We are using the REST API to create a Zoom meeting and then having users join the meeting using the join URL that is passed back after creating the meeting. For some reason everyone who joins the meeting is given the name of the host. So if the name attached to the userID used to create the meeting …

This happened to me in a meeting today. Everyone came into the meeting under my name. Any idea why or how to avoid this in the future?

Hey @klosadubois , Did they all use your start_url or unique join_url if using registration? Thanks, Tommy

This happened to me today. Several users all joined the meeting and were assigned the same name. I’m not sure which link they used to log in/join the meeting. It sounds like that would make a difference? How can we avoid this in the future?

Hey @labell , Please reach out to support.zoom.us with the meeting number so the support team can investigate. Thanks, Tommy

@orangecounty We found that in the meeting information which is returned by the API, there are two links. One is “zoomStartUrl” and the other is “zoomJoinUrl.” Using “zoomStartUrl” starts the meeting, but it also logs you in as the owner of the meeting, giving you the name of the meeting owner. Usi…

The same occurs with my meetings. But i use the participants(registrants) join_url(individual URLs), and all enters with the host name.

Hey @torshdev , Thanks for providing your solution, that is correct. :slight_smile: -Tommy

Hey @fabiowoj , @orangecounty , Please provide exact steps to reproduce this issue so I can debug. Thanks, Tommy

Meeting Participants all given the same name (Host's name)

API and Webhooks

orangecounty (Orange County) June 4, 2020, 8:33pm 27

This happened to me right now. There are so many people under my name. What should I do?

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Meeting Participants all given the same name (Host's name)

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