# "in\_room\_participants" feild **URL:** \ **Category:** API and Webhooks\ **Created:** [June 11, 2023, 12:29pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/in-room-participants-feild/89958 "2023-06-11T12:29:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![milhemm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@milhemm](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/milhemm)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 12:29pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/in-room-participants-feild/89958/1 "2023-06-11T12:29:35Z")
Zoom API unexpected result from endpoint “/metrics/meetings/{meetingId}” “in\_room\_participants” response feild that i get from calling “/metrics/meetings/{meetingId}” always returns zero for active and past meetings , if this is the actual value how can i get the number of distinct participants from zoom API ? ---
**Author:** ![elisa.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elisa.zoom/32/47836_2.png) [@elisa.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elisa.zoom)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/in-room-participants-feild/89958/2 "2023-06-12T14:24:27Z")
Hi @milhemm Thanks for reaching out to the Zoom Developer Forum and welcome to our community! It looks like the field in\_room\_participants its the number of participants joining via a Zoom Room, so if none of the participants joining your meeting is using a Zoom Room, it is expected that the number you get is 0 To know the actual number of participants in the meeting, you should be looking at the participants field ![Screenshot 2023-06-12 at 10.22.21 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/3X/f/2/f215184dfae6cda78416e3edde3d961e067f3b20.png) Hope this helps, Elisa ---
**Author:** ![milhemm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@milhemm](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/milhemm)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 8:01am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/in-room-participants-feild/89958/3 "2023-06-13T08:01:31Z")
Hi @elisa.zoom , thanks for your reply , actually I noted value returned in “participancts” field is greater than the number of attendees in the meeting , it looks like a participant is being counted more than one if he left and join again with the same account , kindly your support to find the distinct count of participants , regards, ---
**Author:** ![elisa.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elisa.zoom/32/47836_2.png) [@elisa.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elisa.zoom)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/in-room-participants-feild/89958/4 "2023-06-14T14:04:11Z")
Hi @milhemm What you see it’s expected, it will count double for participants who leave the meeting and join again. ---
**Author:** ![milhemm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@milhemm](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/milhemm)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 6:27am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/in-room-participants-feild/89958/5 "2023-06-15T06:27:36Z")
Hi @elisa.zoom So , Is not there endpoint for get number of distinct participants for each meeting for a dashboard , if not any suggestions or workaround … regards ---
**Author:** ![elisa.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elisa.zoom/32/47836_2.png) [@elisa.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elisa.zoom)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/in-room-participants-feild/89958/6 "2023-06-15T13:18:23Z")
Hi @milhemm Have you looked into the reports endpoint? > **[Zoom Meeting API](https://developers.zoom.us/docs/api/rest/reference/zoom-api/methods/#operation/reportMeetingDetails)** > > API Reference for /docs/api/rest/reference/zoom-api/methods ---
**Author:** ![milhemm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@milhemm](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/milhemm)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 6:26am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/in-room-participants-feild/89958/7 "2023-07-23T06:26:34Z")
@elisa.zoom thanks for this but again it is not accepting passing a live meeting it handle only past ones then I need API to get live & past participants count … ---
**Author:** ![elisa.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elisa.zoom/32/47836_2.png) [@elisa.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elisa.zoom)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 2:05pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/in-room-participants-feild/89958/8 "2023-07-24T14:05:08Z")
Hi @milhemm Ah I see, I got my endpoint mixed up! sorry about that. Take a look at our Dashboard endpoint, you can pass live or past meetings there! > **[Zoom Meeting API](https://developers.zoom.us/docs/api/rest/reference/zoom-api/methods/#operation/dashboardMeetingDetail)** > > API Reference for /docs/api/rest/reference/zoom-api/methods ---
**Author:** ![milhemm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@milhemm](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/milhemm)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 6:44am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/in-room-participants-feild/89958/9 "2023-07-25T06:44:23Z")
thanks @elisa.zoom but now I think I got weird cenario i am calling **“metrics/meetings”** twice one time passing LIVE for type and then PAST , i am getting one of the meeting Id in the two calls , can meeting be live and past in the same time? ---
**Author:** ![elisa.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elisa.zoom/32/47836_2.png) [@elisa.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elisa.zoom)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/in-room-participants-feild/89958/10 "2023-07-25T13:39:28Z")
Interesting, let me do some testing on my end and will update you with my findings ---
**Author:** ![elisa.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elisa.zoom/32/47836_2.png) [@elisa.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elisa.zoom)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/in-room-participants-feild/89958/11 "2023-07-26T15:31:13Z")
Hi @milhemm I was able to replicate this scenario on my end. Let me ask around if this is the expected behavior and will come back to you with an update ---
**Author:** ![milhemm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@milhemm](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/milhemm)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 8:49am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/in-room-participants-feild/89958/12 "2023-08-20T08:49:26Z")
Hello @elisa.zoom could you update me please, regards, ---
**Author:** ![elisa.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elisa.zoom/32/47836_2.png) [@elisa.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elisa.zoom)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/in-room-participants-feild/89958/14 "2023-08-21T14:58:17Z")
Hi @milhemm you can call the same endpoint with the same meeting ID and you will get a different uuid for the response ---
**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:** [August 24, 2024, 6:35am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/in-room-participants-feild/89958/15 "2024-08-24T06:35:04Z")
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