# Use API to get mail address for given username

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-api-to-get-mail-address-for-given-username/47872>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [27 Luglio 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-api-to-get-mail-address-for-given-username/47872 "2016-07-27T17:17:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [31 Luglio 2016, 7:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-api-to-get-mail-address-for-given-username/47872/8 "2016-07-31T19:53:19Z")

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The point of that being non-GET is that it causes a staff action log, so it shouldn’t be triggereable from an img or an idempotent request retry thing.

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