# Webinar API Access After License Removed **URL:** \ **Category:** API and Webhooks\ **Created:** [February 8, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/webinar-api-access-after-license-removed/42813 "2021-02-08T15:27:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mark.santoski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@mark.santoski](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/mark.santoski)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/webinar-api-access-after-license-removed/42813/1 "2021-02-08T15:27:19Z")
**Description** Hello! I asked in an earlier post if an user would still be able to utilize the Webinar API endpoints after the webinar license has been removed. @MaxM confirmed that this would be the case ([Webinar API Access - Account vs License - #4 by MaxM](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/webinar-api-access-account-vs-license/38203/4)). I just attempted to access the Webinar endpoints after hosting webinars and then having the license removed and that does not seem to be the case. Am I missing something? **Error** { “code”: 200, “message”: “Webinar plan is missing. You must subscribe to the webinar plan and enable webinar for this user: XXXX in order to perform this action.” } **Which App Type (OAuth / Chatbot / JWT / Webhook)?** Knowing the endpoint/s can help us to identify your issue faster. Please link the ones you need help/have a question with. **Which Endpoint/s?** List Webinars: [https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/webinars/webinars](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/webinars/webinars) ---
**Author:** ![MaxM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/maxm/32/42303_2.png) [@MaxM](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/MaxM)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/webinar-api-access-after-license-removed/42813/2 "2021-02-09T18:18:53Z")
Hey @mark.santoski, Thank you for reaching out to the Zoom Developer Forum. Looking at our old post, it looks like I may have been a little unclear: > [@Webinar API Access - Account vs License](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/webinar-api-access-account-vs-license/38203/2): > > > Does the webinar license need to be applied to an account at the time of OAuth access to the webinar API endpoints in order to retrieve past webinar information? > > Yes, a webinar license will be applied to the user and this can be done only once you have OAuth access to authenticate the request. What I meant there is that a webinar license will need to be applied to the user before calling the Webinar API endpoints. > [@Webinar API Access - Account vs License](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/webinar-api-access-account-vs-license/38203/4): > > If a user hosted a Webinar in the past, that will be reflected in the API as the host even if they don’t currently have a Webinar license. While this is true, you will need to make this call with a user that still has a Webinar license. In response to that API call, a user that previously had a webinar license will still be shown as the host. I hope that clears things up! Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Max ---
**Author:** ![jeffatpresence](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/jeffatpresence/32/10256_2.png) [@jeffatpresence](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/jeffatpresence)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/webinar-api-access-after-license-removed/42813/3 "2021-03-08T16:09:13Z")
I have a follow up question for you Max. I’m running into the same issue with my OAuth app. I’m trying to get webinar details for a given webinar Id and I’m getting the same code 200 response. It’s a webinar from last month and the account is external to mine because it’s an integration for a customer, so I can’t apply a webinar license for someone else. Shouldn’t I be able to get the webinar details? They had webinar access at the time and I assumed that I could still retrieve past data. ---
**Author:** ![MaxM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/maxm/32/42303_2.png) [@MaxM](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/MaxM)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/webinar-api-access-after-license-removed/42813/4 "2021-03-08T22:30:12Z")
Hey @jeffatpresence, Thank you for your question. While the historical data will be retained, you can only call the API successfully if the user that is calling the API currently has a webinar license applied. You can check if a user has a Webinar license using the `feature.webinar` property returned by the [Get User Settings API](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/users/usersettings). You can also [apply a webinar license to a user with the API](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/assign-webinar-licence-to-user-via-the-api-or-automatically-when-user-is-created/34541/2) but I understand that this may not be something you want to do on another account. Thanks, Max ---
**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:** [April 8, 2021, 8:30am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/webinar-api-access-after-license-removed/42813/5 "2021-04-08T08:30:41Z")
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