Unable to create meeting for Basic users - error code 1115

[breynolds (Brian)]

We used to be able to make a meetingcreate API call to create a (limited) meeting for a Basic user. This changed in the first half of the year and we now get an error code 1115 “not a paid user” unless we change the user to a Licensed user. The error code and 400 http status from the response are not referenced in the API reference so is this intended and undocumented or is it a bug?

Create a Meeting - Meetings - Zoom API - API Reference

We are using a private JWT app if that is relevant.

Thank you,
Brian

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[breynolds (Brian)]

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[tommy (Tommy Gaessler)]

Hey @breynolds,

Please provide steps to reproduce the issue and your request body JSON so I can attempt to reproduce the error.

Thanks,
Tommy

[breynolds (Brian)]

Thank you for your response! I was mistaken – the issue is actually when you have a Basic user as an alternate host. It happens both on POST (create) and PATCH (update). Here is an example request and response. Let me know what you think.

Best,
Brian

{
"endpoint": "https://api.zoom.us/v2/meetings/95092095791",
"response_headers": [
"Set-Cookie: zm_aid=""; Domain=.zoom.us; Expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:10 GMT; Path=/; Secure; HttpOnly"
],
"date_time": "2020-08-13 08:16:08",
"method": "PATCH",
"request_body": "{"uuid":"HAdwiZh9TGqdpiCwLG/WkA==","id":"***********","host_id":"m2560B6MQj-BKgGiW7xzbA","topic":"MeetinghostedbyBrianReynolds","type":2,"start_time":"2020-08-12T12:50:00Z","duration":20,"timezone":"America/New_York","created_at":"2020-08-13T12:15:43Z","agenda":"","start_url":"https://zoom.us/s/95092095791?zak=eyJ6bV9za20iOiJ6bV9vMm0iLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJhdWQiOiJjbGllbnQiLCJ1aWQiOiJtMjU2MEI2TVFqLUJLZ0dpVzd4emJBIiwiaXNzIjoid2ViIiwic3R5IjoxLCJ3Y2QiOiJhdzEiLCJjbHQiOjAsInN0ayI6ImozU1puWVYxWWpCd3c4eGNwclRuTEh4VlVxcWpaeV9SR25vcm05OFJPVlUuRWdJQUFBRno1Ny0yNGdBQUhDQWdRM2xYT0VkdmNETTJaVWRJUm1FNU5WcEtjalJzVEhCMFUxcElRMWh5U2xRQURETkRRa0YxYjJsWlV6TnpQUU5oZHpFIiwiZXhwIjoxNTk3MzI4MTY3LCJpYXQiOjE1OTczMjA5NjcsImFpZCI6Ilc5X1FYS1gzVDBtUGl0T1RfdFE3c3ciLCJjaWQiOiIifQ.LR3boc4VDstM9bYj3XnI5EfqVi-AFh2MgAyfNuhBPv4","join_url":"https://zoom.us/j/95092095791?pwd=RWxla1FnWm1BUWwwVHJ0R05kNEZpdz09","password":"6N68JS","h23_password":null,"recurrence":null,"settings":{"host_video":false,"participant_video":false,"cn_meeting":false,"in_meeting":false,"join_before_host":false,"mute_upon_entry":false,"watermark":false,"use_pmi":false,"approval_type":2,"registration_type":0,"audio":"both","auto_recording":"none","enforce_login":false,"enforce_login_domains":"","alternative_hosts":"lW9hfWyGRJCnHqIwmjOoWA"},"occurrences":null,"invitation":{"invitation":"BrianReynoldsisinvitingyoutoascheduledZoommeeting.\r\n\r\nTopic:MeetinghostedbyBrianReynolds\r\nTime:Aug12,202008:50AMEasternTime(USandCanada)\r\n\r\nJoinZoomMeeting\r\nhttps://zoom.us/j/95092095791?pwd=RWxla1FnWm1BUWwwVHJ0R05kNEZpdz09\r\n\r\nMeetingID:95092095791\r\nPasscode:6N68JS\r\nOnetapmobile\r\n+***********,,***********#US(Chicago)\r\n+***********,,***********#US(NewYork)\r\n\r\nDialbyyourlocation\r\n+***********US(Chicago)\r\n+***********US(NewYork)\r\n+***********US(Germantown)\r\n+***********US(Houston)\r\n+***********US(SanJose)\r\n+***********US(Tacoma)\r\nMeetingID:95092095791\r\nFindyourlocalnumber:https://zoom.us/u/anBoL1zcl\r\n\r\n"}}",
"response": {
"code": 1115,
"message": "lW9hfWyGRJCnHqIwmjOoWA is not a paid user."
},
"request_headers": [
"authorization: ******",
"connection: close",
"content-type: application/json"
],
"request_params": [
],
"http_status": "400"
}

*This post has been edited to remove any meeting / webinar IDs

[tommy (Tommy Gaessler)]

Hey @breynolds,

Yeah to add an alternative host the user has to be paid. Prerequisites here:

Alternative host

Thanks,
Tommy

[breynolds (Brian)]

Perfect, thanks so much Tommy.

Best,
Brian

[tommy (Tommy Gaessler)]

You are welcome!

Thanks,
Tommy