# Making direct calls to contacts **URL:** \ **Category:** API and Webhooks\ **Created:** [July 16, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/making-direct-calls-to-contacts/54299 "2021-07-16T17:06:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vuzix\_greg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/vuzix_greg/32/45663_2.png) [@vuzix\_greg](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/vuzix_greg)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/making-direct-calls-to-contacts/54299/1 "2021-07-16T17:06:37Z")
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. Once a user chooses a contact, I can launch the user’s personal meeting room. The only missing piece is how to notify the chosen contact that they are being called and should join the meeting room. I was hoping to also use the REST API for this. I found this post from a couple years ago: > [@Push notification (mobile / desktop) for calling - invite a user](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/push-notification-mobile-desktop-for-calling-invite-a-user/6737): > > How can I trigger a push notification to a user so that he joins a meeting? Similarly as done when clicking a contact video call, which triggers the below attached notification on mobile + popup on desktop. This seems related to some invites API which is not available? A bit more details on the problem: I’m creating a new meeting for my host, and would like to signal him to join by inviting him to the 1:1 meeting. In the Zoom app, I can see there’s an option for a direct video call with a co… The solution says there are no APIs to make this happen. I was wondering if anything has changed and if such an API is either available now or is coming soon? I could fall back to sending a chat message with a link to the meeting, but I like the way the desktop app pops this right up on your screen with accept and decline buttons. ---
**Author:** ![gianni.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/gianni.zoom/32/32523_2.png) [@gianni.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/gianni.zoom)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 6:26pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/making-direct-calls-to-contacts/54299/2 "2021-07-16T18:26:26Z")
Hi @vuzix_greg , Great suggestion and this could help meet your needs best given there have been no updates on Zoom’s end re: this type of implementation. If you’d like to see this supported in future versions, please consider submitting a #feature-requests. Thank you, Gianni ---
**Author:** ![vuzix\_greg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/vuzix_greg/32/45663_2.png) [@vuzix\_greg](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/vuzix_greg)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/making-direct-calls-to-contacts/54299/3 "2021-07-16T19:31:40Z")
Thanks @gianni.zoom, I just submitted a feature request. ---
**Author:** ![MaxM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/maxm/32/42303_2.png) [@MaxM](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/MaxM)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/making-direct-calls-to-contacts/54299/4 "2021-07-16T21:03:28Z")
Hey @vuzix_greg, Thank you for submitting a feature request! Our engineering team will review it and consider implementing it. Thanks, Max ---
**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 16, 2021, 7:03am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/making-direct-calls-to-contacts/54299/5 "2021-08-16T07:03:28Z")
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