# Zoom Rooms API - Start Meeting Endpoint

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-rooms-api-start-meeting-endpoint/79245>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Created:** [November 23, 2022, 4:10pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-rooms-api-start-meeting-endpoint/79245 "2022-11-23T16:10:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![patrickgi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/patrickgi/32/35452_2.png) [@patrickgi](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/patrickgi)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 4:10pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-rooms-api-start-meeting-endpoint/79245/1 "2022-11-23T16:10:41Z")

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**API Endpoint(s) and/or Zoom API Event(s)**

> **[Zoom Rooms API](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/guides/zoom-rooms/zoom-rooms-api/)**
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> The Zoom Developer Platform is an open platform that allows third-party developers to build applications and integrations upon Zoom’s video-first unified communications platform.

**Description**  
I’m looking for an API end point that does the same thing as the ‘New Meeting’ button on a Zoom Rooms Controller. All it would do is start an unscheduled meeting, and provide a Meeting ID and passcode in a response body.

The best workaround I can come up with would be to schedule a meeting for the current time, and then join that meeting. Wondering if I’m missing something here, or what that might be.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![ojus.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/ojus.zoom/32/734_2.png) [@ojus.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/ojus.zoom)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-rooms-api-start-meeting-endpoint/79245/2 "2022-12-16T00:16:44Z")

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@patrickgi ,

You are right. This is one of the easiest ways to do it. You can also pass meeting\_type as “1”, if you want to create an instant meeting for a current time. Passing an empty payload also creates a meeting for current time using default settings from your [zoom.us](http://zoom.us) account.

Thanks

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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:** [December 19, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-rooms-api-start-meeting-endpoint/79245/3 "2023-12-19T15:53:00Z")

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