# Use the API to find a username based on an email?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-the-api-to-find-a-username-based-on-an-email/45424>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [08.Июнь.2016 09:50:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-the-api-to-find-a-username-based-on-an-email/45424 "2016-06-08T09:50:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [23.Июль.2016 20:02:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-the-api-to-find-a-username-based-on-an-email/45424/4 "2016-07-23T20:02:27Z")

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There is nothing magical here, just do the action in your admin web UI and watch the f12 network console in the browser. Those are the API calls necessary.

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