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Request to Verify Admin Rights for Discourse API Key
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NateDhaliwal
(Nate Dhaliwal)
February 23, 2026, 10:53am
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IIRC API keys have admin access, if you scope it correctly. See
Admin - docs.discourse.org
.
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