# 400 error while creating meeting through api

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/400-error-while-creating-meeting-through-api/53740>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Created:** [July 7, 2021, 7:49am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/400-error-while-creating-meeting-through-api/53740 "2021-07-07T07:49:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![pradeepkumar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/pradeepkumar/32/28956_2.png) [@pradeepkumar](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/pradeepkumar)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 7:49am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/400-error-while-creating-meeting-through-api/53740/1 "2021-07-07T07:49:11Z")

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**Description**  
Creating meetings through API with the following details show an error when I include **schedule\_for**  
{  
“topic”:“7222-Test video”,  
“type”:1,  
“start\_time”:“2021-07-07T11:21:00”,  
“duration”:30,  
‘schedule\_for’ =\> ‘pradeepkumar@masaischool.com’,  
“timezone”:“India”,  
“password”:“string”,  
“agenda”:null,  
“settings”:{  
“host\_video”:false,  
“participant\_video”:false,  
“cn\_meeting”:false,  
“in\_meeting”:true,  
“join\_before\_host”:true,  
“mute\_upon\_entry”:true,  
“watermark”:false,  
“use\_pmi”:false,  
“approval\_type”:false,  
“registration\_type”:1,  
“audio”:“both”,  
“auto\_recording”:“none”,  
“enforce\_login”:true,  
“registrants\_email\_notification”:false  
}  
}

**Error**  
Bad request 400 error

**Which Endpoint/s?**  
Create meeting API

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**Author:** ![will.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/will.zoom/32/14417_2.png) [@will.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/will.zoom)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 2:22pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/400-error-while-creating-meeting-through-api/53740/2 "2021-07-08T14:22:31Z")

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Hi @pradeepkumar,

Can you confirm that you meet the prerequisites for the scheduling privileges parameter?

> **[Scheduling privilege](https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362803-Scheduling-privilege)**
>
> Overview
> Scheduling privilege is designed for a user or an executive admin to:
> 
> assign or delegate a user or multiple users in your account to schedule meetings on your behalf. 
> schedule meetings o...

Note that both users will need to be licensed.

Let me know—thanks,  
Will

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/3X/6/1/614bdd549b610bbaa46ff934617683a02bdaa03c.png) [@system](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/400-error-while-creating-meeting-through-api/53740/3 "2021-08-08T00:23:20Z")

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