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Create Topics via API?

Is there a way to batch-create and schedule topics via the API? As far as I know it's only possible to download forum content via the API as CSV or JSON.

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    • Forumbee
    • 9 mths ago
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    Hi  , great question! At this time, the API is read-only, so it isn’t possible to create or schedule topics via the API. While you can access data programmatically in JSON or CSV format, topic creation is managed through the admin interface or directly in the community. We’re always evaluating new capabilities, so we appreciate your interest in this!

      • Martin_Zimny
      • 9 mths ago
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       Yes, we batch-prepare topics, thumbnails, and descriptions now in the backend, it would be great if we wouldn't need to go through topic creation individually. 

      • Forumbee
      • 9 mths ago
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       Thanks for the follow-up. That’s a great use case. We’ve passed this along to our product team and really appreciate you sharing the insight!

      • Martin_Zimny
      • 8 mths ago
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       I am currently trying to script accessing the API via python, but when I create an API token, get Status-1 returns, indicating that the API key is valid, but it does not have permission to access the forum data, or the API is restricted for your user/key. Does the API-endpoint of our community need to have additional permissions to do that?

      • Forumbee
      • 8 mths ago
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       When you create an API token, make sure it’s tied to a user who has the right access. It's best to use a dedicated user you create just for the token, and they need to be an email login user (not logged in via SSO). Here’s how to set it up.

      • Martin_Zimny
      • 8 mths ago
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       for newer agentic workflows it would be extremely helpful to extend the capabilities of the current API, is this something that we can expect short-term?

      • Forumbee
      • 8 mths ago
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       It’s something we’re actively exploring. We’ll follow up with you directly to learn more about your use case and what you’re looking to enable.

    • Martin_Zimny
    • 7 days ago
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    Any updates on expanding the API to support write operations? It's been a few months since you mentioned this was being actively explored. Batch-creating and scheduling topics programmatically is becoming a real bottleneck for us. What's the timeline looking like?

      • Forumbee
      • 6 days ago
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       thanks for checking back in, sorry this is still a bottleneck.

      Write operations (including creating topics via the API) are still on our radar. I don’t have a timeline I can share yet, but we’re still actively exploring write support, and the workflow you described is exactly what we are aiming for.

      To help us prioritize the right scope, could you share:

      • Roughly how many topics you’d be creating per batch
      • Do you need scheduling, publishing or both 
      • Which fields you need to set programmatically (category, tags, publish date, author, etc.)

      We’ll update this thread as soon as we have something concrete to share.

      • Martin_Zimny
      • 5 days ago
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      •   Volume: 5-15 topics per batch, there's no fixed # of topcis or events. 
      •   Both scheduling and publishing — we prep content in advance and need it to go live on specific dates
      •   Fields: title, body (rich text), category, publish date, and thumbnail image
      •   Especially for Events: Date & Time, Location

      Basically everything that you'd set in the admin interface. 

      • Forumbee
      • 5 days ago
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       thanks, this is super helpful.

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