# Understanding the start\_url expiry time

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/understanding-the-start-url-expiry-time/61797>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Created:** [December 22, 2021, 8:13pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/understanding-the-start-url-expiry-time/61797 "2021-12-22T20:13:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![waqqas.shafique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4bbf92/32.png) [@waqqas.shafique](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/waqqas.shafique)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 8:13pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/understanding-the-start-url-expiry-time/61797/1 "2021-12-22T20:13:03Z")

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**Description**  
The documentation says:

> A meeting’s `start_url` value is the URL a host or an alternative host can use to start a meeting. The expiration time for the `start_url` value is **two hours** for all regular users.

When does the 2 hour time start? From meeting creation? Or meeting start time?

How can I modify it to be longer?

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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:** [December 22, 2021, 11:46pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/understanding-the-start-url-expiry-time/61797/2 "2021-12-22T23:46:38Z")

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Hi @waqqas.shafique

Thanks for reaching out to the Zoom Developer Forum, I am happy to help here!

The “start\_url” will expire 2 hours after the creation of the meeting. If you want to get an updated value for the expired “start\_url” you can retrieve it by making a call to the [Get a Meeting API](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/meetings/meeting).

You can not modify it to make it longer but you can retrieve a new one by calling Get a Meeting API.

I hope that helps!  
Best,  
Elisa

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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:** [January 22, 2022, 9:47am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/understanding-the-start-url-expiry-time/61797/3 "2022-01-22T09:47:11Z")

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