# Difference between \`payload.operator\_id\` and \`payload.object.host\_id\` from \`meeting.created\`?

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/difference-between-payload-operator-id-and-payload-object-host-id-from-meeting-created/74807>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Created:** [August 24, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/difference-between-payload-operator-id-and-payload-object-host-id-from-meeting-created/74807 "2022-08-24T15:13:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![tianalemesle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@tianalemesle](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/tianalemesle)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/difference-between-payload-operator-id-and-payload-object-host-id-from-meeting-created/74807/1 "2022-08-24T15:13:50Z")

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**API Endpoint(s) and/or Zoom API Event(s)**  
`meeting.created`

**Description**  
Is there any difference between `payload.operator_id` and `payload.object.host_id`, which one should be used ?

**Error?**  
None

**How To Reproduce**  
Enable the _Meeting has been created_ capability.

Thanks

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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:** [August 25, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/difference-between-payload-operator-id-and-payload-object-host-id-from-meeting-created/74807/2 "2022-08-25T21:28:41Z")

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Hi @tianalemesle  
Thanks for reaching out to the Zoom Developer Forum, I am happy to help here!  
I looked into our Docs and I did some testing on my end, and the difference is basically that payload.operator\_id is the User ID who created the meeting, whereas the payload.object.host\_id is the Host’s user ID.

So basically if you assign scheduling privileges to a user under your account and that user gives you scheduling privileges as well, then you will be able to create meetings for each other and then those values will come differently. (using the “schedule\_for” field in your post request)

If you are just scheduling meetings for yourself, those values will be the same.

I 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:** [August 29, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/difference-between-payload-operator-id-and-payload-object-host-id-from-meeting-created/74807/3 "2023-08-29T13:04:49Z")

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Closed on August 29, 2023, 1:04pm UTC

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