topic Webex Create a Guest API in Webex for Developers

Webex Create a Guest API

otter-phil — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:20:11 GMT

Hello,

I have some questions about the guest tokens you can create using this API: https://developer.webex.com/admin/docs/api/v1/guest-management/create-a-guest

Is there a rate limit on the number of tokens you can create using one access token? Also if the guest token is then used to call other APIs, is the rate limit enforced per guest token or per the original access token?

Also, for the guest tokens, is there any notable restrictions on what meetings it can join? For example, if someone creates a guest token under Org A, would the guests only be able to join meetings from people in Org A, or would it be able to join meetings from other Organizations as well?

Thanks

Re: Webex Create a Guest API

Janos Benyovszki — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 11:41:09 GMT

Webex does rate-limit POST /v1/guests/token, but we do not have public fixed numeric limit; if throttled, the API returns 429 with a Retry-After header that the app should honor. The create-token call is authorized by the Service App token with guest-issuer:write, while later API calls use the issued guest accessToken, but there is no strict “per guest token” quota guarantee, so handle 429 for both flows. Also, guest tokens are limited-purpose temporary identities: they can interact with regular Webex users, and join Meetings from other orgs.

Re: Webex Create a Guest API

otter-phil — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:46:28 GMT

Thank you for the details!