# Change the host name

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/change-the-host-name/23437>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Created:** [July 7, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/change-the-host-name/23437 "2020-07-07T16:17:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![faycalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/96bed5/32.png) [@faycalb](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/faycalb)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/change-the-host-name/23437/1 "2020-07-07T16:17:51Z")

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Hello,

I want to change the host name when I create a meeting. Once created my name is showed.

Json I sent :  
‘json’ =\> [  
“topic” =\> “Danse Yuga avec Faycal 2”,  
“type” =\> 2,  
“start\_time” =\> “2020-08-08T20:30:00”,  
“duration” =\> “30”, // 30 mins  
“password” =\> “202020”  
],“settings”=\> [  
“host\_video”=\> true,  
“participant\_video” =\> true,  
“cn\_meeting”=\> true,  
“in\_meeting”=\> true,  
“join\_before\_host”=\> false,  
“mute\_upon\_entry”=\> false,  
“contact\_name” =\> “Coach Faycal”,  
“contact\_email”=\> “[test@gmail.com](mailto:test@gmail.com)”  
]  
]);

Return :  
[settings] =\> stdClass Object  
(  
[host\_video] =\>  
[participant\_video] =\>  
[cn\_meeting] =\>  
[in\_meeting] =\>  
[join\_before\_host] =\>  
[mute\_upon\_entry] =\>  
[watermark] =\>  
[use\_pmi] =\>  
[approval\_type] =\> 2  
[audio] =\> both  
[auto\_recording] =\> none  
[enforce\_login] =\>  
[enforce\_login\_domains] =\>  
[alternative\_hosts] =\>  
[close\_registration] =\>  
[registrants\_confirmation\_email] =\> 1  
[waiting\_room] =\> 1  
[global\_dial\_in\_countries] =\> Array  
(  
[0] =\> US  
)

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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:** [July 9, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/change-the-host-name/23437/2 "2020-07-09T21:30:57Z")

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Duplicate post:

> [@Change the host name](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/change-the-host-name/23349):
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> Hello, When I create a meeting through the API, I want to change the name of the host so my name doesn’t appear. My json file : ‘json’ =\> [“topic” =\> “Danse Yuga avec Faycal 2”, “type” =\> 2, “start\_time” =\> “2020-08-08T20:30:00”, “duration” =\> “30”, // 30 mins “password” =\> “202020”],“settings”=\> [ “host\_video”=\> true, “participant\_video” =\> true, “cn\_meeting”=\> true, “in\_meeting”=\> true, “join\_before\_host”=\> false, “mute\_upon\_entry”=\> false, “contact\_name” =\> “Coach Faycal”, …

-Tommy

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**Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/change-the-host-name/23437/3 "2020-08-21T22:38:37Z")

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