# What is the Timing of Formal Discourse REST API?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-timing-of-formal-discourse-rest-api/22329>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2014年十一月19日 22:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-timing-of-formal-discourse-rest-api/22329 "2014-11-19T22:15:32Z")\
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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:** [2014年十一月19日 22:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-timing-of-formal-discourse-rest-api/22329/2 "2014-11-19T22:52:33Z")

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There is an official REST API, look here for instructions

> [@Reverse engineer the Discourse API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reverse-engineer-the-discourse-api/20576):
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> Discourse is backed by a complete JSON api. Anything you can do on the site you can also do using the JSON api. The API is documented at [docs.discourse.org](https://docs.discourse.org). You can also use the [discourse\_api](https://github.com/discourse/discourse_api) Ruby gem as a client library. However, not every endpoint is documented. To determine how to do something with the JSON API here are some steps you can follow. Example: recategorize a topic. Go to a topic and start editing a category: Open Chrome dev tools, switch to the Network tab, select …

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