# Posts made via API and Spam Detection

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/posts-made-via-api-and-spam-detection/246147
**Category:** Development
**Tags:** rest-api
**Created:** [November 19, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posts-made-via-api-and-spam-detection/246147 "2022-11-19T16:28:15Z")
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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: [November 19, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posts-made-via-api-and-spam-detection/246147/2 "2022-11-19T19:11:13Z")

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If you use the same api that creates posts (as you’d find with [Reverse engineer the Discourse API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reverse-engineer-the-discourse-api/20576)) then it’s the same thing as if the user did it in a browser.

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