In-Client Zoom App SDK Usage

Zoom Apps
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Hi,
I’m creating a Marketplace app that is relatively simple and static, and I don’t want to use any Zoom API in this app at all. Once the app is installed by the user, it will be loaded inside the Zoom in-client. The only thing I need is the meeting URL, which the Zoom App SDK can provide. My question is: do I still require an access token and refresh token to communicate with the in-client Zoom App SDK or would I be able to communicate with SDK once the user installs the app?

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@rahilessanihybird ,
Thank you for posting on the Zoom Developer Forum. When you mention communicating with the SDK, could you clarify what type of communication you mean? Generally, access tokens and refresh tokens are needed to access a Zoom user’s account data. You won’t be able to create meetings or request meeting URLs without first implementing authentication in your app.

But you will be able to call many of Zoom App SDK APIs and events Zoom exposes in its embedded browser.

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I do not need user info or any other thing I just want the meeting url in which my app is being used. So do I have to follow the whole authentication & authorization flow to get it from the SDK or zoom would automatically provide me that once I integrate the Zoom App SDK in my react app

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I’ve read the docs and created a zoom app but it requires me to add a redirect URL I don’t understand why that is necessary if I don’t want to get any user info from the zoom API like the only thing I want is that users can add my app in the zoom and I can get the current meeting URL that’s all.

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@rahilessanihybird ,
For users to add your app to their account, it needs to go through the verification flow. If you want users to add your app, you must supply redirect url. Otherwise, there will be no way to map the app to their accounts. This verification process is essential.

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Thanks got it.
So once I do that flow I can skip the whole “getting access token” part and just use the Zoom App SDK on my frontend to get the meeting url. Like zoom would automatically allows me to interact with the sdk once the authorization flow is completed.
Please correct me if I’m wrong.

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@rahilessanihybird ,

The Zoom App API’s Join URL API supports Host and Co-Host roles, but does not work in guest mode. Authentication is required for the feature to work. You can check out the reference here: