# /u.json not working
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/u-json-not-working/144391
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 15, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/u-json-not-working/144391 "2020-03-15T16:52:53Z")
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### Author:  [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/u-json-not-working/144391/1 "2020-03-15T16:52:53Z")
Should these work? I thought you could add `.json` to the end of any URL?
[https://meta.discourse.org/u.json](https://meta.discourse.org/u.json)
> {“errors”:[“The requested URL or resource could not be found.”],“error\_type”:“not\_found”}
[https://meta.discourse.org/u?period=monthly.json](https://meta.discourse.org/u?period=monthly.json)
> Access Denied
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> while trying to load /directory\_items?period=monthly.json&order=likes\_received
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> Something went wrong.
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### Author:  [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/u-json-not-working/144391/3 "2020-03-15T17:01:13Z")
I believe the correct url is [https://meta.discourse.org/directory\_items.json?period=monthly&order=likes\_received](https://meta.discourse.org/directory_items.json?period=monthly&order=likes_received)
See [Discourse API Docs](https://docs.discourse.org/#tag/Users/paths/~1directory_items.json?period=%7Bperiod%7D&order=%7Border%7D/get)
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/u-json-not-working/144391/4 "2020-03-15T17:02:34Z")
Those are not valid URLs at all, you must add the extension to a valid working URL.
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### Author:  [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/u-json-not-working/144391/5 "2020-03-15T17:38:44Z")
> [@Canapin](#):
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> I believe the correct url is [https://meta.discourse.org/directory\_items.json?period=monthly&order=likes\_received](https://meta.discourse.org/directory_items.json?period=monthly&order=likes_received)
That’s not working either 😕
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Those are not valid URLs at all, you must add the extension to a valid working URL.
What is the valid URL? The one in @Canapin’s post/API Docs does not work either..
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### Author:  [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/u-json-not-working/144391/6 "2020-03-15T18:41:04Z")
> [@AstonJ](#):
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> That’s not working either 😕
It’s working for me:
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/u-json-not-working/144391/7 "2020-03-15T18:55:48Z")
Sometimes the plain text routes have to be opened in a new tab to work because of Ember routing. Maybe that’s what you are running into? Try copying and pasting the URL into the address bar of your browser.
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### Author:  [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/u-json-not-working/144391/8 "2020-03-15T18:57:54Z")
Ah that was it - pasting the URL into a new tab and it works 👍
Thanks both!
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/u-json-not-working/144391/9 "2020-04-14T18:57:55Z")
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