# "List Ended Meeting Instances" API always returns empty

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/list-ended-meeting-instances-api-always-returns-empty/6513>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Created:** [November 5, 2019, 10:04am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/list-ended-meeting-instances-api-always-returns-empty/6513 "2019-11-05T10:04:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![tfarmer.2u](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/tfarmer.2u/32/2873_2.png) [@tfarmer.2u](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/tfarmer.2u)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 10:04am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/list-ended-meeting-instances-api-always-returns-empty/6513/1 "2019-11-05T10:04:07Z")

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**Description/Error**  
The “List Ended Meeting Instances” API always returns empty for us.

I’m sure there are multiple meeting instance uuids since the webhook events show as such.  
I also tried [https://api.zoom.us/v2/past\_meetings/165655697](https://api.zoom.us/v2/past_meetings/165655697)  
and this does work, but only returns the most recent meeting uuid associated to `165655697`. I need the full list.

**Which Endpoint/s?**  
[List Ended Meeting Instances](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/meetings/pastmeetings): [https://api.zoom.us/v2/past\_meetings/165655697](https://api.zoom.us/v2/past_meetings/165655697)

**How To Reproduce (If applicable)**  
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. We create this meeting on our QA sub-account, and the API responds with the new meeting info. Let’s say the `id` is `165655697` and the `uuid` is `og9FrYRvSiGrqan27JLVkg==`.
2. The meeting host begins and ends the meeting a few times while creating recordings for each instance.
3. We successfully receive the `recording.completed` webhook events that we subscribe to.
4. We then need to get a list of all `uuids` associated to this meeting id `165655697`. We make a GET request to [https://api.zoom.us/v2/past\_meetings/165655697/instances](https://api.zoom.us/v2/past_meetings/165655697/instances)  
and it returns an empty list.

**Additional context**

```auto
irb(main):314:0> params = [url, nil, request_header].compact
=> ["https://api.zoom.us/v2/past_meetings/165655697/instances", {:authorization=>"Bearer xxxxxx", :content_type=>:json}]
irb(main):315:0> response = RestClient.send(:get, *params)
=> <RestClient::Response 200 "{\"meetings\"...">
irb(main):316:0> response.to_json
=> "\"{\\\"meetings\\\":[]}\""

```

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**Author:** ![michael\_p.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/michael_p.zoom/32/18105_2.png) [@michael\_p.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/michael_p.zoom)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/list-ended-meeting-instances-api-always-returns-empty/6513/2 "2019-11-05T17:33:24Z")

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Hi @tfarmer.2u,

How many attendees joined the meeting? Usually with our past meeting APIs you’ll have at least two or more attendees for the meetings to show.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![tfarmer.2u](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/tfarmer.2u/32/2873_2.png) [@tfarmer.2u](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/tfarmer.2u)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 12:15am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/list-ended-meeting-instances-api-always-returns-empty/6513/3 "2019-11-06T00:15:13Z")

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That I did not know. Thank you.

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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:** [November 6, 2019, 12:25am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/list-ended-meeting-instances-api-always-returns-empty/6513/4 "2019-11-06T00:25:04Z")

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Hey @tfarmer.2u,

Try with more attendees like Michael said and let us know if you see the populated list! 🙂

Thanks,  
Tommy

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**Author:** ![DeveloperBot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/developerbot/32/12632_2.png) [@DeveloperBot](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/DeveloperBot)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/list-ended-meeting-instances-api-always-returns-empty/6513/5 "2020-08-21T19:02:38Z")

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Closed on August 21, 2020, 7:02pm UTC