# Likes on a post

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/likes-on-a-post/96396>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [September 5, 2018, 9:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/likes-on-a-post/96396 "2018-09-05T09:03:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 2:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/likes-on-a-post/96396/16 "2018-09-20T14:29:38Z")

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I may not be understanding, but are you trying to increment a post action (i.e. a like) by passing in a _topic_ id instead of a _post_ id? AFAIK, there is no such thing as a topic action.

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