# Private Message Send API

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-message-send-api/27593
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 15, 2015, 12:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-message-send-api/27593 "2015-04-15T12:44:59Z")
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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-message-send-api/27593/5 "2015-04-15T22:28:14Z")

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A PM is just a type of post, you can create a PM just fine using the API. In fact we are using the API on this very site to create PMs.

PM stands for personal message by the way

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