# Not getting summary\_content back

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/not-getting-summary-content-back/133254>\
**Category:** Meetings\
**Created:** [May 27, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/not-getting-summary-content-back/133254 "2025-05-27T19:09:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Johann1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/858c86/32.png) [@Johann1](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/Johann1)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/not-getting-summary-content-back/133254/1 "2025-05-27T19:09:50Z")

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API in question:

get /meetings/{meetingId}/meeting\_summary API

Description:

summary\_content is not being returned. I’ve worked through a support ticket on this and established that the right scopes are in place. What could be the issue?

Request:

const meetingData = axios.get(  
`https://api.zoom.us/v2/meetings/${encodedUUID}/meeting_summary`,  
{  
headers: {  
‘Authorization’: `Bearer ${token}`  
}  
}  
);

Return Object (sanitized for security reasons):

[0] pastSummary [  
[0] {  
[0] meeting\_host\_id: ‘’,  
[0] meeting\_host\_email: ‘’,  
[0] meeting\_uuid: ‘’,  
[0] meeting\_id:,  
[0] meeting\_topic: ‘Introductory Chat’,  
[0] meeting\_start\_time: ‘2025-05-23T17:30:20Z’,  
[0] meeting\_end\_time: ‘2025-05-23T17:31:32Z’,  
[0] summary\_created\_time: ‘2025-05-23T17:31:11Z’,  
[0] summary\_last\_modified\_time: ‘2025-05-23T17:32:34Z’,  
[0] summary\_title: ‘Meeting Summary for Introductory Chat’  
[0] }  
[0] ]

Would love some help on why I am not getting the summary back? Thank you!

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**Author:** ![elisa.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elisa.zoom/32/47836_2.png) [@elisa.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elisa.zoom)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 2:16pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/not-getting-summary-content-back/133254/2 "2025-05-28T14:16:17Z")

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Hi @Johann1  
Thanks for reaching out to us!  
Can you confirm that you are starting the meeting with AI companion on and that you meet all the prerequisites to access this endpoint?

 ![Screenshot 2025-05-28 at 10.17.00 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/3X/a/5/a58aef00963ad855c91c764d6aca43bb989869d1.png)

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**Author:** ![Johann1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/858c86/32.png) [@Johann1](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/Johann1)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/not-getting-summary-content-back/133254/3 "2025-05-28T19:59:20Z")

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Hi Elisa,

- I have a Business License.
- Meeting summary with AI Companion is on, but I added this setting too: "  
Turn on meeting summary automatically when meetings start"
- Allow use of end-to-end encryption is off
- All of the scopes are active as well.

Also, the meeting i was testing this with has a summary listed in the recordings dashboard so I would assume it just needs to be accessed from the API with the right settings.

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![Johann1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/858c86/32.png) [@Johann1](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/Johann1)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/not-getting-summary-content-back/133254/4 "2025-05-28T20:01:47Z")

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The meeting is being created with another API call and has the following settings:

settings: {  
participant\_video: true,  
waiting\_room: false,  
auto\_recording: ‘cloud’,  
join\_before\_host: true,  
use\_pmi: false  
},

Does it need to have a AI companion setting listed just to be safe?

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**Author:** ![elisa.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elisa.zoom/32/47836_2.png) [@elisa.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elisa.zoom)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/not-getting-summary-content-back/133254/5 "2025-05-29T15:27:11Z")

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Thanks for sharing more details @Johann1  
I will send you a DM with some followup questions

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**Author:** ![elisa.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elisa.zoom/32/47836_2.png) [@elisa.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elisa.zoom)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/not-getting-summary-content-back/133254/9 "2025-06-16T14:44:04Z")

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To update this thread, this was an issue with the account settings. Make sure to have AI companion enabled in the meeting to get the summary\_content back in the response body.

UPDATE:  
The fix was actually adding this in the request object of the API call under Settings, not the account settings:

```auto
                auto_start_meeting_summary: true,

```

Hope it helps!