meeting-sdk/linux

Zoom Meeting SDK - Linux Development

Expert guidance for building headless meeting bots with the Zoom Meeting SDK on Linux. This SDK enables server-side meeting participation, raw media capture, transcription, and AI-powered meeting automation.

How to Build a Meeting Bot That Automatically Joins and Records

Use this skill when the requirement is:

• visible bot joins a real Zoom meeting
• the bot records raw media itself
• or the bot triggers a Zoom-managed cloud-recording workflow after join

Skill chain:

• primary: meeting-sdk/linux
• add zoom-rest-api for OBF/ZAK lookup, scheduling, or cloud-recording settings
• add zoom-webhooks when post-meeting cloud recording retrieval is required

Minimal raw-recording flow:

JoinParam join_param;
join_param.userType = SDK_UT_WITHOUT_LOGIN;
auto& params = join_param.param.withoutloginuserJoin;
params.meetingNumber = meeting_number;
params.userName = "Recording Bot";
params.psw = meeting_password.c_str();
params.app_privilege_token = obf_token.c_str();

SDKError join_err = meeting_service->Join(join_param);
if (join_err != SDKERR_SUCCESS) {
    throw std::runtime_error("join_failed");
}

// In MEETING_STATUS_INMEETING callback:
auto* record_ctrl = meeting_service->GetMeetingRecordingController();
if (!record_ctrl) {
    throw std::runtime_error("recording_controller_unavailable");
}

if (record_ctrl->CanStartRawRecording() != SDKERR_SUCCESS) {
    throw std::runtime_error("raw_recording_not_permitted");
}

SDKError record_err = record_ctrl->StartRawRecording();
if (record_err != SDKERR_SUCCESS) {
    throw std::runtime_error("start_raw_recording_failed");
}

GetAudioRawdataHelper()->subscribe(new MyAudioDelegate());

Use raw recording when the bot must own PCM/YUV media or feed an AI pipeline directly.
Use cloud recording + webhooks when the requirement is Zoom-managed MP4/M4A/transcript assets after the meeting.

Official Documentation: https://developers.zoom.us/docs/meeting-sdk/linux/
API Reference: https://marketplacefront.zoom.us/sdk/meeting/linux/
Sample Repository (Raw Recording): https://github.com/zoom/meetingsdk-linux-raw-recording-sample
Sample Repository (Headless): https://github.com/zoom/meetingsdk-headless-linux-sample