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Quickstart: Using Nylas Notetaker

This quickstart will walk you through setting up Nylas Notetaker to automatically join and record meetings on your calendar. You’ll learn how to send Notetaker to specific meetings and configure it to join all meetings on a calendar - all in just a few simple steps!

Before you begin, make sure you have:

  • Nylas Developer Account: Sign up here if you don’t have one
  • Connected Grant: On the dashboard, click Grants → Add test grant

If you prefer setting up user authentication first, see the API Quickstart guide.

To send Notetaker to join a specific meeting, make a POST request to create a new Notetaker:

Replace the following values:

  • {EMAIL} with your user’s email
  • {NYLAS_API_KEY} with your API key
  • {MEETING_LINK} with a Zoom, MS Teams, or Google Meet join link (e.g. https://zoom.us/j/123456789?pwd=123456789)

2. Configure calendar sync for automatic meetings

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To have Notetaker automatically join meetings on a calendar, update the calendar settings:

To attach Notetaker to a specific calendar, replace primary with your target calendar ID.

To check the status of all your Notetakers:

4. Retrieve meeting recordings and transcripts

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Once a Notetaker has completed recording a meeting, retrieve the media files:

Replace {notetaker_id} with your Notetaker’s ID from the previous step.