# Getting 500 Error - User Creation

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/getting-500-error-user-creation/48689>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Created:** [April 23, 2021, 7:11am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/getting-500-error-user-creation/48689 "2021-04-23T07:11:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![ksarkar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/ksarkar/32/19636_2.png) [@ksarkar](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/ksarkar)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 7:11am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/getting-500-error-user-creation/48689/1 "2021-04-23T07:11:10Z")

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Hi There,

I am trying to create new meeting through Postman. Here is the call details:

POST {{baseUrl}}/users//meetings

**Body:**  
{  
“topic”: “Daily Session of 2021-04/SKG/002/B1100”,  
“type”: “8”,   
“start\_time”: “2021-04-19T17:00:00Z”,  
“duration”: “75”,  
“schedule\_for”: “Daily Class”,  
“timezone”: " Asia/Kolkata",  
“password”: “string”,  
“agenda”: " Daily Class",  
“recurrence”: {  
“type”: “1”,  
“repeat\_interval”: “90”,  
},  
“settings”: {  
“host\_video”: “false”,  
“participant\_video”: “false”,  
“cn\_meeting”: “false”,  
“in\_meeting”: “true”,  
“join\_before\_host”: “false”,  
“mute\_upon\_entry”: “true”,  
“watermark”: “false”,  
“use\_pmi”: “false”,  
“approval\_type”: “false”,  
“registration\_type”: “1”,  
“audio”: “cloud”,  
“auto\_recording”: “both”,  
“enforce\_login”: “false”  
}

**Getting following error**

```
<title>Error - Zoom</title>

```

500 Internal Server Error - A generic error message, given when no more specific message is suitable.

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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:** [April 24, 2021, 12:49am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/getting-500-error-user-creation/48689/2 "2021-04-24T00:49:36Z")

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Hey @ksarkar,

Thank you for reaching out to the Zoom Developer Forum. Please make sure that you are using a `Content-Type` of `application/json` and that you are sending the POST data as a raw JSON body.

Let me know if that helps.

Thanks,  
Max

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/3X/6/1/614bdd549b610bbaa46ff934617683a02bdaa03c.png) [@system](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 10:50am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/getting-500-error-user-creation/48689/3 "2021-05-24T10:50:03Z")

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