# POST /invites: add user name?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-invites-add-user-name/108505
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [February 6, 2019, 3:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-invites-add-user-name/108505 "2019-02-06T15:28:22Z")
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### Author: ![Jan\_Wielemaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jan_wielemaker/32/130795_2.png) [@Jan\_Wielemaker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jan_Wielemaker)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2019, 3:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-invites-add-user-name/108505/1 "2019-02-06T15:28:22Z")

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Hi,

I’m trying to invite people from an old list. I’ve seen bulk invite and the `POST /invites` API. Neither allows me to specify the known user name as default though. Would it be worthwhile adding an optional field (and possibly column for the bulk invite) that suggests a name for the new user?

P.s. I know I can add the user, but then I need to know the password, which I don’t ☹

Thanks