Hi guys, Is it possible to manage ‘reserved usernames’ programmably? I understand that there is that thing called rails console - would that be where a novice should jump to right away, If it can be done there? Or else - how do you add many long words to your reserved usernames? Thanks.

[image] lejeczek: Is it possible to manage ‘reserved usernames’ programmably? Yes, I did this once for a site that had a huge list of reserved usernames. As long as you are aware of the risks of using the Rails console, you can enter it by going to the /discourse directory in your server and …

Reserved usernames programmably?

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pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman) September 13, 2023, 11:28pm 4

If you’re not familiar with rails, you can Reverse engineer the Discourse API and do it with curl or similar.

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Reserved usernames programmably?

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