# Session ID Retrieval Issue for Attendees

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/session-id-retrieval-issue-for-attendees/93204>\
**Category:** React Native\
**Created:** [August 10, 2023, 7:35am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/session-id-retrieval-issue-for-attendees/93204 "2023-08-10T07:35:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![thanh.huynh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@thanh.huynh](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/thanh.huynh)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 7:35am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/session-id-retrieval-issue-for-attendees/93204/1 "2023-08-10T07:35:59Z")

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Hello,

My app can’t retrieve the session ID as an attendee. However, the host can successfully obtain the session ID. Steps to reproduce:

- Join a session as an attendee
- In the onSessionJoin event, call await zoom.session.getSessionID() to obtain the session ID
- The function returns empty string
- Join a session as a host
- In the onSessionJoin event, call await zoom.session.getSessionID() to obtain the session ID
- The function returns the session ID

Video React Native SDK: 1.7.5  
Device: Android 10

Please address this issue.  
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:** [August 24, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/session-id-retrieval-issue-for-attendees/93204/2 "2023-08-24T21:34:58Z")

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Hi @thanh.huynh  
Thanks for reaching out to us and sorry for the late reply here.  
Have you been able to troubleshoot this on your end?  
I believe this is expected, only the host/owner of the meeting will be able to return the session ID

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/3X/6/1/614bdd549b610bbaa46ff934617683a02bdaa03c.png) [@system](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2023, 7:36am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/session-id-retrieval-issue-for-attendees/93204/3 "2023-09-09T07:36:28Z")

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