# Enable Webinar Q&A options through REST API **URL:** \ **Category:** API and Webhooks\ **Created:** [January 22, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/enable-webinar-q-a-options-through-rest-api/7639 "2020-01-22T17:54:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blaine.carter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/blaine.carter/32/3000_2.png) [@blaine.carter](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/blaine.carter)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/enable-webinar-q-a-options-through-rest-api/7639/1 "2020-01-22T17:54:32Z")
I realize this is a beta feature. Is there a beta API feature to match? I would like to enable the following webinar Q&A features when creating a webinar through the REST API. ``` Allow attendees to view all questions Attendees can upvote Attendees can comment ``` If that’s not possible, 1. Can these settings be set as default? 2. Can a webinar be created through the API that uses a template? (Templates seem to save these settings) Setting these by hand through the web interface is not feasible. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/enable-webinar-q-a-options-through-rest-api/7639/2 "2020-01-22T18:18:26Z")
Hey @blaine.carter, thanks for posting and using Zoom! As of now there is no beta API feature for the Q&A webinar settings. > [@blaine.carter](#): > > Can these settings be set as default? These settings can be set as default when using Webinar templates via the Web Interface: 1. Create a Webinar and select the respective Q&A settings. 2. Save the Webinar as a tempalte. 3. Create a new Webinar and choose the template created in the previous step. 4. Notice that the Q&A settings are preset via the template > [@blaine.carter](#): > > Can a webinar be created through the API that uses a template? (Templates seem to save these settings) As of now we do not have APIs for webinar templates, but are working on adding this feature. (ZOOM-28758) Thanks, Tommy ---
**Author:** ![blaine.carter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/blaine.carter/32/3000_2.png) [@blaine.carter](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/blaine.carter)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/enable-webinar-q-a-options-through-rest-api/7639/3 "2020-01-22T18:43:10Z")
Thanks Tommy, I had already tested creating a webinar with a template and it does save those setting but, it’s not feasible to hand create each webinar. If I get a vote for a new feature in the API, I’ve rather be able to set the Q&A options than have a template API. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/enable-webinar-q-a-options-through-rest-api/7639/4 "2020-01-22T19:44:49Z")
Happy to help @blaine.carter! I will pass your vote on. 🙂 (ZOOM-134694) Thanks, Tommy ---
**Author:** ![blaine.carter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/blaine.carter/32/3000_2.png) [@blaine.carter](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/blaine.carter)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/enable-webinar-q-a-options-through-rest-api/7639/5 "2020-01-23T20:31:37Z")
@tommy How do I see (ZOOM-134694)? The powers that be have decided that they like this feature enough that I’ve now been assigned to manually update every webinar. Currently there are nearly 100 and growing. If I have to do this for very long, hate will not be a strong enough word for how I feel about this missing API setting… Is there **any way** to automate setting these options? Is there some sort of BETA API I can use? Is there an account wide default setting somewhere? Anything? We use the REST API to create webinars with data the webinar hosts enter in another system. So, creating webinars from a template would be more work than manually changing these setting after they are created through the API. Also congrats on being one of the top 20 advocates to follow! [https://resources.whitesourcesoftware.com/blog-whitesource/top-20-developer-advocates-to-follow-in-2020](https://resources.whitesourcesoftware.com/blog-whitesource/top-20-developer-advocates-to-follow-in-2020) ---
**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:** [January 23, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/enable-webinar-q-a-options-through-rest-api/7639/6 "2020-01-23T22:20:06Z")
Hey @blaine.carter, The ZOOM-134694 is for internal tracking. I will provide updates here as we develop the feature. I have updated the issue to the highest priority. I understand the pain points here. We are working on a solution asap. And thanks for the shoutout! 🙂 -Tommy ---
**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:** [January 23, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/enable-webinar-q-a-options-through-rest-api/7639/7 "2020-01-23T23:08:38Z")
Hey @blaine.carter, We are evaluating when we can fit this in to one of our upcoming releases. At the latest it would be in Q2 (Apirl/May/June), but we will try to get it out or a beta before then. Thanks for your patience, Tommy ---
**Author:** ![ed.g](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/ed.g/32/3848_2.png) [@ed.g](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/ed.g)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 9:26am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/enable-webinar-q-a-options-through-rest-api/7639/8 "2020-04-01T09:26:19Z")
Hi Tommy - will this feature also allow the possibility to disable the Q&A when scheduling the Webinar via the API? At the moment, this is enabled by default, and the only way to change it is to manually edit the Webinar. Many thanks, Ed ---
**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:** [April 1, 2020, 5:59pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/enable-webinar-q-a-options-through-rest-api/7639/9 "2020-04-01T17:59:04Z")
Hey @ed.g, Yes, that will be possible with this feature. 🙂 Thanks, Tommy ---
**Author:** ![joel.dapiawen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e57/32.png) [@joel.dapiawen](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/joel.dapiawen)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/enable-webinar-q-a-options-through-rest-api/7639/10 "2020-04-27T22:12:08Z")
Hi Tommy, Is this new webinar features available now we have a the same problem our webinars are growing in our school and scheduling them one by one is taking a lot of time… Or if we could automate this via API then we would go to this route. Thanks Joel ---
**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:** [April 30, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/enable-webinar-q-a-options-through-rest-api/7639/11 "2020-04-30T17:03:12Z")
Hey @joel.dapiawen, No update on the Q&A settings via API yet. Apologies for the inconvenience, Tommy ---
**Author:** ![ed.g](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/ed.g/32/3848_2.png) [@ed.g](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/ed.g)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 7:50am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/enable-webinar-q-a-options-through-rest-api/7639/12 "2020-05-06T07:50:02Z")
Hi @tommy, whilst waiting for the feature to enable / disable Q&A at when creating / updating via the API, do you know if it is possible to configure the Q&A setting at group and user level? Or at least if it is enabled, have it unselected by default? The vast majority of Webinars that we will use (scheduled via the API) will be without Q&A, but there are the odd sessions that will require it. At the moment, we would either have to disable it completely, or enable it, but then manually edit each webinar that we don’t want to use Q&A. Many thanks! ---
**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:** [May 12, 2020, 5:24am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/enable-webinar-q-a-options-through-rest-api/7639/13 "2020-05-12T05:24:12Z")
Hey @ed.g, Unfortunately there are no group / user level Q&A setting that can be changed with the API. We will work on getting this onto the roadmap. Thanks, Tommy ---
**Author:** ![developer-whova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/43a26b/32.png) [@developer-whova](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/developer-whova)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/enable-webinar-q-a-options-through-rest-api/7639/14 "2020-06-10T00:58:21Z")
Hi @tommy, Are there any estimates for when this will be available? Thank you, Matthew ---
**Author:** ![michael.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/michael.zoom/32/37213_2.png) [@michael.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/michael.zoom)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/enable-webinar-q-a-options-through-rest-api/7639/15 "2020-06-12T23:16:32Z")
Hi @developer-whova Unfortunately we do not have a current date for this release, we have had to prioritize other features during our [90-day security focus](https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/06/10/90-day-security-plan-progress-report-june-10/). ---
**Author:** ![developer-whova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/43a26b/32.png) [@developer-whova](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/developer-whova)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/enable-webinar-q-a-options-through-rest-api/7639/16 "2020-08-21T00:50:42Z")
Do we have any update on this? Still no Q&A settings on Rest API ---
**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:** [August 24, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/enable-webinar-q-a-options-through-rest-api/7639/17 "2020-08-24T17:05:06Z")
Hey @developer-whova, No updates yet. I have just requested upped priority on this feature and we will see if we can fit it in to our near term roadmap. Thanks, Tommy ---
**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:** [September 23, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/enable-webinar-q-a-options-through-rest-api/7639/18 "2020-09-23T17:11:22Z")
Hey @developer-whova, @ed.g, @blaine.carter, @joel.dapiawen, We are working on releasing this late this year. I will keep you updated if the timeline changes. Thanks, Tommy ---
**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:** [December 2, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/enable-webinar-q-a-options-through-rest-api/7639/19 "2020-12-02T17:34:43Z")
Hey @developer-whova, @ed.g, @blaine.carter, @joel.dapiawen, We are currently planning on releasing this functionality (Adding Webinar Q&A Settings to API) later this month! 🙂 I will update you if the timeline changes. Thanks, Tommy