# New topic URL format

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-url-format/225345>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [April 26, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-url-format/225345 "2022-04-26T16:47:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-url-format/225345/6 "2022-04-26T18:41:11Z")

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Then maybe do it with the API? I dont’ fully understand the issue, but it seems like you have a chicken/egg problem. You can _usually_ use just the slug without the topic ID lke `https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-url-format` , so maybe that’ll work.

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