API Documentation

forums/addModerator

Adds a moderator to a forum, or updates an existing moderator's permissions.

Only the organization's admins and owner (and the forum's founder) can add,
change or remove moderators. An organization admin cannot change another admin's,
the founder's or the owner's record; only the owner can.

URL

https://disqus.com/api/3.0/forums/addModerator.json

Accessibility

public key, secret key

Supported request methods

POST

Supported formats

json, jsonp

Requires authentication

yes

Rate limited

inherits global rate limit

Arguments

Required

  • forum

    Looks up a forum by ID (aka short name)
    You must be a moderator on the selected forum.

  • user

    Looks up a user by ID
    You may look up a user by username using the 'username' query type.

Optional

  • canAdminister

    Defaults to null

  • canEdit

    Defaults to null

Example Responses

Expand json

POST user:username=disqus_api&forum=bobross

{
  "code":0,
  "response":{
    "id":1
  }
}