Zoom Has a Free Video API — Build Video Meetings Into Your App Without WebRTC Headaches

Zoom Has a Free Video API — Build Video Meetings Into Your App Without WebRTC Headaches Building real-time video from scratch means wrestling with WebRTC, TURN servers, codec negotiation, and scaling. Zoom's API lets you embed video meetings in your app with a few API calls. Free Tier (Basic Plan) 100 participants per meeting 40-minute group meetings Unlimited 1:1 meetings Local recording REST API access Webhooks REST API: Create a Meeting const response = await fetch ( ' https://api.zoom.us/v2/users/me/meetings ' , { method : ' POST ' , headers : { ' Authorization ' : ' Bearer your-jwt-token ' , ' Content-Type ' : ' application/json ' }, body : JSON . stringify ({ topic : ' Weekly Standup ' , type : 2 , // Scheduled meeting start_time : ' 2026-04-01T09:00:00Z ' , duration : 30 , settings : { join_before_host : true , mute_upon_entry : true , auto_recording : ' cloud ' , waiting_room : false } }) }); const meeting = await response . json (); console . log ( ' Join URL: ' , meeting . jo