# Using Discourse in a web app

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-in-a-web-app/57455>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [February 15, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-in-a-web-app/57455 "2017-02-15T22:49:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![blake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/blake/32/157322_2.png) [@blake](https://meta.discourse.org/u/blake)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 11:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-in-a-web-app/57455/2 "2017-02-15T23:32:43Z")

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You could probably just create a topic where the first post is a link or an uploaded document.

I would recommend setting up a discourse on a digital ocean droplet and trying out your use case.

[discourse/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md)

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