# Generate API access token using SDK **URL:** \ **Category:** Android\ **Created:** [July 29, 2020, 5:39am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/generate-api-access-token-using-sdk/25557 "2020-07-29T05:39:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![manjeetbrar91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@manjeetbrar91](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/manjeetbrar91)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 5:39am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/generate-api-access-token-using-sdk/25557/1 "2020-07-29T05:39:48Z")
**Description** it their any way to create access token from android zoom sdk?? **Which version?** V.5.0xxxxx ---
**Author:** ![carson.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/carson.zoom/32/785_2.png) [@carson.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/carson.zoom)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 10:15am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/generate-api-access-token-using-sdk/25557/2 "2020-07-29T10:15:46Z")
Hi @manjeetbrar91, Thanks for the post. Do you mean the Zoom Access Token(ZAK)? You could retrieve that from Zoom API: [https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/users/usertoken](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/users/usertoken) Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![manjeetbrar91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@manjeetbrar91](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/manjeetbrar91)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 6:26am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/generate-api-access-token-using-sdk/25557/3 "2020-07-30T06:26:29Z")
> [@carson.zoom](#): > > u could retrieve that from Zoom API this api work with oauth but i am using android SDK for login via email and password ---
**Author:** ![manjeetbrar91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@manjeetbrar91](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/manjeetbrar91)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 4:22am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/generate-api-access-token-using-sdk/25557/4 "2020-08-01T04:22:51Z")
@carson.zoom Please Help ---
**Author:** ![carson.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/carson.zoom/32/785_2.png) [@carson.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/carson.zoom)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 5:06am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/generate-api-access-token-using-sdk/25557/5 "2020-08-01T05:06:47Z")
Hi @manjeetbrar91, Could you elaborate on the issue you are facing? The email/password login does not work with access token. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![manjeetbrar91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@manjeetbrar91](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/manjeetbrar91)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 5:13am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/generate-api-access-token-using-sdk/25557/6 "2020-08-01T05:13:03Z")
@Carson_Chen in my app android user logged in using email and password. he can create meeting, start meeting as host. now i want to access recording list of meeting. in android sdk there have no option to get recording list. but if we go with API we need access token ---
**Author:** ![andthinkstartpvt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@andthinkstartpvt](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/andthinkstartpvt)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 12:35pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/generate-api-access-token-using-sdk/25557/7 "2020-08-26T12:35:00Z")
Hello Manjeet I’m also implementing Zoom SDK in android. I can start and join meeting but i can’t create meeting. Could you help me regarding create meeting process. ---
**Author:** ![jon.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/jon.zoom/32/13495_2.png) [@jon.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/jon.zoom)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/generate-api-access-token-using-sdk/25557/8 "2020-08-26T16:48:48Z")
Hi @andthinkstartpvt, thanks for the post. Are you looking to schedule a meeting through the SDK? If so, please refer to our documentation on that topic found [here](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/sdk/native-sdks/android/mastering-zoom-sdk/other-features/schedule-meeting-for-login-user). If I’m misunderstanding, feel free to clarify and I will be more than happy to assist. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![manjeetbrar91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@manjeetbrar91](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/manjeetbrar91)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 4:07am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/generate-api-access-token-using-sdk/25557/9 "2020-08-27T04:07:59Z")
> [@andthinkstartpvt](#): > > I can start and join meeting but i can’t create meeting. Could you help me regarding create meeting process. Follow below steps to create meeting 1. implement zoom login 2. use preschedule api to create meeting. ```auto MeetingItem meetingItem = new MeetingItem(); meetingItem.setMeetingTopic("Test Meeting"); meetingItem.setStartTime("Meeting date and time in milliseconds "); meetingItem.setDurationInMinutes(30); meetingItem.setPassword("123456"); PreMeetingService preMeetingService = zoomSDK.getPreMeetingService(); preMeetingService.addListener(new PreMeetingServiceListener() { @Override public void onListMeeting(int i, List list) { } @Override public void onScheduleMeeting(int i, long l) { // i is meeting number returned by zoom } @Override public void onUpdateMeeting(int i, long l) { } @Override public void onDeleteMeeting(int i) { } }); if(preMeetingService != null) { PreMeetingService.ScheduleOrEditMeetingError error = preMeetingService.scheduleMeeting(meetingItem); } 3. pre-schedule api will return a meeting number you can save meeting number on server for future use ``` ---
**Author:** ![andthinkstartpvt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@andthinkstartpvt](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/andthinkstartpvt)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 7:14am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/generate-api-access-token-using-sdk/25557/10 "2020-08-27T07:14:49Z")
Thank you Manjeet for your help. I’m trying to create meeting but i’m getting “OTHER\_ERROR” error. Can you share your personal email, linkedin, skype id. There i can show you my code. Again thank you so much. ---
**Author:** ![manjeetbrar91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@manjeetbrar91](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/manjeetbrar91)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 8:22am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/generate-api-access-token-using-sdk/25557/11 "2020-08-27T08:22:05Z")
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/manjeetbrar91/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/manjeetbrar91/) ---
**Author:** ![andthinkstartpvt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@andthinkstartpvt](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/andthinkstartpvt)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 8:38am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/generate-api-access-token-using-sdk/25557/12 "2020-08-27T08:38:34Z")
@manjeetbrar91 Please check your linkedin account. ---
**Author:** ![jon.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/jon.zoom/32/13495_2.png) [@jon.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/jon.zoom)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/generate-api-access-token-using-sdk/25557/13 "2020-08-27T23:32:29Z")
@manjeetbrar91, thank you for helping out! 💙 @andthinkstartpvt I’ve responded to your other post for that error code you’re experiencing, but will reiterate here for the sake of visibility that we’re currently investigating that behavior. See that [post](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/getting-other-error-when-schedule-a-meeting/28307/3) for more specific information. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![venugopal.p](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/venugopal.p/32/19461_2.png) [@venugopal.p](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/venugopal.p)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/generate-api-access-token-using-sdk/25557/14 "2020-11-30T12:13:37Z")
i am using this code snippet to generate the ZAK @carson.zoom but is returning 401 error message URL zoomTokenEndpoint = null; try { zoomTokenEndpoint = new URL(“[https://api.zoom.us/v2/users/](https://api.zoom.us/v2/users/)” + “[abc@technotackle.com](mailto:abc@technotackle.com)” + “/token?type=token&access\_token=” + jwt); } catch (MalformedURLException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } HttpsURLConnection connection = null; try { connection = (HttpsURLConnection) zoomTokenEndpoint.openConnection(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } connection.setRequestProperty(“Content-Type”, " application/json"); try { if (connection.getResponseCode() == HttpURLConnection.HTTP\_OK) { InputStream responseBody = connection.getInputStream(); InputStreamReader responseBodyReader = new InputStreamReader(responseBody, “UTF-8”); BufferedReader streamReader = new BufferedReader(responseBodyReader); StringBuilder responseStrBuilder = new StringBuilder(); ``` //get JSON String String inputStr; while (true) { try { if (!((inputStr = streamReader.readLine()) != null)) break; responseStrBuilder.append(inputStr); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } connection.disconnect(); JSONObject jsonObject = null; try { jsonObject = new JSONObject(responseStrBuilder.toString()); String zak = jsonObject.getString("token"); Log.d("GetZAK", zak); } catch (JSONException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } else { Log.d("error in connection", "error"); } } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } ``` } ---
**Author:** ![venugopal.p](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/venugopal.p/32/19461_2.png) [@venugopal.p](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/venugopal.p)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 12:14pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/generate-api-access-token-using-sdk/25557/15 "2020-11-30T12:14:22Z")
what wrong did i made to generate the token @carson.zoom ---
**Author:** ![jon.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/jon.zoom/32/13495_2.png) [@jon.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/jon.zoom)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/generate-api-access-token-using-sdk/25557/16 "2020-11-30T18:52:43Z")
Hi @venugopal.p, thanks for the post. It seems that you are encountering an issue with the REST API, and not the Android SDK. For assistance with the API, please head over to #api-and-webhooks and one of my extremely knowledgeable colleagues will be happy to help. 🙂 Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![venugopal.p](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/venugopal.p/32/19461_2.png) [@venugopal.p](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/venugopal.p)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 3:42am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/generate-api-access-token-using-sdk/25557/17 "2020-12-01T03:42:17Z")
Thanks for the reply , issue is solved now but i have a doubt that after generating the ZAK , i am sending to the below method to start the meeting as non login user when i try to share the its saying only host can share how can i start the meeting as the host ? @jon.zoom public int startMeetingWithNumber(Context context, String meetingNo, String userId, String zak, String meeting\_password) { int ret = -1; MeetingService meetingService = mZoomSDK.getMeetingService(); if(meetingService == null) { return ret; } ``` StartMeetingOptions opts = ZoomMeetingUISettingHelper.getStartMeetingOptions(); StartMeetingParamsWithoutLogin params = new StartMeetingParamsWithoutLogin(); params.userId = userId; params.userType = MeetingService.USER_TYPE_API_USER; params.displayName = DISPLAY_NAME; params.zoomAccessToken = zak; params.meetingNo = meetingNo; //params ret = meetingService.startMeetingWithParams(context, params, opts); Log.i(TAG, "startMeetingWithNumber, ret=" + ret); return ret; } ``` ---
**Author:** ![jon.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/jon.zoom/32/13495_2.png) [@jon.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/jon.zoom)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/generate-api-access-token-using-sdk/25557/18 "2020-12-01T17:29:59Z")
Hi @venugopal.p, glad to hear you’ve generated the token successfully! Your code is correct for starting the meeting as host. If you are seeing issues, please ensure that you are using the ZAK associated with the host’s account. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![venugopal.p](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/venugopal.p/32/19461_2.png) [@venugopal.p](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/venugopal.p)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 5:33am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/generate-api-access-token-using-sdk/25557/19 "2020-12-02T05:33:19Z")
Thanks @jon.zoom , Now the issue is not able to start a different meetings at a same time using the ZAK associated host’s account. There are multiple staffs can create a meeting with the single host’s account. now only one can start the meeting with the ZAK associated with the host’s account , when others start the meeting by generating the new ZAK token with different EXPIRY TIME it redirects the person B to the previous meeting started by the person A . is there any solution regarding Create and start multiple meeting at a same time with the single host’s account . ---
**Author:** ![venugopal.p](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/venugopal.p/32/19461_2.png) [@venugopal.p](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/venugopal.p)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 6:02am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/generate-api-access-token-using-sdk/25557/20 "2020-12-02T06:02:22Z")
@jon.zoom using the same host login id can i start the meeting at concurrent time ? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/3X/3/3/339df6035440795c1cc0b65a4fa69238c891b3be.jpeg) Is there any option to hide the bottom info dialog ? [Next page](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/generate-api-access-token-using-sdk/25557.md?page=2)