# Posting to sub category not working for me

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-to-sub-category-not-working-for-me/63462
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [26.Май.2017 23:19:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-to-sub-category-not-working-for-me/63462 "2017-05-26T23:19:00Z")
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### Author: ![DeanMarkTaylor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/deanmarktaylor/32/102462_2.png) [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)
#### Post date: [27.Май.2017 00:42:19 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-to-sub-category-not-working-for-me/63462/2 "2017-05-27T00:42:19Z")

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It’s best to use the category ID integer value as indicated by the docs here:

> **[Discourse API Docs](https://docs.discourse.org/#tag/Topics%2Fpaths%2F~1posts%2Fpost)**

This is untested by me but I believe you can also use the “subcat” without the prefix “cat/” however there may be some issue if you have categories / subcategories with the same names.

I would stick with integer category ID numbers.

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