Silence User

Silences an existing user in Discourse.

PUT

Query

Field selectionChoose which fields should be included in the response. Learn more

string

Comma-separated response fields to include.

Body

Arguments

stringrequired

Runtime API key query parameter for Discourse.

stringrequired

Runtime API username query parameter for Discourse.

stringrequired

Uses the connected forum base URL for all requests.

string

Optional moderation action to take on the user's posts.

numberrequired

User id.

stringrequired

Date/time until the user is silenced.

stringrequired

Silence reason.

Uncommon arguments

string

Optional message sent with the silence.

Try this request

Request

curl --request PUT \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/discourse/0.0.6/actions/silence-user" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_TOKEN" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
  "connectionId": "$CONNECTION_ID",
  "apiKey": "{{credentials.apiKey}}",
  "apiUsername": "{{credentials.apiUsername}}",
  "baseUrl": "{{credentials.baseUrl}}",
  "silenced_till": "",
  "reason": ""
}'

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    {
      "silence": {}
    }
  ],
  "meta": {}
}

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