# How to create Category/Group through API

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-category-group-through-api/165330
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 25, 2020, 7:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-category-group-through-api/165330 "2020-09-25T07:37:19Z")
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### Author: ![Ravi\_Teja\_Varma](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ravi_teja_varma/32/195200_2.png) [@Ravi\_Teja\_Varma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ravi_Teja_Varma)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2020, 7:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-category-group-through-api/165330/1 "2020-09-25T07:37:19Z")

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I have tried using API docs and tried creating categories/groups but none are getting created. I am not sure if I am doing this as expected. Sharing screenshots for reference.

 ![Screenshot 2020-09-25 at 1.05.58 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/c/b/cb29a66bd7fbbd0edf2840669302875a99281be7.png)

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### Author: ![Ravi\_Teja\_Varma](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ravi_teja_varma/32/195200_2.png) [@Ravi\_Teja\_Varma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ravi_Teja_Varma)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2020, 7:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-category-group-through-api/165330/2 "2020-09-25T07:38:43Z")

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For reference

 ![Screenshot 2020-09-25 at 1.05.39 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/b/2/b21b1eb57c9c22e24edaf5aa4b2cb39c899249d0.png)

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### Author: ![Ravi\_Teja\_Varma](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ravi_teja_varma/32/195200_2.png) [@Ravi\_Teja\_Varma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ravi_Teja_Varma)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2020, 7:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-category-group-through-api/165330/3 "2020-09-25T07:39:15Z")

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![Screenshot 2020-09-25 at 11.55.43 AM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/0/90383aa0d767791ff208708b1eb9cdc412c92e93.png)

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-category-group-through-api/165330/4 "2020-09-25T18:34:20Z")

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