# User API access not working

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-api-access-not-working/391574
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** discourse-hub
**Created:** [December 17, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-api-access-not-working/391574 "2025-12-17T16:28:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Mine\_Zcash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mine_zcash/32/110575_2.png) [@Mine\_Zcash](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mine_Zcash)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-api-access-not-working/391574/1 "2025-12-17T16:28:55Z")

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Users are unable to access the site via API :

 ![Screenshot_2025-12-17-11-25-11-00_40deb401b9ffe8e1df2f1cc5ba480b12~2](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/0/a/f/0af07d8ebd064de7d339bf913c37513c9454b9cc.jpeg)

Not sure what the issue is, all user API settings are default:

 ![Screenshot_2025-12-17-11-25-03-51_40deb401b9ffe8e1df2f1cc5ba480b12](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/1/b/8/1b89f88573e26225d0c6f09761d11d083f63b178.jpeg)

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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: [December 17, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-api-access-not-working/391574/2 "2025-12-17T16:37:51Z")

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> [@Mine\_Zcash](#):
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> all user API settings are default:

`Allow user API key scopes` is not the default. Try reseting it to default.

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### Author: ![Mine\_Zcash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mine_zcash/32/110575_2.png) [@Mine\_Zcash](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mine_Zcash)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-api-access-not-working/391574/3 "2025-12-17T16:44:47Z")

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Thanks, that fixed it. Not sure why read was only selected 🤔

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2026, 4:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-api-access-not-working/391574/4 "2026-01-16T16:45:04Z")

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