# "Score" in JSON APIs

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/score-in-json-apis/155263
**Category:** Development
**Tags:** rest-api
**Created:** [June 18, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/score-in-json-apis/155263 "2020-06-18T19:02:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![RiversideRocks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riversiderocks/32/178411_2.png) [@RiversideRocks](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RiversideRocks)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/score-in-json-apis/155263/1 "2020-06-18T19:02:03Z")

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Hello,  
I was looking through the JSON file of my user profile, and I noticed that on there is an object called “score”. What does this mean?

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### Author: ![justin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/justin/32/157614_2.png) [@justin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justin)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/score-in-json-apis/155263/2 "2020-06-18T19:19:22Z")

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Are you talking here on meta or on the admin page? On the admin page there is a `bounce_score` which is calculated based upon the number of bounced emails Discourse sees.

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### Author: ![RiversideRocks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riversiderocks/32/178411_2.png) [@RiversideRocks](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RiversideRocks)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/score-in-json-apis/155263/3 "2020-06-18T19:26:04Z")

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I wasn’t talking about the admin page, however, `score` = `bounce_score` would make sense.

 ![score](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/8/9/8939f8f2d53bbe884157472ba4923c1a3addde9b.png)

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### Author: ![justin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/justin/32/157614_2.png) [@justin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justin)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/score-in-json-apis/155263/4 "2020-06-18T19:34:18Z")

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Can you share what endpoint you’re finding this on?

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### Author: ![justin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/justin/32/157614_2.png) [@justin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justin)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/score-in-json-apis/155263/6 "2020-06-18T19:42:58Z")

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Ah - that’s because you have a featured topic. Score is an attribute of topic.

It’s calculated by the server to help determine a number of behaviors, including what posts get sent in your digest emails.

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### Author: ![RiversideRocks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riversiderocks/32/178411_2.png) [@RiversideRocks](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RiversideRocks)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/score-in-json-apis/155263/7 "2020-06-18T19:46:29Z")

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Ok, good to know. Thanks!