Create a meeting

POST/v1/meetings

Creates a new meeting record. This endpoint only supports creation of meetings in the past. The $title, $startDate, and $endDate fields are required. Only the $transcript relationship is writable on create; all other meeting relationships are system-managed. The response is privacy-aware and includes a read-only accessLevel. See Uploading meeting transcripts for the full file upload and transcript attachment flow.

Supports idempotency via the Idempotency-Key header.

Required scope: meetings:create

Rate limit category: Write

Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse

fields: object { "$endDate", "$startDate", "$title", 5 more }

Field values for the new MANUAL meeting. System fields use a $ prefix (for example $title, $startDate, $endDate). Required: $title, $startDate, and $endDate. $organizerEmail accepts a single email address when provided; $attendeeEmails accepts an array of email addresses. See Fields and relationships for value type details.

"$endDate": string

The end time of the meeting in ISO 8601 format. Must be in the past.

"$startDate": string

The start time of the meeting in ISO 8601 format. Must be in the past.

"$title": string

The title of the meeting.

"$attendeeEmails": optional array of string

A list of attendee email addresses.

"$description": optional string

A description of the meeting.

"$meetingUrl": optional string

The URL for the meeting.

"$organizerEmail": optional string

The email address of the meeting organizer. This field accepts a single email address.

"$privacySetting": optional "FULL" or "METADATA"

The privacy setting for the meeting (FULL or METADATA).

Accepts one of the following:

"FULL"

"METADATA"

autoCreateRecords: optional boolean

When true, the initial post-create meeting sync may auto-create account and contact records for external attendees.

relationships: optional object { "$transcript" }

Relationships to set on the new meeting. Only $transcript is writable on create; all other meeting relationships are system-managed.

"$transcript": string or array of string

The ID of the file to attach as the meeting transcript when creating the meeting. Only one transcript can be attached to a meeting.

Accepts one of the following:

UnionMember0 = string

UnionMember1 = array of string

ReturnsExpand Collapse

MeetingCreateResponse = object { id, accessLevel, createdAt, 6 more }

id: string

Unique identifier for the entity.

accessLevel: "FULL" or "METADATA"

The caller's resolved access level for this meeting.

Accepts one of the following:

"FULL"

"METADATA"

createdAt: string

ISO 8601 timestamp of when the entity was created.

fields: map[object { value, valueType } ]

Map of field names to their typed values. System fields are prefixed with $ (e.g. $name, $email); custom attributes use their bare slug.

value: string or number or boolean or 3 more

The field value, or null if unset.

Accepts one of the following:

UnionMember0 = string

UnionMember1 = number

UnionMember2 = boolean

UnionMember3 = array of string

Address = object { city, country, latitude, 5 more }

city: optional string

City name.

country: optional string

2-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.

latitude: optional number

Latitude coordinate.

longitude: optional number

Longitude coordinate.

postalCode: optional string

Postal or ZIP code.

state: optional string

State or province.

street: optional string

Street address line 1.

street2: optional string

Street address line 2.

FullName = object { firstName, lastName }

firstName: optional string

The contact's first name.

lastName: optional string

The contact's last name.

valueType: "ADDRESS" or "CHECKBOX" or "CURRENCY" or 11 more

The data type of the field.

Accepts one of the following:

"ADDRESS"

"CHECKBOX"

"CURRENCY"

"DATETIME"

"EMAIL"

"FULL_NAME"

"MARKDOWN"

"MULTI_SELECT"

"NUMBER"

"SINGLE_SELECT"

"SOCIAL_HANDLE"

"TELEPHONE"

"TEXT"

"URL"

httpLink: string

URL to view the entity in the Lightfield web app, or null.

objectType: "meeting"

Always meeting.

relationships: map[object { cardinality, objectType, values } ]

Map of relationship names to their associated entities. System relationships are prefixed with $ (e.g. $owner, $contact).

cardinality: string

Whether the relationship is has_one or has_many.

objectType: string

The type of the related object (e.g. account, contact).

values: array of string

IDs of the related entities.

updatedAt: string

ISO 8601 timestamp of when the entity was last updated, or null.

externalId: optional string

External identifier for the entity, or null if unset.

Create a meeting

curl https://api.lightfield.app/v1/meetings \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H 'Lightfield-Version: 2026-03-01' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
    -d '{
          "fields": {
            "$endDate": "$endDate",
            "$startDate": "$startDate",
            "$title": "$title"
          }
        }'

{
  "id": "id",
  "accessLevel": "FULL",
  "createdAt": "createdAt",
  "fields": {
    "foo": {
      "value": "string",
      "valueType": "ADDRESS"
    }
  },
  "httpLink": "httpLink",
  "objectType": "meeting",
  "relationships": {
    "foo": {
      "cardinality": "cardinality",
      "objectType": "objectType",
      "values": [
        "string"
      ]
    }
  },
  "updatedAt": "updatedAt",
  "externalId": "externalId"
}

Returns Examples

{
  "id": "id",
  "accessLevel": "FULL",
  "createdAt": "createdAt",
  "fields": {
    "foo": {
      "value": "string",
      "valueType": "ADDRESS"
    }
  },
  "httpLink": "httpLink",
  "objectType": "meeting",
  "relationships": {
    "foo": {
      "cardinality": "cardinality",
      "objectType": "objectType",
      "values": [
        "string"
      ]
    }
  },
  "updatedAt": "updatedAt",
  "externalId": "externalId"
}