# 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, 1:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sets-reply-to-when-creating-a-message-through-the-api/80903/8 "2023-04-04T13:28:08Z")

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I tried to reply to a post with the API and it works:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/9/0/6/906b4ce164fae9e7f48d356928b67d551f838452.png)  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/5/2/6/526aca53e8b0dd77c278f99592ae7d480cfb491c.png)

However, there is indeed missing info in [docs.discourse.org](http://docs.discourse.org). 🙂

If you’re willing to, you can also contribute to this documentation: [Contributing to the Discourse API documentation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/contribute-to-the-discourse-api-docs/56693)

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