# Optional global invite code **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/optional-global-invite-code/144376 **Category:** Announcements **Tags:** new-feature, invites **Created:** [March 15, 2020, 10:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optional-global-invite-code/144376 "2020-03-15T10:25:52Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 27
### Author: ![techAPJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/techapj/32/342990_2.png) [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ) #### Post date: [March 16, 2020, 2:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optional-global-invite-code/144376/27 "2020-03-16T02:30:52Z")
> [@codinghorror](#): > > I _think_ we had pure URL based invites (no email required) in the past Yes, we still have that feature around wrapped in a plugin: > [@Generating lots of Invite Tokens](https://meta.discourse.org/t/generating-lots-of-invite-tokens/17563): > > warning This plugin is deprecated in favour of our core invite system. Summary: Generate multiple invite tokens link GitHub: [https://github.com/discourse/discourse-invite-tokens](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-invite-tokens)arrow_right Install: Follow the [plugin installation guide](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-a-plugin/19157). Configuration Enable plugin After installing plugin enable site setting invite tokens enabled. Clone Discourse API Gem If you already have Git and Ruby installed on your system, you can install Discourse API by running following command from consol… The URL will be of the form: `http://discourse.example.com/invite-token/redeem/TOKEN?username=USERNAME&email=EMAIL&name=NAME&topic=TOPICID` Bare minimum URL should be: `http://discourse.example.com/invite-token/redeem/TOKEN?email=EMAIL` > [@codinghorror](#): > > but had to remove them due to security issues The security issue was that we did not check for the existence of user with the email address provided but now we do in the plugin. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optional-global-invite-code/144376)._