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How it works

The Discourse connector indexes documents from your Discourse Topics.

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Setting up

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Authorization

  1. Log into your Discourse account.
  2. Ensure the user has admin privileges.
  3. Go to the Admin menu from the homepage.
  4. Open the Advanced submenu and select API keys.

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Create API Key:

  • Click New API Key
  • Name it Hymalaia
  • Set User Level to All Users
  • Set Scope to Read-only
  • Click Save
  1. Copy the generated API Key.
  2. Use the username of the Discourse account for the API Key Username in Hymalaia.

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Indexing

  1. Enter a name for the connector (useful if managing multiple Discourse connectors).
  2. Provide your Discourse base URL (e.g., https://community.yourdomain.com).
  3. Enter the Topics you want to index:
    • Leave blank to index all available topics
  4. Click Connect to begin indexing.
The connector will now index the selected topics and sync any updates.