# Setting Mqtt url through API

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/setting-mqtt-url-through-api/17623>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [7 November 2019 09:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/setting-mqtt-url-through-api/17623 "2019-11-07T09:25:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [7 November 2019 09:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/setting-mqtt-url-through-api/17623/4 "2019-11-07T09:53:07Z")

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You could use the Admin API to get the full flow configuration, modify it however you want, and then post it back.

[https://nodered.org/docs/api/admin/methods/get/flows/](https://nodered.org/docs/api/admin/methods/get/flows/)

[https://nodered.org/docs/api/admin/methods/post/flows/](https://nodered.org/docs/api/admin/methods/post/flows/)

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