# Display an Alert?

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/display-an-alert/8940>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Created:** [March 19, 2020, 12:00am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/display-an-alert/8940 "2020-03-19T00:00:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![emhenn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/emhenn/32/21064_2.png) [@emhenn](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/emhenn)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 12:00am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/display-an-alert/8940/1 "2020-03-19T00:00:52Z")

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**Description**  
I am curious if the Zoom API allows me to display any kind of alert inside a live Meeting so all users will see it. I see the chat calls but those don’t always show depending on user preferences or screen sharing, etc. Anyone know if this is possible? This would be for a JWT app on the Zoom API. Thanks,

Ed Henn  
UC Davis School of Law IT

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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:** [March 19, 2020, 12:02am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/display-an-alert/8940/2 "2020-03-19T00:02:19Z")

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Hey @emhenn, thanks for posting and using Zoom!

Currently the only way to do this would be through a custom closed caption which displays text in a Zoom meeting:

> **[Integrating a third-party closed captioning service](https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115002212983-Integrating-a-third-party-closed-captioning-service)**
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> Overview
> As a meeting host, you can add closed captions to Zoom meetings by providing the third-party closed captioning service with the the caption URL. The caption URL allows the third-party serv...

Thanks,  
Tommy

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**Author:** ![emhenn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/emhenn/32/21064_2.png) [@emhenn](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/emhenn)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/display-an-alert/8940/3 "2020-03-19T00:03:22Z")

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Oh interesting, hadn’t heard of that. Thanks very much, I’ll look into it.

Ed

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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:** [March 19, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/display-an-alert/8940/4 "2020-03-19T00:05:25Z")

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Happy to help!

Let us know if you have additional questions! 🙂

-Tommy

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**Author:** ![DeveloperBot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/developerbot/32/12632_2.png) [@DeveloperBot](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/DeveloperBot)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/display-an-alert/8940/5 "2020-08-21T19:33:52Z")

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Closed on August 21, 2020, 7:33pm UTC