# Using PMI for Instant Meeting

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/using-pmi-for-instant-meeting/19165>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Created:** [May 26, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/using-pmi-for-instant-meeting/19165 "2020-05-26T21:16:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![conniem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@conniem](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/conniem)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/using-pmi-for-instant-meeting/19165/1 "2020-05-26T21:16:49Z")

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**Description**  
For user with the use pmi option set to true, this option is suppose to use pmi for instant meetings, when creating an instant meet through API it is creating a total different meeting id. This happens even when passing the use pmi option during the creation of the meeting via the api.

**Error**  
New meeting ids being created for instant meetings create via the create meeting api

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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 29, 2020, 4:53am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/using-pmi-for-instant-meeting/19165/2 "2020-05-29T04:53:23Z")

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Hi @conniem thanks for posting & using Zoom!

This could occur if the user’s setting is not set to “Locked”. When the API receives a request without a password and the account/user setting is not locked, it interprets this as creating a meeting without a password.

**NOTE** : In the future, [passwords will be enforced on for all accounts](https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360042647952-May-2020-Updated-password-and-security-settings), so if you do not set a password when calling the create meeting API, it will always generate and return one for you.

Reference this post from @tommy for further tested details:

> [@Created type 2 meetings don't return password](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/created-type-2-meetings-dont-return-password/18211/5):
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> Hey @InfoAdam, I just tested and the [Create Meeting API](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/meetings/meetingcreate) returned a password without me setting one in the request body. Here is my Account Level password settings (I am not using [PMI](https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/203276937-Using-Personal-Meeting-ID-PMI-) for scheduled meetings): Request body: { "topic": "Test without setting password in api call with account level settings locked", "type": "2", "start\_time": "2020-06-08T10:00:00", "duration": "30" } Response body: { "uuid": "[redacted]", "id": 123456789, "ho…

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**Author:** ![conniem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@conniem](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/conniem)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/using-pmi-for-instant-meeting/19165/4 "2020-05-29T21:29:00Z")

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![chrome_jOrPBoZljS_LI](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/2X/f/fc9740f29b609c2082cf5d83314235e03887df4c.jpeg)

I guess I asked the wrong question. Is it possible to set the circled part of the posted image using the APIs?

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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:** [June 4, 2020, 5:47am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/using-pmi-for-instant-meeting/19165/5 "2020-06-04T05:47:55Z")

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Hey @conniem,

Yes you can! Use the [Update User endpoint](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/users/userupdate):

 ![Screen Shot 2020-06-03 at 11.47.44 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/2X/d/d7ab15ef9ee11c22fd8fc5e9e5e300ac72726b8d.png)

Thanks,  
Tommy