# API Common area creation/update - No template can be applied

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/api-common-area-creation-update-no-template-can-be-applied/119161>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Tags:** phone, api\
**Created:** [October 15, 2024, 11:42am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/api-common-area-creation-update-no-template-can-be-applied/119161 "2024-10-15T11:42:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![maxime.peccoux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@maxime.peccoux](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/maxime.peccoux)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 11:42am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/api-common-area-creation-update-no-template-can-be-applied/119161/1 "2024-10-15T11:42:58Z")

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Hello,

In the API Phone documentation, for the common area, there is no possibility to apply a template like it’s the case for the Phones Users.([Phone APIs - Zoom Developers](https://developers.zoom.us/docs/api/phone/#tag/users/PATCH/phone/users/%7BuserId%7D))

Morever, there is no possibility via the API to modify policy parameters for the common area.

Is-it planned to implement these possibilities ?

Best regards

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**Author:** ![afamilyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/13edae/32.png) [@afamilyguy](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/afamilyguy)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/api-common-area-creation-update-no-template-can-be-applied/119161/2 "2025-04-25T21:40:33Z")

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I found we can do this using the backend API, but that’s not a very scalable way to do it since we need credentials from a browser session. I sure wish we could do this using the phone API.

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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:** [April 29, 2026, 1:16pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/api-common-area-creation-update-no-template-can-be-applied/119161/3 "2026-04-29T13:16:57Z")

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Closed on April 29, 2026, 1:16pm UTC

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