# I love the public JSON API of Discourse (creating a map)

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-love-the-public-json-api-of-discourse-creating-a-map/391208
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**Created:** [December 13, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-love-the-public-json-api-of-discourse-creating-a-map/391208 "2025-12-13T15:16:55Z")
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### Author: ![AquaL1te](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/aqual1te/32/201966_2.png) [@AquaL1te](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AquaL1te)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-love-the-public-json-api-of-discourse-creating-a-map/391208/1 "2025-12-13T15:16:55Z")

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The JSON API of the forum is really great. I use it now to create a community map for events and groups.

> **[Adding events to the chapters map](https://tzm.one/t/adding-events-to-the-chapters-map/53931)**
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> Project details We already use the forum API to populate the chapters map dynamically with chapter info such as country tag (nl), group members and the chapters website. But we can enhance it further by adding Activism \> Events, which include the...

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