Discourse Integration

Manage a Discourse forum — topics, posts, categories, tags, groups, users, and badges — and react to forum events. Connect Discourse conversations to the systems your team already uses every day. When Watch Events lands, react with Download Backup or Export Calendar Events ICal.

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Supported triggers and actions for Discourse integration

Triggers can detect changes in Discourse and run actions that can create, search or modify data inside Discourse automatically [3] — exactly how you set them.

Watch EventsTriggers when selected events happen on the Discourse forum.
Download BackupRetrieves download backup.
Export Calendar Events ICalDownloads the calendar feed in iCalendar format.
Get CategoryReturns category.
Get Group by IDReturns group by id.
Get Group by NameReturns group by name.
Get PostReturns post.
Get Site Basic InfoReturns site basic info.
Get Site InfoReturns site info.
Get Specific Posts from TopicReturns specific posts from topic.
Get TagReturns tag.
Get Tag GroupReturns tag group.
Get TopicReturns topic.
Get Topic by External IDReturns topic by external id.
Get UserReturns user.
Get User by External IDReturns user by external id.
Get User by ID (Admin)Returns user by id (admin).
Get User by Identity ProviderReturns user by identity provider.
Get User EmailsReturns user emails.
List BackupsRetrieves a list of backups.
List BadgesRetrieves a list of badges.
List Calendar EventsRetrieves a list of calendar events.
List CategoriesRetrieves a list of categories.
List Category TopicsRetrieves a list of category topics.
List Group MembersRetrieves a list of group members.
List GroupsRetrieves a list of groups.
List Latest TopicsRetrieves a list of latest topics.
List NotificationsRetrieves a list of notifications.
List Post RepliesRetrieves a list of post replies.
List PostsRetrieves a list of posts.
List Private MessagesRetrieves a list of private messages.
List Sent Private MessagesRetrieves a list of sent private messages.
List Tag GroupsRetrieves a list of tag groups.
List TagsRetrieves a list of tags.
List Top TopicsRetrieves a list of top topics.
List User ActionsRetrieves a list of user actions.
List User BadgesRetrieves a list of user badges.
List Users (Admin)Retrieves a list of users (admin).
List Users (Directory)Retrieves a list of users (directory).
List Users by FlagRetrieves a list of users by flag.
SearchRetrieves search.
Abort Multipart UploadPerforms abort multipart upload.
Activate UserPerforms activate user.
Add Group MembersCreates group members.
Anonymize UserPerforms anonymize user.
Bookmark TopicPerforms bookmark topic.
Change PasswordPerforms change password.
Complete External UploadPerforms complete external upload.
Complete Multipart UploadPerforms complete multipart upload.
Create BackupCreates backup.
Create BadgeCreates badge.
Create CategoryCreates category.
Create GroupCreates group.
Create InviteCreates invite.
Create Multipart UploadCreates multipart upload.
Create Multiple InvitesCreates multiple invites.
Create PostCreates post.
Create Tag GroupCreates tag group.
Create Topic TimerCreates topic timer.
Create UploadCreates upload.
Create UserCreates user.
Deactivate UserDeactivates user.
Delete BadgeDeletes badge.
Delete GroupDeletes group.
Delete PostDeletes post.
Delete TopicDeletes topic.
Delete UserDeletes user.
Generate Multipart Upload URLsPerforms generate multipart upload urls.
Initiate External UploadPerforms initiate external upload.
Invite Group to TopicPerforms invite group to topic.
Invite to TopicPerforms invite to topic.
Lock PostPerforms lock post.
Log Out UserPerforms log out user.
Make an API CallPerforms an arbitrary authorized API call.
Mark Notifications as ReadPerforms mark notifications as read.
Perform Post ActionPerforms post action.
Refresh User GravatarPerforms refresh user gravatar.
Remove Group MembersRemoves group members.
Send Download Backup EmailSends download backup email.
Send Password Reset EmailSends password reset email.
Set Topic Notification LevelSets topic notification level.
Silence UserPerforms silence user.
Suspend UserPerforms suspend user.
Update BadgeUpdates badge.
Update CategoryUpdates category.
Update GroupUpdates group.
Update PostUpdates post.
Update Tag GroupUpdates tag group.
Update TopicUpdates topic.
Update Topic StatusUpdates topic status.
Update Topic TimestampUpdates topic timestamp.
Update UserUpdates user.
Update User AvatarUpdates user avatar.
Update User EmailUpdates user email.
Update UsernameUpdates username.

How to integrate Discourse in automation workflow?

3 simple steps to make your Discourse connected with other apps in automation workflows on WEXTL. Up to 10 minutes integration set up.

STEP 1

Select Discourse in workflow

Pick Discourse app in the workflow builder [4] - just one click to select the app.

STEP 2

Connect Discourse

When prompted, authorize access to Discourse in WEXTL once. Discourse credentials are encrypted and never shared with WEXTL. Authorization will be reused in any future API calls [3].

WEXTL wants to integrate with your Discourse account. Approve?

STEP 3

Build a workflow

Build your workflow with Discourse yourself or with WEXTL® AI Builder. Connect Discourse to any available integrations [5], or use HTTP node to go beyond them.

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How Discourse connects and integrates with WEXTL

Save and approve your credentials once — WEXTL® stores authorization information encrypted and reuses the authentication whenever Discourse app is called in workflows. That allows your communication automations to run without your attention, per defined schedule [7]. Explore documentation [6] for a detailed list of fields that Discourse supports.

Full Discourse API documentation

The following table illustrates what fields Discourse integration require during authorization flow inside our workflow builder [4].

Demonstration of Discourse connection step inside WEXTL Workflow Builder [4].

Field	Type	Help
API KeyRequired	password	Create this in your forum's admin area under API → Keys. Choose a key with Global scope — scoped keys cannot reach every operation this app offers.
API UsernameRequired	text	The forum username this app acts as, for example system. If your API key is tied to a single user, enter that user's username — a different one will be rejected. Most operations here need an administrator.
HostingRequired	select	Where your forum runs. Both options ask for the forum address.

Connect Discourse to popular apps on WEXTL

Enter a name of the other app you want to sync with Discourse below. Click on selected app to explore integration options with Discourse. If the app you search for is not available in WEXTL yet, you can use HTTP node [10] instead to integrate it directly.

Example automation with Discourse integration

Select Watch Events trigger from Discourse - this will be a starting point in your automation. Whenever event happens in Discourse, workflow will start [7] from Watch Events node.

Search for Add Group Members, connect it as the next step of integration sequence. You can use filters between Watch Events and Add Group Members, so only important data pass from Watch Events to the next step. WEXTL gives you full control over the process of Discourse automation. All parts of workflow are visible on the canvas [4].

Discourse on WEXTL has 95 modules for combining communication automations. Explore Discourse documentation for more.

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Watch Events

Clearstream

Performs action

Clearstream

Triggers

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Add Group Members

Demonstration of how visual Discourse automation [6] looks in WEXTL.

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about automating Discourse in your workflows.

Discourse has 1 trigger, including "Watch Events". Triggers are start points of the workflow, and automations may start from them.

Integration has 94 actions, including "Download Backup", "Export Calendar Events ICal", and "Get Category", and more. Refer to our Discourse Documentation for detailed inputs and outputs.

No. Most automations are built visually on the canvas by picking triggers, actions, and mapping fields. You can add custom JavaScript with Functions when advanced logic is needed — but our customers do that in rare cases [4].

Yes. Connections are authenticated per account, credentials are encrypted at rest, and you can enforce approvals and team-level access controls on any automation.

The Discourse integration on WEXTL runs directly on its vendor public API — every field name, authentication method, and rate limit is controlled by Discourse official API and covered in documentation [3]. WEXTL handles the request signing and pagination for you.

Absolutely. Where Discourse provides native webhooks, you can use instant triggers to eliminate polling delay. For custom webhooks, WEXTL offers Custom Webhook node, so you can start automation whenever Discourse or any other service sends event to webhook URL.

WEXTL is an AI-first visual canvas. The platform allows you to describe automation in plain text — and AI will wire nodes for Discourse inside the workflow builder [4]. You can also use built-in workflow nodes (AI Agent, Human in the Loop, Condition, Aggregate Results) in pair with Discourse modules to craft complex integration flows with branches, filtering, and conditional logic. There are absolutely no limits of what you can build.

References

List of sources used to gather information about the Discourse integration.

Discourse integration source code, module specs and credentials implementation.
Internal Discourse integration documentation, structured input and output parameters, scopes, and authentication methods.
Official Discourse vendor API documentation — used to verify field meanings, authentication flows, and anything our own specs don't fully capture.
WEXTL® Visual Workflow Builder, anonymized data from our technical support team.
WEXTL® Apps Library
WEXTL® Discourse App Documentation
WEXTL® Workflow Scheduler
WEXTL® HTTP node documentation

Discourse Integration

Supported triggers and actions for Discourse integration