05. Displaying Events Near Your Users

Owned by J Cobb (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Aug 01, 2024
6 min read

Many sites include a list of upcoming events near the visitor based on geolocation of the visitor’s IP address. The Events / Index endpoint accepts several different options for location but the recommended one is to send lat and lon of the visitor along with a within radius for the venues.

 

Upcoming Events within 20 miles of Las Vegas via cURL
curl -i \ -X GET \ -H "X-Signature: pPCFj3WtbPLOxu3aZCsh1PieUb72qUQsNSi9Wn6Gcbk=" \ -H "X-Token: 11cdfc2ed4cd788b932cd4b542e6c2b7" \ --url 'https://api.sandbox.ticketevolution.com/v9/events?lat=36.1207804&lon=-115.156559&order_by=events.occurs_at&page=1&per_page=3&within=20'

 

 

Events within 20 miles of Las Vegas using ticketevolution-php
$response = $client->listEvents([ 'page => 1, 'per_page => 10, 'lat => 36.1207804, 'lon => -115.156559, 'within => 20, 'order_by' => 'events.occurs_at', ]));

 

 

 

 

Upcoming Events within 20 miles of Las Vegas via cURL
{ "current_page": 1, "per_page": 3, "total_entries": 2166, "events": [ { "id": 1142891, "url": "/events/1142891", "name": "Indian Adventure Tour", "state": "shown", "occurs_at": "2017-12-18T06:00:00Z", "occurs_at_local": "2017-12-18T06:00:00-08:00", "updated_at": "2017-03-14T21:33:26Z", "notes": "", "owned_by_office": false, "products_count": 0, "products_eticket_count": 0, "available_count": 26, "category": null, "popularity_score": 0, "long_term_popularity_score": 0, "stubhub_id": null, "configuration": { "id": 31748, "url": "/configurations/31748", "name": "General Admission", "fanvenues_key": null, "ticket_utils_id": null, "seating_chart": { "medium": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.sandbox.ticketevolution.com/configurations/default_maps/ga_500.jpg", "large": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.sandbox.ticketevolution.com/configurations/default_maps/ga_1000.jpg" } }, "venue": { "id": 29841, "slug": "las-vegas-attractions", "url": "/venues/29841", "slug_url": "/venues/las-vegas-attractions", "name": "Las Vegas Attractions", "location": "Las Vegas, NV", "time_zone": null }, "performances": [ { "performer": { "id": 51497, "slug": "indian-country-adventure-tour", "slug_url": "/performers/indian-country-adventure-tour", "url": "/performers/51497", "name": "Indian Adventure Tour" }, "primary": true } ] }, { "id": 1204787, "url": "/events/1204787", "name": "Grand Canyon Deluxe Tour", "state": "shown", "occurs_at": "2017-12-18T06:15:00Z", "occurs_at_local": "2017-12-18T06:15:00-08:00", "updated_at": "2017-04-02T14:47:55Z", "notes": "", "owned_by_office": false, "products_count": 0, "products_eticket_count": 0, "available_count": 24, "category": null, "popularity_score": 0, "long_term_popularity_score": 0, "stubhub_id": null, "configuration": { "id": 31748, "url": "/configurations/31748", "name": "General Admission", "fanvenues_key": null, "ticket_utils_id": null, "seating_chart": { "medium": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.sandbox.ticketevolution.com/configurations/default_maps/ga_500.jpg", "large": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.sandbox.ticketevolution.com/configurations/default_maps/ga_1000.jpg" } }, "venue": { "id": 29841, "slug": "las-vegas-attractions", "url": "/venues/29841", "slug_url": "/venues/las-vegas-attractions", "name": "Las Vegas Attractions", "location": "Las Vegas, NV", "time_zone": null }, "performances": [ { "performer": { "id": 52610, "slug": "grand-canyon-deluxe-tour", "slug_url": "/performers/grand-canyon-deluxe-tour", "url": "/performers/52610", "name": "Grand Canyon Deluxe Tour" }, "primary": true } ] }, { "id": 1161405, "url": "/events/1161405", "name": "Grand Canyon Explorer and Eldorado Adventure", "state": "shown", "occurs_at": "2017-12-18T06:30:00Z", "occurs_at_local": "2017-12-18T06:30:00-08:00", "updated_at": "2017-01-16T00:14:19Z", "notes": "", "owned_by_office": false, "products_count": 0, "products_eticket_count": 0, "available_count": 12, "category": null, "popularity_score": 0, "long_term_popularity_score": 0, "stubhub_id": null, "configuration": { "id": 31748, "url": "/configurations/31748", "name": "General Admission", "fanvenues_key": null, "ticket_utils_id": null, "seating_chart": { "medium": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.sandbox.ticketevolution.com/configurations/default_maps/ga_500.jpg", "large": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.sandbox.ticketevolution.com/configurations/default_maps/ga_1000.jpg" } }, "venue": { "id": 29841, "slug": "las-vegas-attractions", "url": "/venues/29841", "slug_url": "/venues/las-vegas-attractions", "name": "Las Vegas Attractions", "location": "Las Vegas, NV", "time_zone": null }, "performances": [ { "performer": { "id": 50664, "slug": "grand-canyon-explorer-and-eldorado-adventure", "slug_url": "/performers/grand-canyon-explorer-and-eldorado-adventure", "url": "/performers/50664", "name": "Grand Canyon Explorer and Eldorado Adventure" }, "primary": true } ] } ] }