op_julian)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-set-up-a-read-only-api-for-my-forum-page/291840/1 "2024-01-16T21:02:20Z")

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Hi,

Looking to create a read only API for my forum page!

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2024, 10:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-set-up-a-read-only-api-for-my-forum-page/291840/2 "2024-01-16T22:31:14Z")

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What are you trying to do with the API?

Maybe see [Reverse engineer the Discourse API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reverse-engineer-the-discourse-api/20576)

When you create an API key key you can specify the user and a set of things that key can access, so maybe you can select just the ones that give read access to . . . whatever you’re trying to do?