# How to set blank title when create topic by API

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**Created:** [April 6, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-blank-title-when-create-topic-by-api/147023 "2020-04-06T17:37:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-blank-title-when-create-topic-by-api/147023/2 "2020-04-06T17:41:13Z")

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To create a topic without a title when publishing through the API, set the `skip_validations` parameter to `true`.

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