# While Start Meeting, asks authentication **URL:** \ **Category:** API and Webhooks\ **Created:** [April 17, 2020, 5:19am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/while-start-meeting-asks-authentication/13618 "2020-04-17T05:19:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![catalyze.online](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/catalyze.online/32/3025_2.png) [@catalyze.online](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/catalyze.online)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 5:19am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/while-start-meeting-asks-authentication/13618/1 "2020-04-17T05:19:25Z")
Description When we are try to start meeting with start url using Zoom API, it asking Credentials. we want to Create meeting directly without authentication. **Refer the below source code we are using** ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/2X/3/39ebac4644ff59480ad8bc2f8c5a601385acd39c.png) _Screenshot_ ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/2X/a/a8dc4c138f653be24f0fdb2796291c7f6ff7b05a.png) ---
**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:** [April 17, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/while-start-meeting-asks-authentication/13618/2 "2020-04-17T21:02:12Z")
Hey @catalyze.online, Make sure you are using the ` start_url` returned from the [create](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/meetings/meetingcreate) or [get](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/meetings/meeting) meeting endpoint response to start the meeting without signing in. Thanks, Tommy ---
**Author:** ![DeveloperBot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/developerbot/32/12632_2.png) [@DeveloperBot](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/DeveloperBot)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/while-start-meeting-asks-authentication/13618/3 "2020-08-21T20:33:07Z")