Zoom recordings manager

Goal

Generic operations on recordings:

• list
• download
• delete (by meeting or by file)

Requirements

• Zoom OAuth credentials (Server-to-Server recommended)
• Environment variables:
  • ZOOM_ACCOUNT_ID
  • ZOOM_CLIENT_ID
  • ZOOM_CLIENT_SECRET

Key notes

• Recurring meetings: use the meeting UUID for a specific instance.
• Deletion: use trash by default; delete is permanent.
• Downloads: use download_url and add the access_token.

Quick script

File: scripts/zoom_recordings.py

List:

python scripts/zoom_recordings.py list --from 2025-11-01 --to 2025-12-31

List upcoming meetings (join_url for attendees):

python scripts/zoom_meetings.py --user me --type upcoming --from 2026-01-14 --to 2026-03-31

List by user:

python scripts/zoom_recordings.py list --user me --from 2025-11-01 --to 2025-12-31

Download:

python scripts/zoom_recordings.py download --url "<download_url>" --out /path/file.mp4

Download MP4 of LIVE/Q&A (renamed):

python scripts/zoom_recordings.py download-mp4 --user me --from 2025-11-01 --to 2025-12-31 --out-dir /path/zoom

Delete (entire meeting):

python scripts/zoom_recordings.py delete --meeting-id <meeting_id> --action trash

Delete a specific file:

python scripts/zoom_recordings.py delete --meeting-id <meeting_id> --recording-id <recording_id> --action trash

If it fails

• Verify scopes (recording:read / recording:write) in the OAuth app.
• If the account endpoint fails, use --user.
• Zoom limits listings to ~30-day windows; the script already chunks requests.