# API Recording start

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/api-recording-start/30416>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Created:** [September 16, 2020, 12:25pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/api-recording-start/30416 "2020-09-16T12:25:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 12:26pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/api-recording-start/30416/2 "2020-09-16T12:26:08Z")

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Hey @maks1102b

Thanks for posting on the Zoom Devforum! I am still learning, but I will try my best to help answer your question. 🙂

Checkout these related threads that may have the answer you are looking for:

> [@How to start recording a meeting?](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/-/5966):
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> Description Is it possible to start a cloud or local recording while in a zoom meeting? Eg the result of clicking “record” on the client UI. This is assuming: recording is enabled in settings but automatic recording is not enabled The closest thing we have found is to PATCH /meetings/{id} with { auto\_recording: 'local' } but it didn’t work (as is probably expected).

> [@meeting recording for developer account](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/-/417):
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> is cloud recording disabled for developer account? I am trying to download a meeting recording that I had conducted, using [https://api.zoom.us/v1/recording/get](https://api.zoom.us/v1/recording/get) but i get ‘there is no recording for this meeting message’. I am passing the uuid as the meeting id. The meeting recording did get saved on my local machine when the meeting ended but I cannot retrieve the recording to test the get recording service. &nbsp;

If these threads did not help, please let us know by replying back here and someone from the Developer Relations team will get back to you shortly.

Thanks,  
DeveloperBot

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