# 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:** ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sets-reply-to-when-creating-a-message-through-the-api/80903/13 "2023-04-04T16:02:10Z")

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> [@mkolar](#):
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> If there was a bigger facepalm, it would fit here.

If that can help you feel better, I think many people working at Discourse don’t know **all** features of the software 😁 (at least, this makes **me** feel better 😆)

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