# Beginner questions

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/beginner-questions/54482>\
**Category:** Web\
**Created:** [July 21, 2021, 7:49am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/beginner-questions/54482 "2021-07-21T07:49:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![zzzxtreme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/6bbea6/32.png) [@zzzxtreme](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/zzzxtreme)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 7:49am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/beginner-questions/54482/1 "2021-07-21T07:49:19Z")

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Hello there. Trying to study and test zoom sdk. Kinda overwhelmed with all the information.

What I’d like to do is only allow registered and paid users (at my site) to view a live zoom video. So I have some questions

1. I understand that the person who wants to stream the video, will tell my site the meeting ID. Then when the clients who want to view it, my site will generate some kind of unique token. so the meeting ID will be not be public. Is that how it is ?

2. I understand that viewing the video on mobile web browsers are not supported. Which is not a huge problem. Will the zoom sdk client javascript detect mobile web browsers, open zoom app automatically, enable the user to view the live video while keeping all those meeting IDs secret ?

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**Author:** ![will.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/will.zoom/32/14417_2.png) [@will.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/will.zoom)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/beginner-questions/54482/2 "2021-07-22T15:33:22Z")

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Hi @zzzxtreme,

Thanks for reaching out! And good questions.

First, to answer your specific questions:

> 1. I understand that the person who wants to stream the video, will tell my site the meeting ID. Then when the clients who want to view it, my site will generate some kind of unique token. so the meeting ID will be not be public. Is that how it is ?

You will first need to create a meeting either in the UI or via API. Then, once you have the Meeting ID (returned by the API or shown in the UI), you will pass this to the SDK upon joining or starting the meeting.

> 1. I understand that viewing the video on mobile web browsers are not supported. Which is not a huge problem. Will the zoom sdk client javascript detect mobile web browsers, open zoom app automatically, enable the user to view the live video while keeping all those meeting IDs secret ?

The Web SDK will not automatically detect mobile browsers. However, you can choose to launch the Zoom App by default, by using the start and join\_urls returned by our APIs.

You may also find this overview helpful as well, for getting started:

> [@Where to start when developing with Zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/where-to-start-when-developing-with-zoom/51688/2):
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> Hi @Systellence, Thanks for joining our community! slight_smile Most likely, you will want to use a combination of our APIs (for creating and scheduling live meetings) and our Web SDK (for embedding the Zoom Meeting/video experience on your site/app). Details on both of these further below. API and SDK Overview We offer both APIs and SDKs for you to consider when planning an integration/implementing in an application. You may find the below information helpful for your web developer. Here…

Thanks!  
Will

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**Author:** ![zzzxtreme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/6bbea6/32.png) [@zzzxtreme](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/zzzxtreme)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/beginner-questions/54482/3 "2021-07-22T17:18:22Z")

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thank you! appreciate your helpful response !!

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**Author:** ![will.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/will.zoom/32/14417_2.png) [@will.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/will.zoom)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/beginner-questions/54482/4 "2021-07-23T15:24:02Z")

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Glad I could help 🙂

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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:** [August 23, 2021, 1:24am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/beginner-questions/54482/5 "2021-08-23T01:24:26Z")

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