Start or join a meeting

Authenticate a non-logged in or API user

To host a scheduled meeting as a non-login user, retrieve these two values from the REST API.

• User ID - pass your email address or retrieve it from the REST API by sending a GET request to https://api.zoom.us/v2/users.
• Zoom Access Key (ZAK) - send a GET request to https://api.zoom.us/v2/users/{userId}/token.

See SDK Authentication for more details.

These steps show you how to retrieve the information from the Zoom API.

Access the Zoom API

See Using Zoom APIs to configure your setup and access the Zoom API.

Get a ZAK

Once you have the access to the Meeting API, send a GET request to the /users/me/zak endpoint to get a ZAK. See Get user's ZAK and SDK Authentication for details.

Even if the ZAK does expire, DO NOT pass or expose the ZAK token to others after retrieving it.

Start a meeting for a non-logged in or API user

After getting the ZAK token, pass it to start meetings with either a meeting number or a vanity ID.

Start with a meeting number

To start a meeting, make this call on the Meeting SDK instance. The parameter meeting number is optional.

const zoom = useZoom();
await zoom.startMeeting({
    userName: DisplayName,
    meetingNumber: MeetingNumber,
    zoomAccessToken: ZakToken,
});

Join a meeting for any user

To join a meeting with a meeting number, make this call on the Meeting SDK instance.

const zoom = useZoom();
await zoom.joinMeeting({
    userName: displayName,
    meetingNumber: meetingNumber,
    password: meetingPassword,
});