# error code 300 Request Body should be a valid JSON object.

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/error-code-300-request-body-should-be-a-valid-json-object/997>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Created:** [February 14, 2018, 11:15am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/error-code-300-request-body-should-be-a-valid-json-object/997 "2018-02-14T11:15:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hussain\_Basha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Hussain\_Basha](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/Hussain_Basha)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 11:15am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/error-code-300-request-body-should-be-a-valid-json-object/997/1 "2018-02-14T11:15:54Z")

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I am trying to create a meeting through API request so that i form the request object as follows

it is post request to zoom api

{  
“method” : “POST”,  
“url” : ‘[https://api.zoom.us/v2/users/userid/meetings](https://api.zoom.us/v2/users/userid/meetings)’,  
“data” : JSON.stringify({}),  
“contentType”: ‘application/json;charset=UTF-8’,  
headers : {  
“Authorization”:"Bearer "+jwt.sign(payload, “XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX”),  
“Content-Type”:“application/json;charset=UTF-8”,  
“Accept”:“application/json;charset=UTF-8”  
}  
}

it is giving the following error

“{“code”:300,“message”:“Request Body should be a valid JSON object.”}”

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**Author:** ![harris\_yang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/harris_yang/32/155_2.png) [@harris\_yang](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/harris_yang)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 6:32am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/error-code-300-request-body-should-be-a-valid-json-object/997/2 "2018-02-21T06:32:02Z")

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@Hussain, please set correct JSON to request body.

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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, 5:37pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/error-code-300-request-body-should-be-a-valid-json-object/997/3 "2020-08-21T17:37:24Z")

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