Native Zoho Meeting Integration for cal.com

[sebastianhochreiter]

Is your proposal related to a problem?

Many Cal.com users rely on Zoho Meeting for hosting online meetings, yet there is no native integration available. This forces users to manage their meeting links manually or rely on third-party automation tools like Zapier, which can be cumbersome and error-prone. A built-in Zoho Meeting integration would streamline the scheduling process and improve the overall user experience.

Describe the solution you'd like

Implement a native integration for Zoho Meeting within Cal.com. The integration should include:

• Authentication: Support OAuth or API key-based authentication with Zoho Meeting.
• Meeting Creation: Automatically create a Zoho Meeting session when a new event is scheduled, with options for immediate or on-demand meeting creation.
• Invitation Integration: Embed meeting details (join URL, meeting ID, etc.) into confirmation and reminder emails.
• Two-way Sync (Optional): If the Zoho Meeting API supports it, allow for syncing updates between Cal.com and Zoho Meeting (e.g., meeting reschedules or cancellations).

This integration should follow the same principles and patterns as existing integrations (e.g., Zoom, Google Meet) to maintain consistency across the platform.

Describe alternatives you've considered

• Manual Workflow: Users currently copy-paste meeting links from Zoho Meeting into event descriptions, which is inefficient and error-prone.
• Third-party Automation (e.g., Zapier): While services like Zapier can bridge the gap, they introduce additional costs, dependencies, and potential latency, leading to a fragmented user experience.
• Custom User Scripts/Plugins: Some users have developed their own custom scripts, but these solutions lack support and are not scalable for the broader user base.

Additional context

A native integration with Zoho Meeting will be a significant value-add, as Zoho Meeting is a popular choice among many professionals. This feature request follows similar logic to the existing integrations within Cal.com and would help centralize users' scheduling and meeting management workflows. For reference, the Zoho Meeting API documentation can be found here.