# Zoom API - Create Meeting - Can Closed Captioning Be Enabled Programmatically During Meeting Creation? **URL:** \ **Category:** API and Webhooks\ **Tags:** api\ **Created:** [March 20, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-api-create-meeting-can-closed-captioning-be-enabled-programmatically-during-meeting-creation/130250 "2025-03-20T21:57:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![seth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/seth/32/30679_2.png) [@seth](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/seth)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-api-create-meeting-can-closed-captioning-be-enabled-programmatically-during-meeting-creation/130250/1 "2025-03-20T21:57:06Z")
### Description This inquiry is about enabling closed captioning for hard-of-hearing attendees programmatically when creating an ISV meeting. After reviewing the API documentation, we do not see an option related to closed captioning in the `Create Meeting` endpoint. Additionally, the only references to closed captioning appear to be related to third-party services, such as the token retrieval endpoint. We would like to confirm: - Is there a way to enable built-in Zoom Closed Captioning (not third-party) programmatically during meeting creation? - If not, is there an alternative API approach to pre-enable closed captions before the meeting starts? ### Error? No error—this is a functionality inquiry. ### API Endpoint(s) and/or Zoom API Event(s) - [POST /users/{userId}/meetings](https://developers.zoom.us/docs/api/meetings/#tag/meetings/POST/users/%7BuserId%7D/meetings) - [GET /meetings/{meetingId}/token](https://developers.zoom.us/docs/api/meetings/#tag/meetings/GET/meetings/%7BmeetingId%7D/token) ---
**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:** [March 21, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-api-create-meeting-can-closed-captioning-be-enabled-programmatically-during-meeting-creation/130250/2 "2025-03-21T13:40:26Z")
Hey @seth thanks for reaching out to us! Unfortunately, we currently do not support this via API and I looked in the webportal and I do not think there is a way to pre-enable closed captions before the meeting starts ---
**Author:** ![desautelsj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/desautelsj/32/23584_2.png) [@desautelsj](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/desautelsj)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-api-create-meeting-can-closed-captioning-be-enabled-programmatically-during-meeting-creation/130250/3 "2025-03-22T00:55:46Z")
@seth I have a suggestion but I have never done this, so I don’t even know if it will work: you could create a meeting, manually enable closed-captioning, and then use the API to create a template from an existing meeting. See [documentation here](https://developers.zoom.us/docs/api/meetings/#tag/meetings/POST/users/%7BuserId%7D/meeting_templates). This template, I am assuming, will inherit the closed-captioning settings from the original meeting. When you subsequently create a meeting via the API, you can specify a `template_id`. Hopefully your new meeting will also inherit the closed-captioning settings. Like I said, I’ve never done this but it’s worth a try. Let me know it works. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2025, 12:56am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-api-create-meeting-can-closed-captioning-be-enabled-programmatically-during-meeting-creation/130250/4 "2025-03-23T00:56:20Z")
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