Publish and Unpublish Event

Learn how to publish and unpublish an event using the Eventbrite API.

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Publish an event

We need to publish the events to make them viewable to the targeted audience. The event should have all the necessary data, including the event name, description, organizer, ticket class, and a valid payment method.

The following URL utilizes the POST request method to publish an event:

https://www.eventbriteapi.com/v3/events/{event_id}/publish/

We need to provide the {event_id} in the URL to publish it. If all goes well, it returns a JSON object that has one attribute published with the value true. Otherwise, it returns a JSON object with the error_description and status_code attributes.

Let’s take a look at an example that publishes the previously created event, which should be associated with at least one ticket class.

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const endpointUrl = new URL('https://www.eventbriteapi.com/v3/events/{{EVENT_ID}}/publish/');
const headerParameters = {
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {{PRIVATE_TOKEN}}',
  'Content-Type': 'application/json'
};
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: headerParameters
};
async function publishEvent() {
  try {
    const response = await fetch(endpointUrl, options);
    printResponse(response);
  } catch (error) {
    printError(error);
  }
}
// Calling function to make API call
publishEvent();
  • Line 1: We define the endpoint URL to publish an event, and it has EVENT_ID as the URL parameter.
  • Line 3–6: We define the header, which includes the authorization token and content type.
  • Line 8–11: We set the API call options by specifying the header and by setting the request method as POST.
  • Line 13–20: We create a function publishEvent to make an API call using fetch and to handle any exception if it occurs. The custom functions printResponse and printError print the respective objects.
  • Line 23: We invoke the publishEvent function.

Unpublish an event

Eventbrite also provides the ability to unpublish an event at any time. An event can only be unpublished if it doesn’t have any pending or completed ticket orders.

The following URL utilizes the POST request method to unpublish an event:

https://www.eventbriteapi.com/v3/events/{event_id}/unpublish/

We need to provide the {event_id} in the URL to unpublish the event. If all goes well, it returns a JSON object with one attribute unpublished that has the value true. Otherwise, it returns a JSON object with the error_description and status_code attributes.

Let’s take a look at an example of unpublishing a published event.

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const endpointUrl = new URL('https://www.eventbriteapi.com/v3/events/{{EVENT_ID}}/unpublish/');
const headerParameters = {
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {{PRIVATE_TOKEN}}',
  'Content-Type': 'application/json'
};
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: headerParameters
};
async function unpublishEvent() {
  try {
    const response = await fetch(endpointUrl, options);
    printResponse(response);
  } catch (error) {
    printError(error);
  }
}
// Calling function to make API call
unpublishEvent();

In the code above, in line 1, we define the endpoint URL to unpublish an event, using the EVENT_ID as the URL parameter.