Create a Discourse Admin API key for Forum Seeder
Discourse is API-only. Claim cannot finish without a key at User Level All Users. Forum Seeder stores it encrypted and sends Api-Key plus each helper Api-Username.
You still prove the domain (DNS or HTML). The key is how posts are created after that.
In Discourse
- Sign in as an admin on your Discourse.
- Admin → API → New API Key.
- User Level: All Users.
- Copy the key once. Discourse will not show it again.
In Forum Seeder
- Start the trial from Forum Seeder.
- Claim site. Engine: Discourse. The Discourse API key field appears (required).
- Paste the key. Claim. Then verify ownership as usual.
- Settings always shows the API key field and hides the posting-method dropdown.
Forum Seeder stores the key encrypted. Workers send Api-Key plus each helper Api-Username.
Try it
Claim a Discourse forum
3-day trial after you verify. You must own the forum and approve every thread.
Claim a Discourse forumFAQ
- Can I use Automated Browser on Discourse?
- No. Discourse is API-only in Forum Seeder.
- Which User Level?
- All Users. The worker posts as each helper via Api-Username. A single-user key is not enough.