# How identify user in a web-hook only application

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/how-identify-user-in-a-web-hook-only-application/33380>\
**Category:** App Marketplace\
**Created:** [October 15, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/how-identify-user-in-a-web-hook-only-application/33380 "2020-10-15T18:24:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![onemob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@onemob](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/onemob)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/how-identify-user-in-a-web-hook-only-application/33380/1 "2020-10-15T18:24:29Z")

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How do I identify the user in the event from deauthorization for webhook only applications?

We have an application that is webhook only and we want to implement deauthorization but it seems that it doesn’t have the user’s email, so we can’t identify them.

We also don’t have OAUTH flow, so we actually don’t have a way to identify the user…  
Also couldn’t test it because Deauthorization callback doesn’t work for development.

So, Im kinda hanging here… can anybody help?

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**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:** [October 19, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/how-identify-user-in-a-web-hook-only-application/33380/2 "2020-10-19T01:45:29Z")

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Hey @onemob,

A Webhook only app cannot be shared outside the Zoom account that enabled the webhook only app.

It also works differently than OAuth, it is not installed or uninstalled by a user, but activated / deactivated by the user on your Zoom account who created it. You can read more about Webhook only apps here:

> **[Webhook-only - Build an App - Documentation](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/guides/build/webhook-only-app)**
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> Create a Webhook-only App
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> Webhook-only apps allow you to receive near real-time information about specific events that occur in your Zoom account. The ...

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Thanks,  
Tommy

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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:** [November 18, 2020, 11:45am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/how-identify-user-in-a-web-hook-only-application/33380/3 "2020-11-18T11:45:50Z")

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