# API error creating meeting

**URL:** https://devforum.zoom.us/t/api-error-creating-meeting/16626
**Category:** API and Webhooks
**Created:** [May 7, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/api-error-creating-meeting/16626 "2020-05-07T17:06:36Z")
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### Author: ![sujan.vatturi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@sujan.vatturi](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/sujan.vatturi)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/api-error-creating-meeting/16626/1 "2020-05-07T17:06:36Z")

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**Description**  
API return 300 when creating a meeting

**Error**  
{“code”:300,“message”:“Request Body should be a valid JSON object.”}

**Which App Type (OAuth / Chatbot / JWT / Webhook)?**  
OAuth

**Which Endpoint/s?**  
{{baseUrl}}/users/:userId/meetings

**How To Reproduce (If applicable)**  
Body  
{  
“topic”: “Test”,  
“type”: “2”,  
“start\_time”: “2020-05-08T10:00:00”,  
“duration”: “60”  
}

1. See error

{“code”:300,“message”:“Request Body should be a valid JSON object.”}

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### 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: [May 12, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/api-error-creating-meeting/16626/2 "2020-05-12T20:52:55Z")

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Hey @sujan.vatturi,

Please try this JSON:

```json
{
"topic": "Test",
"type": "2",
"start_time": "2020-05-08T10:00:00",
"duration": "60"
}

```

Make sure the type and duration are integers.

> **[Create a Meeting - Meetings - Zoom API - API Reference](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/meetings/meetingcreate)**
>
> Create a meeting for a user. This API has a daily rate limit of 100 requests per day. Therefore, only 100 Create a Meeting API requests are permitted wi...

Thanks,  
Tommy

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### Author: ![DeveloperBot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/developerbot/32/12632_2.png) [@DeveloperBot](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/DeveloperBot)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/api-error-creating-meeting/16626/3 "2020-08-21T21:16:40Z")

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