# Double encoding on UUIDs

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/double-encoding-on-uuids/50695>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Created:** [May 20, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/double-encoding-on-uuids/50695 "2021-05-20T16:29:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![MaxM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/maxm/32/42303_2.png) [@MaxM](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/MaxM)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/double-encoding-on-uuids/50695/3 "2021-05-22T01:27:38Z")

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Hey @dbailey,

Thank you for reaching out to the Zoom Developer Forum. It looks like this meeting UUID was only encoded once. The double encoded version should be: 4%252F%252FM4niJTOCN0Sx%252FyjwA6w%253D%253D

> [@DOUBLE encode meeting UUIDs?](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/double-encode-meeting-uuids/23729):
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> Trying to get the recordings of a meeting, using the /meetings/{meetingId}/recordings API. All works fine usually. Today we got a meeting with a UUID of /nk84I4+SbONSeE5ScfjUQ==. The request failed because I wasn’t URL-encoding that value: GET https://api.zoom.us/v2/meetings//nk84I4+SbONSeE5ScfjUQ==/recordings --\> 500 So I figured that was the problem. But when I URL-encode it, I got a 404 on the call: GET https://api.zoom.us/v2/meetings/%2Fnk84I4%2BSbONSeE5ScfjUQ%3D%3D/recordings --\> 404 I…

Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,  
Max

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