# Differentiate between Meeting and Webinar ID

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/differentiate-between-meeting-and-webinar-id/84103>\
**Category:** Meetings\
**Created:** [March 3, 2023, 11:07am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/differentiate-between-meeting-and-webinar-id/84103 "2023-03-03T11:07:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![kia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6bbea6/32.png) [@kia](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/kia)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 11:07am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/differentiate-between-meeting-and-webinar-id/84103/1 "2023-03-03T11:07:04Z")

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I am trying to differentiate between Meetings and Webinars.

I don’t know when to call  
“/meeting/{meetingId}”  
or  
“/webinar/{webinarId}”

Meeting/Webinar URLs both look similar like the following:  
/q2q-co-uk.zoom.us/j/{1234567890}

If I call “/meeting/{meetingId}” but input a WebinarID URL I get this response  
(  
[code] =\> 300  
[message] =\> Can not access webinar info, 1234567890  
)

This is great as I know this ID was meant to be a webinar. But is there anyway that I can know for sure whether the ID in question is either a Meeting or Webinar before I send this request.

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**Author:** ![gianni.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/gianni.zoom/32/32523_2.png) [@gianni.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/gianni.zoom)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 4:22am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/differentiate-between-meeting-and-webinar-id/84103/2 "2023-03-06T04:22:22Z")

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Hi @kia ,

Meeting and Webinar IDs are not structurally different. Are you able to keep track of them in your internal database so you do not mix them up? If you’re trying to decipher from a larger list, pass them through a free use endpoint to see which is which in the interim if you are worried about API rate limits.