# Start Meeting without host start?

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/start-meeting-without-host-start/6115>\
**Category:** Web\
**Created:** [October 2, 2019, 3:42am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/start-meeting-without-host-start/6115 "2019-10-02T03:42:26Z")\
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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:** [October 2, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/start-meeting-without-host-start/6115/2 "2019-10-02T15:59:31Z")

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Hey @arunkumar,

You can start the meeting via the Web SDK by setting the `role` to `1` in the `meetConfig` object. This allows a user to join the meeting as a host which starts the meeting.

> [@Meeting not started!](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meeting-not-started/5040/5):
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> Hey @danish, happy to help! You can [start a meeting with the Web SDK](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/sdk/native-sdks/Web-Client-SDK/getting-started/join-a-meeting#set-your-meeting-config-object). To start a meeting with the [sample web app](https://github.com/zoom/sample-app-web) follow these steps, $ git clone https://github.com/zoom/sample-app-web.git $ cd sample-app-web/CDN $ npm install $ npm run start Enter your API\_Key and API\_Secret in the js/index.js file. Change the role on the meetConfig object to 1 to start a meeting as a host. Refresh your browser, and enter your meeting ID in the meeting number input and click the blue Join button. This w…

Let me know if this helps! 🙂

Thanks,  
Tommy

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