# Recording.completed event with only chat files

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/recording-completed-event-with-only-chat-files/17143>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Created:** [May 11, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/recording-completed-event-with-only-chat-files/17143 "2020-05-11T21:22:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![smurray](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/smurray/32/19830_2.png) [@smurray](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/smurray)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/recording-completed-event-with-only-chat-files/17143/1 "2020-05-11T21:22:19Z")

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**Description**  
We received a recording.completed event for a meeting with three separate recordings (start/stop, start/stop, start/stop). Though in the webhook for the first two recording periods, only a chat file was returned. How does a recording exist with only a chat file but no audio or video streams?

**Error**  
No audio/video stream for a recording webhook.

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

**Which Endpoint/s?**

> **[Recording Completed - Recording Events - Webhook Reference - API Reference](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/webhook-reference/recording-events/recording-completed)**
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> Recording Completed
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> All users with a Pro or a higher plan have access to Cloud Recordings. An account owner or account admin can enable Cloud Record...

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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 14, 2020, 10:01pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/recording-completed-event-with-only-chat-files/17143/2 "2020-05-14T22:01:10Z")

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Hi @smurray, this could occur if there was no audio or video data input into the meeting, say if all participants had their audio & video disabled.

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**Author:** ![zoom-test](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/zoom-test/32/2531_2.png) [@zoom-test](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/zoom-test)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/recording-completed-event-with-only-chat-files/17143/3 "2020-05-20T22:28:11Z")

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Hi @michael.zoom,

What about a recording that only has a transcript file and nothing else?

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**Author:** ![tommy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/tommy/32/72769_2.png) [@tommy](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/tommy)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/recording-completed-event-with-only-chat-files/17143/4 "2020-05-26T20:49:21Z")

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Hey @zoom-test,

You would still get the transcript file.

Thanks,  
Tommy

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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, 9:32pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/recording-completed-event-with-only-chat-files/17143/5 "2020-08-21T21:32:05Z")

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Closed on August 21, 2020, 9:32pm UTC