# Should the password be plain text when creating a user through the API?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-the-password-be-plain-text-when-creating-a-user-through-the-api/66024>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [July 11, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-the-password-be-plain-text-when-creating-a-user-through-the-api/66024 "2017-07-11T23:33:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![RGJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rgj/32/523185_2.png) [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-the-password-be-plain-text-when-creating-a-user-through-the-api/66024/5 "2020-06-16T14:16:56Z")

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If SSO is enabled, the password is not being used at all, so this is not an issue.  
Just provide some random characters.

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