---
title: "Create Leaderboard Shadowban"
method: POST
path: "/api/admin/v1/leaderboard_shadowbans"
tags: ["Admin Resources"]
---

# Create Leaderboard Shadowban

`POST /api/admin/v1/leaderboard_shadowbans`

Hide a user from public leaderboards. Requires admin privileges and a reason.

## Request body

- object
  - `user_id` integer, required
  - `reason` string, required
  - `leaderboard_shadowban_expires_at` string, date-time, nullable

## Response `201`

created

- object
  - `success` boolean
  - `message` string
  - `user` LeaderboardShadowbanUser
    - `id` integer
    - `display_name` string, nullable
    - `avatar_url` string, nullable
    - `created_at` string, date-time
    - `username` string, nullable
    - `email` string, nullable
    - `leaderboard_shadowbanned` boolean
    - `leaderboard_shadowban_reason` string, nullable
    - `leaderboard_shadowban_expires_at` string, date-time, nullable
    - `shadowbanned_by` object, nullable
      - `id` integer
      - `display_name` string, nullable
      - `username` string, nullable
      - `avatar_url` string, nullable
      - `admin_level` string, nullable
    - `updated_at` string, date-time

## Other responses

- `401` — unauthorized
- `403` — forbidden (cannot manage that user) — Returned when the change is rejected without validation errors (e.g. the target outranks the caller).
- `404` — user not found
- `422` — validation error — Returned when the shadowban could not be saved (model validation errors).

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