# Create Bot

**URL:** <https://community.sendbird.com/t/create-bot/6136>\
**Category:** API\
**Tags:** chatbot\
**Created:** [December 9, 2022, 9:22am UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/create-bot/6136 "2022-12-09T09:22:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jh\_ml](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.sendbird.com/jh_ml/32/2201_2.png) [@jh\_ml](https://community.sendbird.com/u/jh_ml)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 9:22am UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/create-bot/6136/1 "2022-12-09T09:22:40Z")

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**[Problem/Question]**  
I want to create a Bot based on existing user. Is it possible to do it via Platform API?

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**Author:** ![Chinmaya\_Gupta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.sendbird.com/chinmaya_gupta/32/1021_2.png) [@Chinmaya\_Gupta](https://community.sendbird.com/u/Chinmaya_Gupta)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 4:50am UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/create-bot/6136/2 "2022-12-12T04:50:25Z")

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Hello @jh_ml

Unfortunately, you won’t be able to convert a normal user into a chatbot, you will need to create a new one for this.