With the Events API you can create and manage events on a site. This API can be used to create sites for events like concerts, sport camps, city tours, weddings, and more.
The Events API allows you to:
- Create an event by defining some properties, such as location, date and time, and registration type.
- Clone an existing event while changing some details or none.
- Update an event with the latest information about the event.
- Publish a draft event if you initially created an event as a draft.
- Retrieve or query events.
- Bulk delete or cancel events by a filter. Save time and effort when managing event by removing or canceling multiple events at once based on specific filters.
It's important to note the following before starting to code:
- A site must have Wix Events & Tickets installed.
- When an event is created as a ticketed event, it can't be updated to an RSVP event and vice versa.
- When there is 1 day left until the event, an automated reminder notification is sent to the guests.
These registration types define what type of event customers are registering for:
- Ticketing: Customers register by buying tickets.
You can create and sell tickets, set currency, and handle taxes. For more information, see the Ticket Definitions API.
- RSVP: Customers register by responding with an RSVP without buying tickets. Invitees can RSVP whether they're going to an event.
If the guest limit is reached, you can open a waitlist. Additionally, a user can set whether guests can see the other guests attending the event.
- External: Customers register by either buying tickets or RSVPing on an external platform.
You can display events on a Wix site while enabling ticket sales or RSVP management through an external platform.
- No registration: Customers don't register. This is for displaying events only.
When defining an event, the event must have a date and time. The event can be either single or recurring:
- Single event: Happens once and can last multiple days, like a 3-day conference.
- Recurring event: A series of events that repeat, like a workshop that happens once a week. Once you publish the recurring event, you can manage the dates for each individual separately.
The event can happen in:
- Physical location: The event happens in a specific venue or physical space, like a conference hall or concert venue.
- Online: The event happens online through a video conference.
- All events initially have a
registration.type of either RSVP or TICKETING, which is the same as the registration.initialType property. This type can't be updated.
- To manage event registration externally using another platform, provide an external event registration URL in the
registration.external.url field. After doing this, the registration type becomes EXTERNAL, and directs guests to the specified external URL for registration. The existing guest list, originally managed by the Events API, still exists but no longer is maintained by the API. Make sure to manage the guest list from the external platform.
- To indicate that guests don't need to register for the event, you can set the
registration.registrationDisabled property to true. After doing this, the registration.type value becomes NONE.
- Event: A gathering that an individual or a business holds for a group of people.
- RSVP: A response from the guest indicating whether they plan to attend the event.
- Registration: The process by which individuals sign up to attend an event.
- Attendee: An individual who plans to, or has registered to, participate in an event.
- Category: A classification assigned to events based on their purpose or theme.
- Organizer: The person or entity responsible for planning and hosting the event.
- TBD: Event locations and dates can be "to be determined" yet the event can still be created and offered.