# Creating A Zoom Meeting without authenticating user **URL:** \ **Category:** Web\ **Created:** [November 10, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/creating-a-zoom-meeting-without-authenticating-user/35629 "2020-11-10T20:26:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jacob2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/jacob2/32/18552_2.png) [@jacob2](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/jacob2)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/creating-a-zoom-meeting-without-authenticating-user/35629/1 "2020-11-10T20:26:18Z")
It was my understanding that zoom api allows for the creation of zoom meeting links without a user being authenticated. After researching the api/blogs, it appears that it’s not entirely clear. There appears to be a lack of consensus among the developers and the api docs. For example, [Meeting start without authentication](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meeting-start-without-authentication/6799/2), the developer says it is not possible except in the Web SDK to create a meeting without an authenticated user, but if we look into [https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/sdk/native-sdks/user-login#non-login](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/sdk/native-sdks/user-login#non-login), we see the following: “Note: Some SDK functions are not available for Non-login users, including starting Instant Meetings or Scheduling & Managing Meetings… Non-login User Billing Usage of SDK features by anonymous users will be billed to the SDK Key & Secret owner (app developer).” ---
**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:** [November 11, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/creating-a-zoom-meeting-without-authenticating-user/35629/2 "2020-11-11T21:48:29Z")
Hey @jacob2, Happy to help! 🙂 Can you share what you are trying to accomplish? Once I know more, I will be able to give you a solution. Thanks, Tommy ---
**Author:** ![jacob2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/jacob2/32/18552_2.png) [@jacob2](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/jacob2)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/creating-a-zoom-meeting-without-authenticating-user/35629/3 "2020-11-11T22:08:50Z")
Hi @tommy! Thank you for getting back to me. I am trying to drop a zoom link to all of our users that join a “Zoom Event” in my application. I am trying to alleviate any need to authenticate any more in our app. So we would like to drop a zoom link in our chat where the first person to join is the host and the rest are just attendees. Does this make sense? Thank you, Jacob ---
**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:** [November 12, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/creating-a-zoom-meeting-without-authenticating-user/35629/4 "2020-11-12T19:06:51Z")
Hey @jacob2, You can use the start\_url, for that first user, which will start the meeting as the host. For the other users, you can have them use the join\_url. 🙂 Both of which you can get from the [Create Meeting](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/meetings/meetingcreate) and [Get Meeting](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/meetings/meeting) APIs. Let me know if that helps! Thanks, Tommy ---
**Author:** ![jacob2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/jacob2/32/18552_2.png) [@jacob2](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/jacob2)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/creating-a-zoom-meeting-without-authenticating-user/35629/5 "2020-11-12T19:40:41Z")
Hey @tommy, So I’ve looked through the docs and I am sorry if I wasn’t clear at first. From the Create Meeting endpoint `/users/{userId}/meetings` I am hoping we can bypass the {userID} part. Is that possible? I ask this because our solution will not scale if that userID is required since we are limited to 100 create meeting requests a day. Thank you, Jacob ---
**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:** [November 13, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/creating-a-zoom-meeting-without-authenticating-user/35629/6 "2020-11-13T20:03:29Z")
Hey @jacob2, You cannot bypass the 100 create meeting requests a day, however, if you have a second user, you can use that user too. So you would have 200 create meeting requests in a day. 🙂 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:** [December 14, 2020, 6:03am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/creating-a-zoom-meeting-without-authenticating-user/35629/7 "2020-12-14T06:03:38Z")
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