# \[SOLVED\] How to authenticate bots using the API

**URL:** <https://forum.mattermost.com/t/solved-how-to-authenticate-bots-using-the-api/2405>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [October 24, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/solved-how-to-authenticate-bots-using-the-api/2405 "2016-10-24T15:43:27Z")\
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Found the answer. You need to create a user from the CLI which is not a SSO user:

```auto
cd /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/mattermost/i18n
sudo -u mattermost /opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/mattermost -config="/var/opt/gitlab/mattermost/config.json" -create_user -team_name="name" -email="user@example.com" -password="mypassword"

```

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