# Message the Hoat

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/message-the-hoat/87370>\
**Category:** Web\
**Created:** [April 25, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/message-the-hoat/87370 "2023-04-25T19:10:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![axel.ojeda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/41988e/32.png) [@axel.ojeda](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/axel.ojeda)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/message-the-hoat/87370/1 "2023-04-25T19:10:57Z")

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Is there a way to DM or ping the Host if a participant is in a waiting room?

context: my implementation is a web Meeting that is used primarily to give tech support through video calls,  
but if the meeting hasn’t started the host doesn’t know if someone entered the call. we could keep the mmeting going on for several hours in that case the host will recieve a ping asking to allow a participant in, but that’s because the host is on the meeting

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**Author:** ![donte.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/donte.zoom/32/24412_2.png) [@donte.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/donte.zoom)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 11:23pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/message-the-hoat/87370/2 "2023-04-25T23:23:25Z")

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@axel.ojeda ,

Yes, it is possible to send in-meeting messages with Web SDK. In component and client you can send private chat messages to meeting participants with the following methods:

## In the Web Meeting SDK Component View, a developer can send chat:

> **[EmbeddedClient | Zoom Meeting SDK for Web - Component View](https://marketplacefront.zoom.us/sdk/meeting/web/components/modules/EmbeddedClient.html#sendChat)**
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> Documentation for Zoom Meeting SDK for Web - Component View

## In the Web Meeting SDK Client View, a developer can send chat:

> **[EmbeddedClient | Zoom Meeting SDK for Web - Component View](https://marketplacefront.zoom.us/sdk/meeting/web/components/modules/EmbeddedClient.html#sendChat)**
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> Documentation for Zoom Meeting SDK for Web - Component View

Alternatively, you can listen for Webhooks and implement your own method of notifying the host if a participant is in a waiting room:

# Using webhooks

[https://developers.zoom.us/docs/api/rest/webhook-reference/](https://developers.zoom.us/docs/api/rest/webhook-reference/)

# Using WebSockets

[https://developers.zoom.us/docs/api/rest/websockets/](https://developers.zoom.us/docs/api/rest/websockets/)

# Create a Webhook-only app

[https://developers.zoom.us/docs/api/rest/webhook-only-app/](https://developers.zoom.us/docs/api/rest/webhook-only-app/)

## POST meeting.started

> **[Zoom API Events - Meeting](https://developers.zoom.us/docs/api/rest/reference/zoom-api/events/#operation/meeting.started)**
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> API Reference for /docs/api/rest/reference/zoom-api/events

## POST meeting.participant\_joined\_waiting\_room

> **[Zoom API Events - Meeting](https://developers.zoom.us/docs/api/rest/reference/zoom-api/events/#operation/meeting.participant_joined_waiting_room)**
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> API Reference for /docs/api/rest/reference/zoom-api/events

## POST meeting.chat\_message\_sent

> **[Zoom API Events - Meeting](https://developers.zoom.us/docs/api/rest/reference/zoom-api/events/#operation/meeting.chat_message_sent)**
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> API Reference for /docs/api/rest/reference/zoom-api/events

Let us know if this helps or if you have any questions.

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**Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 9:24am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/message-the-hoat/87370/3 "2023-05-26T09:24:24Z")

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