# Meetings are being created without password

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meetings-are-being-created-without-password/19116>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Created:** [May 26, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meetings-are-being-created-without-password/19116 "2020-05-26T15:28:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![stephane.lux](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/stephane.lux/32/3660_2.png) [@stephane.lux](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/stephane.lux)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meetings-are-being-created-without-password/19116/1 "2020-05-26T15:28:19Z")

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**Description**  
Although I have enabled the setting **Require a password when scheduling new meetings** for the Host, the meeting created with by the Endpoint `users/{$userId}/meetings` has no password.

**Which App Type (OAuth / Chatbot / JWT / Webhook)?**  
JWT

**Which Endpoint/s?**  
users/{$userId}/meetings

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**Author:** ![michael.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/michael.zoom/32/37213_2.png) [@michael.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/michael.zoom)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meetings-are-being-created-without-password/19116/2 "2020-05-29T02:42:55Z")

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Hi @stephane.lux, this is due to the account setting not being set to Locked. When the API receives a new meeting being created without a password, it interprets this setting being overwritten. Sorry for any confusion here. You can set a password in the API request.

Reference the following post for more info:

> [@Created type 2 meetings don't return password](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/created-type-2-meetings-dont-return-password/18211/5):
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> Hey @InfoAdam, I just tested and the [Create Meeting API](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/meetings/meetingcreate) returned a password without me setting one in the request body. Here is my Account Level password settings (I am not using [PMI](https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/203276937-Using-Personal-Meeting-ID-PMI-) for scheduled meetings): Request body: { "topic": "Test without setting password in api call with account level settings locked", "type": "2", "start\_time": "2020-06-08T10:00:00", "duration": "30" } Response body: { "uuid": "[redacted]", "id": 123456789, "ho…

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**Author:** ![stephane.lux](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/stephane.lux/32/3660_2.png) [@stephane.lux](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/stephane.lux)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 7:04am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meetings-are-being-created-without-password/19116/3 "2020-05-29T07:04:50Z")

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@michael.zoom Thanks. I didn’t know that, the setting has to be locked.

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**Author:** ![michael.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/michael.zoom/32/37213_2.png) [@michael.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/michael.zoom)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 7:10am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meetings-are-being-created-without-password/19116/4 "2020-05-29T07:10:54Z")

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@stephane.lux again, please pardon the confusion. We’ll update our documentation to be more specific. Let us know if you have any questions!

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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, 9:36pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meetings-are-being-created-without-password/19116/5 "2020-08-21T21:36:51Z")

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Closed on August 21, 2020, 9:36pm UTC