# Which validations can be bypassed and how when using the API to create topics/posts

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**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [March 13, 2024, 10:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-validations-can-be-bypassed-and-how-when-using-the-api-to-create-topics-posts/299282 "2024-03-13T22:39:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Isambard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/858c86/32.png) [@Isambard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Isambard)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 10:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-validations-can-be-bypassed-and-how-when-using-the-api-to-create-topics-posts/299282/1 "2024-03-13T22:39:41Z")

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> [@Rate limits for API users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rate-limits-for-api-users/63328/3):
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> You can explicitly bypass validations if you are using the API and API key

Which validations can you bypass and how? I’m trying to use API to post and am hitting things like:

- Entropy too low
- Topic too short
- Body too similar

The problem is, it is hard to know what other checks might be caught and so I just stop when I hit one, abort and run again.

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