# Creating meeting using API doesn't set password

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/creating-meeting-using-api-doesnt-set-password/24737>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Created:** [July 21, 2020, 11:43am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/creating-meeting-using-api-doesnt-set-password/24737 "2020-07-21T11:43:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![sabraha5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@sabraha5](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/sabraha5)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 11:43am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/creating-meeting-using-api-doesnt-set-password/24737/1 "2020-07-21T11:43:58Z")

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**Description**  
creating meeting via API without password field doesn’t automatically generate password when the account settings require

**Error**  
no error

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

**Which Endpoint/s?**  
POST /users/{userId}/meetings

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**Author:** ![sabraha5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@sabraha5](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/sabraha5)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 11:45am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/creating-meeting-using-api-doesnt-set-password/24737/3 "2020-07-21T11:45:02Z")

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the zoom developer blog article ([https://medium.com/zoom-developer-blog/required-passwords-and-your-zoom-integration-1c02828c5e68](https://medium.com/zoom-developer-blog/required-passwords-and-your-zoom-integration-1c02828c5e68)) states that…

_ **APIs** _

- Ensure your API calls for [CREATE meetings](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/meetings/meetingcreate) include a password if you do not want one automatically generated for you.

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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 23, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/creating-meeting-using-api-doesnt-set-password/24737/4 "2020-07-23T21:08:10Z")

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Hey @sabraha5,

Are your account settings for meeting passcodes locked? If not, the password won’t be auto generated until September unless you specify a password in the [Create Meeting API request.](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/meetings/meetingcreate)

Thanks,  
Tommy

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**Author:** ![sabraha5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@sabraha5](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/sabraha5)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/creating-meeting-using-api-doesnt-set-password/24737/5 "2020-07-23T22:23:39Z")

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hey @tommy…thank you very much for the feedback/insight! i checked our infrastructure team and the password required setting is not “locked”…they ran into issues when setting to “locked” with previously created meetings being modified to require password without the event URL being updated…and so we will set the password when creating via API…

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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 27, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/creating-meeting-using-api-doesnt-set-password/24737/6 "2020-07-27T21:21:10Z")

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Hey @sabraha5,

Happy to help! 🙂

Thanks,  
Tommy

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**Author:** ![fahad.beehive](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/fahad.beehive/32/17024_2.png) [@fahad.beehive](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/fahad.beehive)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/creating-meeting-using-api-doesnt-set-password/24737/7 "2020-11-07T14:19:02Z")

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Are we still on target for automatic password generation (i.e. Zoom creates one automatically and we don’t have to worry about this?)

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**Author:** ![will.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/will.zoom/32/14417_2.png) [@will.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/will.zoom)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/creating-meeting-using-api-doesnt-set-password/24737/8 "2020-11-09T18:55:13Z")

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Hi @fahad.beehive,

Depending on your account settings, passwords will be automatically generated in certain circumstances. You can reference our breakdown of different scenarios here:

> **[Announcements - Stay Up To Date - Documentation](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/guides/stay-up-to-date/announcements#api-behavior-changes)**
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> Announcements
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> Below are upcoming and recent backwards compatible changes made to the Zoom Developer Platform. For other recent changes to the Zoom API,...

Thanks,  
Will