# Patron with null email on the API

**URL:** <https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/patron-with-null-email-on-the-api/4201>\
**Category:** API Feedback\
**Created:** [February 12, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/patron-with-null-email-on-the-api/4201 "2021-02-12T18:49:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Falco](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.patreondevelopers.com/falco/32/74_2.png) [@Falco](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/patron-with-null-email-on-the-api/4201/1 "2021-02-12T18:49:57Z")

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Our Discourse Patreon integration just broke for a customer because since Feb 6th a single patreon is returning with a nil email on the Pledges API endpoint.

Isn’t this attribute mandatory? Is this a bug in the API ?

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**Author:** ![codebard](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.patreondevelopers.com/codebard/32/14_2.png) [@codebard](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/u/codebard)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 10:49pm UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/patron-with-null-email-on-the-api/4201/2 "2021-02-12T22:49:30Z")

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If the user did not verify his/her email at Patreon, the email wont be returned.

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**Author:** ![Falco](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.patreondevelopers.com/falco/32/74_2.png) [@Falco](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/patron-with-null-email-on-the-api/4201/3 "2021-02-13T14:25:04Z")

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Is this a new possibility? We have this integration working for years on many different customers, with some having many thousands of patrons and this is the first time this happens.

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**Author:** ![codebard](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.patreondevelopers.com/codebard/32/14_2.png) [@codebard](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/u/codebard)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/patron-with-null-email-on-the-api/4201/4 "2021-02-17T17:18:05Z")

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This was the case since the inception of the api, so much that WP plugin was made to accommodate it ~3 years ago by not importing emails for users who were not verified. So, its not new.