# Specify User in POST request
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/specify-user-in-post-request/225426
**Category:** Development
**Tags:** rest-api
**Created:** [April 27, 2022, 12:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/specify-user-in-post-request/225426 "2022-04-27T12:44:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@muratgozel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/muratgozel)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2022, 12:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/specify-user-in-post-request/225426/1 "2022-04-27T12:44:57Z")
Hi everyone,
I wonder if there is a possibility to specify a user while sending the post request. I want to create a topic/post on behalf of another user.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/specify-user-in-post-request/225426/2 "2022-04-27T13:23:39Z")
Hello and welcome @muratgozel ๐
Thereโs a solution to a similar question in this topic if that helps:
> [@With Api how do you create topics and posts so owned by particular user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/with-api-how-do-you-create-topics-and-posts-so-owned-by-particular-user/138235/3):
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> Set the `Api-Username` to the username that you want to publish the post. Use the All Users API key for the `Api-Key` .
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### Author:  [@muratgozel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/muratgozel)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/specify-user-in-post-request/225426/3 "2022-04-27T14:14:02Z")
Just how I imagined, thank you ๐
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/specify-user-in-post-request/225426/4 "2022-05-27T14:14:05Z")
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