# Sets reply\_to when creating a message through the API?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/sets-reply-to-when-creating-a-message-through-the-api/80903>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [February 18, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sets-reply-to-when-creating-a-message-through-the-api/80903 "2018-02-18T21:27:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![blake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/blake/32/157322_2.png) [@blake](https://meta.discourse.org/u/blake)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sets-reply-to-when-creating-a-message-through-the-api/80903/11 "2023-04-04T15:34:31Z")

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It’s hard to tell from your example if this is the case, but if you reply to a post and your reply is the next post, we hide the _reply to post_ info in the UI.

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