# Create Meeting API: Default to User Settings **URL:** \ **Category:** API and Webhooks\ **Created:** [August 9, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/create-meeting-api-default-to-user-settings/26636 "2020-08-09T13:13:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![abrams](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/abrams/32/6674_2.png) [@abrams](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/abrams)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/create-meeting-api-default-to-user-settings/26636/1 "2020-08-09T13:13:39Z")
Specifically for the cloud\_recordings and waiting\_room settings, I am hoping to create a meeting in the API such that it is set up with the user’s default settings. Current behavior for waiting\_room: - If true, waiting room is on - If false, waiting room is off - If undefined, waiting room is off (I guess this is the default) Desired behavior for waiting\_room: - If true, waiting room is on - If false, waiting room is off - If undefined, waiting room setting is copied from the user’s settings Is there a way to do this without hitting the user settings endpoint? Or can the default value of the create meeting API be changed? Or perhaps the settings could take another value like `"user_value"` or something that would use the user’s value for that specific setting. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2020, 7:56am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/create-meeting-api-default-to-user-settings/26636/2 "2020-08-10T07:56:27Z")
Hey @abrams, The only way to have settings be defaulted when creating meetings using the API is to lock the setting/s at the account level. Otherwise, you will have to set the properties specifically in the API call. 🙂 Thanks, Tommy ---
**Author:** ![abrams](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/abrams/32/6674_2.png) [@abrams](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/abrams)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/create-meeting-api-default-to-user-settings/26636/3 "2020-08-10T16:42:43Z")
😬 😭 Oh well. We are trying to reproduce the behavior of the Zoom website, which uses those defaults. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/create-meeting-api-default-to-user-settings/26636/4 "2020-08-10T19:34:10Z")
Hey @abrams, Yep, here is an explanation of how the settings across the Zoom Web Portal and API works: > [@Created type 2 meetings don't return password](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/created-type-2-meetings-dont-return-password/18211/5): > > Hey @InfoAdam, I just tested and the [Create Meeting API](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/meetings/meetingcreate) returned a password without me setting one in the request body. Here is my Account Level password settings (I am not using [PMI](https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/203276937-Using-Personal-Meeting-ID-PMI-) for scheduled meetings): Request body: { "topic": "Test without setting password in api call with account level settings locked", "type": "2", "start\_time": "2020-06-08T10:00:00", "duration": "30" } Response body: { "uuid": "[redacted]", "id": 123456789, "ho… Thanks, Tommy ---
**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:** [September 10, 2020, 5:34am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/create-meeting-api-default-to-user-settings/26636/5 "2020-09-10T05:34:18Z")
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