# How to get a feed from a password protected Discourse?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-a-feed-from-a-password-protected-discourse/29602>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [3. Juni 2015 um 13:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-a-feed-from-a-password-protected-discourse/29602 "2015-06-03T13:48:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![dansingerman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dansingerman/32/115687_2.png) [@dansingerman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dansingerman)\
**Post date:** [4. September 2015 um 08:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-a-feed-from-a-password-protected-discourse/29602/4 "2015-09-04T08:49:36Z")

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We are having the issue that the RSS feeds do not work with an api\_key if the categories have read restrictions, even if the api\_key is valid for a user that should be able to access the category.

Is this a bug or by design?

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