I pull user profile data via Discourse API with the Python requests module. After my Discourse instance update to 3.4.0.beta3, certain users are shown as 'profile_hidden': True when I make the API request, even though their “hide my public profile and presence features” setting is disabled. I susp…

When you generate the API key just make sure to select Global in Scope and it will do the work.

User Profile Hidden in API after 3.4.0.beta3 Update

thoka (Thomas Kalka) December 23, 2024, 7:10pm 2

Using API-keys, your python code can access the server as any user: Create and configure an API key

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