# Updating topic body via the API

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/updating-topic-body-via-the-api/61220>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [April 19, 2017, 2:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/updating-topic-body-via-the-api/61220 "2017-04-19T02:30:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/updating-topic-body-via-the-api/61220/5 "2017-04-19T02:42:37Z")

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No, it’s the post id.

On Discourse land, a topic it’s just a bunch of posts. A topic has no body, the first post of the topic is the body.

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