# Create Webinar API endpoint uses arbitrary required registration fields

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/create-webinar-api-endpoint-uses-arbitrary-required-registration-fields/68443>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Created:** [May 3, 2022, 7:57am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/create-webinar-api-endpoint-uses-arbitrary-required-registration-fields/68443 "2022-05-03T07:57:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![philvdb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@philvdb](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/philvdb)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 7:57am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/create-webinar-api-endpoint-uses-arbitrary-required-registration-fields/68443/1 "2022-05-03T07:57:53Z")

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**Description**  
Hello. I am creating webinars POSTing to users/me/webinars, which works reasonably well.

**Error**  
The main problem with it is that even though I am not using any webinar template (and _none of the existing templates_ use this setting), there are registration fields like “address”, “zip” etc. selected as required for the webinar. There is even one of the three possible custom registration fields selected as required which makes absolutely no sense to me. I also see no way to change these settings through the API which currently means I have to fill these fields with random data on registration through the API.

**Which App Type (OAuth / Chatbot / JWT / Webhook)?**  
JWT

**Which Endpoint/s?**  
POST users/me/webinars

**Screenshots (If applicable)**

 ![Bildschirmfoto vom 2022-05-03 09-28-49](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/3X/2/4/249968067724c6de315240a958d3bfb9ed5d1dcf.png)

Brand new webinar created through the API. Arbitrary fields selected as required, no template used and none of the existing templates have these settings.

 ![Bildschirmfoto vom 2022-05-03 09-58-47](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/3X/0/7/07d84f150a98586ea91df9b793e12345db48325c.png)

Even one of the custom registration fields selected - no rhyme or reason visible to me.

How can I prevent these fields from being required on creation or at least change this through the API?

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**Author:** ![elisa.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elisa.zoom/32/47836_2.png) [@elisa.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elisa.zoom)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/create-webinar-api-endpoint-uses-arbitrary-required-registration-fields/68443/2 "2022-05-03T21:02:44Z")

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Hi @philvdb  
Thanks for reaching out to the Zoom Developer Forum, I am happy to help here!  
You can actually change this setting in your Account Management tab.  
Go to Account Settings \> Admin Options \> Webinar registration options  
And click on Webinar Registration Settings

 ![Screen Shot 2022-05-03 at 5.01.33 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/3X/6/8/6817d5b84e61bd4a3f75429fa1c5c6099bfe8f59.png)

Hope this helps,  
Elisa

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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:** [June 3, 2022, 7:02am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/create-webinar-api-endpoint-uses-arbitrary-required-registration-fields/68443/3 "2022-06-03T07:02:59Z")

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Closed on June 3, 2022, 7:02am UTC

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