# Adding / Deleting licenses via Rest API **URL:** \ **Category:** API and Webhooks\ **Created:** [March 22, 2020, 1:07am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/adding-deleting-licenses-via-rest-api/9188 "2020-03-22T01:07:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ludo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/ludo/32/3910_2.png) [@ludo](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/ludo)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 1:07am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/adding-deleting-licenses-via-rest-api/9188/1 "2020-03-22T01:07:39Z")
**Description** I’m trying to add or remove licenses via Rest API. This seems to only be possible using “sub accounts” however I do not have any sub account, I simply need to dynamically update our number of licenses every 5 weeks. Our scenario is this: we hire instructors for courses and start new courses every 5 weeks. We maintain just the number of licenses we need for those instructors in order to not pay for licenses we do not use. Is there a way to do that via Rest API? Thank you! **Which App Type (OAuth / Chatbot / JWT / Webhook)?** JWT / NodeJS **Which Endpoint/s?** Couldn’t find the proper end point for this ---
**Author:** ![tommy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/tommy/32/72769_2.png) [@tommy](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/tommy)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/adding-deleting-licenses-via-rest-api/9188/2 "2020-03-23T17:06:24Z")
Hey @ludo, I think this is the flow you are looking for: 1. Create licensed user: [https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/users/usercreate](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/users/usercreate) 2. Update the user if need be to the respective feature: [https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/users/usersettingsupdate](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/users/usersettingsupdate) 3. Delete the user [https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/users/userdelete](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/users/userdelete) or keep the user and downgrade their plan: [https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/users/userupdate](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/users/userupdate) Let me know if that helps! Thanks, Tommy ---
**Author:** ![ludo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/ludo/32/3910_2.png) [@ludo](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/ludo)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/adding-deleting-licenses-via-rest-api/9188/3 "2020-03-23T17:24:34Z")
Thank you Tommy for taking the time! I have tried this and it doesn’t quite work. You cannot create a licensed user, or switch a user from “Basic” to “Licensed” if you have exceed the number of licenses in your plan. The other way around, switching a user from “Licensed” to “Basic” doesn’t reduce the number of paid licenses in your plan. So the workflow to add a new licensed user would need to be something like this: ``` if (noMoreAvailableLicenses()) { addLicenseToPlan(); createLicensedUser(); } ``` At this time I can do createLicensedUser, but no way to do addLicenseToPlan. Similarily for removing a licensed user and removing a license in the plan. Here’s a screenshot of the billing / plan that would be changed by this Rest API. ![Zoom Plans](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/2X/6/671f309a2100cb09d62765304281ff507eda09e4.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![tommy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/tommy/32/72769_2.png) [@tommy](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/tommy)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/adding-deleting-licenses-via-rest-api/9188/4 "2020-03-23T23:10:35Z")
Hey @ludo, I see! Use our billing endpoints to update the respective billing plan: [https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/billing/accountplancreate](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/billing/accountplancreate) [https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/billing/accountplanbaseupdate](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/billing/accountplanbaseupdate) [https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/billing/accountplanaddonupdate](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/billing/accountplanaddonupdate) Thanks, Tommy ---
**Author:** ![ludo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/ludo/32/3910_2.png) [@ludo](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/ludo)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/adding-deleting-licenses-via-rest-api/9188/5 "2020-03-23T23:35:16Z")
Thanks Tommy! These are almost helpful 🙂 The challenge is they seem to only apply to “sub-accounts” and I don’t seem to have “sub-accounts”. I just have a Master account and that’s it. If the billing endpoint was working for a Master account then that would indeed be perfect. But do they? Or maybe I’m missing something in how my account is setup? ---
**Author:** ![tommy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/tommy/32/72769_2.png) [@tommy](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/tommy)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/adding-deleting-licenses-via-rest-api/9188/6 "2020-03-24T15:50:43Z")
Hey @ludo, You can try the [GET Plan Information endpoint](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/billing/accountplans) to see if it will work! Thanks, Tommy ---
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