I’m developing an app for the Zoom Marketplace and have a few questions about app permissions and visibility. I want to allow admins to add the app for their entire organization while also enabling individual users (both within and outside the organization) to install it for themselves.
If I create the app as an admin-level application, will regular Zoom users still be able to add it for personal use? I’ve noticed that apps like Fathom.ai offer the flexibility to be added by both admins and individual users. Should I convert my app to an admin-level app to achieve this, or is it better to create separate admin-level and user-level apps? If I go with two apps, would they appear separately in the Zoom Marketplace, potentially causing confusion?
Hello,
The admin-level will limit the app to admin-level users and above, so a regular user can not add them.
Please take a look at the link here: Key concepts for Zoom Developer Platform
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@kwaku.nyante Thanks for your response and the link provided. I went through the article but I still have a few questions. Should I create two separate applications, one for admin users and one for regular users, and publish them individually? My goal is for both admins and regular users to be able to download and use my app.
Hello,
So you can create an admin-level app and make the scope optional. I believe that it will work in both situations. I would test it to be 100% sure first.
Regards, Kwaku
@kwaku.nyante I’ve tried making the scopes optional, but I’m noticing a difference between scopes for admin-managed apps and user-managed apps.
For instance, I want to limit the scope to only viewing a user’s past meetings. However, in an admin-managed app, the scope includes: meeting:read:past_meeting:admin. Here, “admin” requirement is evident in the scope and in the marketplace app settings you only have these scopes available but not the user specific scopes.
Meanwhile, in a user-managed app, this “admin” requirement isn’t present in the available scopes.
Any suggestions on how to handle this?
I want to launch my app for both admin level zoom users and as well as individual users
Hello,
You can’t combine Admin-level and User Level scopes in the same app. You would need an Admin-level app or a User-level app. If one doesn’t satisfy your needs, you need to create one of each.