---
title: "Add spam role for a User"
method: PUT
path: "/api/users/{id}/spam"
tags: ["users"]
---

# Add spam role for a User

`PUT /api/users/{id}/spam`

Flag a user as spammer.

### Spam Role Details:
- Requires `admin` or `moderator` privileges.
- Stops the user from creating new posts or comments, acting as a shadowban or block on activity.
- Existing content remains but is hidden from search/feeds.

## Path parameters

- `id` integer, required

## Response `204`

Spam role assigned to the user successfully

## Other responses

- `401` — Unauthorized
- `404` — Unknown User ID

## Changes

> 59 revisions in range; 8 could not be searched.

- **2026-07-13** (v1) `189b62b952ea` — 2 breaking
  - removed the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `401`
  - removed the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `404`
- **2026-07-13** (v1) `7db6ba099285` — 2 breaking
  - removed the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `401`
  - removed the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `404`
- **2026-05-28** (v1) `6550ad7be94f` — 2 info
  - added the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `401`
  - added the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `404`
- **2026-03-03** (v1) `c9e7662755c2` — 2 breaking
  - removed the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `401`
  - removed the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `404`
- **2023-12-18** (v1) `1c81594090c0` — 2 info
  - added the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `401`
  - added the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `404`

[Full history](https://skmtc.dev/forem/apis/forem-api-v1/changes/api/users/:id/spam/put.md)

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