404 Error Retrieving Zoom Meeting Recording Details via N8N API Node

API and Webhooks
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API Endpoint(s) and/or Zoom API Event(s)

I’m using the Zoom API to retrieve meeting details and cloud recording information through N8N workflow automation:

Description

I am building a work automation flow in N8N that should retrieve Zoom meeting recording details automatically. I’m using the latest version of N8N along with the Zoom APIs. However, whenever I attempt to retrieve the details of a Zoom call recording using (Meeting ID), the specific N8N Zoom node, the request fails.

Error

404 Error - The API returns a 404 error when trying to retrieve meeting recording details.

The main issue is that I copied the meeting ID from my recording dashboard, and it is showing an error. Some meeting IDs are working, while others are not, which is quite strange and difficult for us to reproduce consistently.

How To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Set up an N8N workflow with the Zoom node configured for retrieving meeting recordings
  2. Authenticate using OAuth/Server-to-Server OAuth credentials with proper recording:read scope
  3. Attempt to retrieve meeting recording details using the meeting ID
  4. Request fails with 404 error

Question

Could anyone help me understand:

  • Why this 404 error occurs when trying to retrieve meeting recording details?
  • Are there specific permissions, API scopes, or account settings required for accessing call recordings that I might be missing?
  • Are there any known limitations or configuration requirements in N8N’s Zoom integration?
  • What is the correct workflow to automate retrieval of Zoom meeting recordings?

Any guidance from the community or Zoom support would be greatly appreciated!

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Hi @meet1
Thanks for reaching out to us and welcome to the Zoom Developer forum!
Are you still facing this issue or were you able to troubleshoot this on your end?

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Unfortunately, the problem persists, and we’re still unable to download transcripts reliably. To provide more context, out of four recent calls, we can successfully download only one. The other three are failing with errors. All four calls have transcripts already available in the Zoom recordings, so the issue appears to be specific to the download process in n8n. Here are the details: Working Call ID:

  • 89154267776

Not Working Call IDs:

  • 84331066972

  • 84723394018

  • 86120893561

For reference, you can view a screenshot of the error message we’re encountering here:

We’ve double-checked our workflow configuration and Zoom integration settings, but the failures continue. Any guidance on troubleshooting this or a potential fix would be greatly appreciated, as this is impacting our team’s productivity.

Thank you for your assistance. I look forward to your prompt response.

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Hi @meet1
thanks for your patience here.
I was not able to find the meetings

  • 84331066972
  • 84723394018
  • 86120893561
    Can you confirm you can see these meetings on your account and those have not been deleted?
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Thank you for your response. I have already provided a screenshot regarding this issue over the email as I am not able to share the screenshot on this thread. Please refer to the email for the screenshot and details. If you need any further details, please let me know. It would be helpful if you could reply to me over the email so I can easily provide further details or screenshots as needed. Additionally, if there is an option for call support, I am open to schedule a call at your convenience to demonstrate and resolve the error in real time.

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Hi @meet1
I did not receive any emails from you.
Let me send you a DM so you can share that screenshot directly with me

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Hello Elisa.

Apologies for the delay,

Could you share the email again so I can share a screenshot over there!

Or we can connect over call for more discussion.

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Hi @meet1
No problem! I will send you a DM, please follow up accordingly

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Hello Elisa,

We did not find any DM from your end, but for the screenshot, please find the link below. That has all the above screenshots.

Please let me know still can’t find videos.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1e4XQ5WGShDmPjPlEIkSqvGAgX_uMa--T?usp=sharing
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Hello Elisa,

Can’t hear from you for a long time, please consider this a priority and resolve this ASAP.

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Hi @meet1
I am really sorry for the late reply here. I did not get a notification of your message.
Can you please reply via DM, I will share my email so you can send me these details. I can not see the image in the google drive link you shared

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This 404 error typically occurs because the Zoom Get Meeting Recordings API only works for meetings that both exist on the same Zoom account as the OAuth app and actually have cloud recordings available; meetings that were deleted, belong to another host/account, were instant meetings, or used local (not cloud) recording will return 404 even if the meeting ID appears in the dashboard. Ensure your app uses Server-to-Server OAuth, has the recording:read:admin (or recording:read for same-user) scope, and that the meeting host matches the authenticated account. In n8n, pass the numeric meeting ID (not the UUID) or properly URL-encode the UUID, as unencoded UUIDs commonly cause intermittent 404s. The correct workflow is to first list recordings by user or date range, capture the returned meeting ID/UUID from the API response, then request recording details using that value rather than manually copied IDs.
I hope this will help you.