# Unable to GET user by External ID

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-get-user-by-external-id/154996
**Category:** Development
**Tags:** rest-api
**Created:** [June 16, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-get-user-by-external-id/154996 "2020-06-16T13:45:35Z")
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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-get-user-by-external-id/154996/2 "2020-06-16T14:21:19Z")

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See [How to reverse engineer the Discourse API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reverse-engineer-the-discourse-api/20576)

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