# Making direct calls to contacts by using REST API

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/making-direct-calls-to-contacts-by-using-rest-api/98454>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Created:** [November 16, 2023, 1:44am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/making-direct-calls-to-contacts-by-using-rest-api/98454 "2023-11-16T01:44:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![sugioka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@sugioka](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/sugioka)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2023, 1:44am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/making-direct-calls-to-contacts-by-using-rest-api/98454/1 "2023-11-16T01:44:33Z")

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I’d like to realize the function making direct call to contacts like the following topic by using the REST API.  
As of this topic, a REST API had not yet been implemented to accomplish this.  
How is this going?

> [@Making direct calls to contacts](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/making-direct-calls-to-contacts/54299):
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> The Zoom desktop app has a feature where you can view your contacts and there’s an option to “Meet with Video”. As far as I can tell, this feature starts your personal meeting room and then sends a notification to your contact that allows them to join the meeting via a popup dialog in the Zoom app. I want to replicate this feature in a custom Android app. The Zoom SDK for Android does not allow you to browse your contacts. I can solve this by using the REST API to get and display the contacts. …

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**Author:** ![chunsiong.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/chunsiong.zoom/32/35488_2.png) [@chunsiong.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/chunsiong.zoom)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2023, 5:06am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/making-direct-calls-to-contacts-by-using-rest-api/98454/2 "2023-11-17T05:06:51Z")

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@sugioka ,

Making a direct call to contacts is currently not support.

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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, 2023, 5:07am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/making-direct-calls-to-contacts-by-using-rest-api/98454/3 "2023-11-18T05:07:20Z")

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Closed on November 18, 2023, 5:07am UTC

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