The events API returns data for events.
Endpoint URL
https://content.uiowa.edu/api/v1/views/events_api.json?display_id=events
Relative End Dates
There are three endpoints that will give you results based on an end date relative to the start date given. They are:
https://content.uiowa.edu/api/v1/views/events_api.json?display_id=week
https://content.uiowa.edu/api/v1/views/events_api.json?display_id=month
https://content.uiowa.edu/api/v1/views/events_api.json?display_id=threemonths
https://content.uiowa.edu/api/v1/views/events_api.json?display_id=year
If you do not specify a start/end date parameter, it will use the current date.
Parameters
| Querystring | Description | Accepts |
|---|---|---|
filters[interests] |
General Interests | Filter IDs, multiple comma separated |
filters[types] |
Event types | Filter IDs, multiple comma separated |
filters[audiences] |
Audiences | Filter IDs, multiple comma separated |
filters[place] |
Defined place | Place ID |
filters[department] |
Unit | Unit ID |
filters[keywords] |
Keywords | Filter IDs, multiple comma separated |
filters[startdate][value][date] |
Start date | MM-DD-YYYY, defaults to today |
filters[enddate][value][date] |
End Date | MM-DD-YYYY, defaults to today |
items_per_page |
Number of items to include on each page | 5,10,15,25,50,100 |
page |
Page number | Defaults to 0 |
Attributes
Events are in an array under the events attribute. There is also a page attribute which contains the current page, items per page and total number of pages.
id |
Unique place identifier | |
name |
Name of the place | |
updated_at |
Updated date and time | |
created_at |
Create date and time | |
url |
Website for event | |
urlname |
Unique slug for URL | |
first_date |
Date of first instance of event | |
last_date |
Date of final instance of event | |
room_number |
Room number for the event | |
location_name |
Name of predefined location for event | |
venue_url |
Website for predefined location | |
address |
Street address | |
geo |
Collection of geo information with the following attributes: | |
latitude |
Latitude of place | |
longitude |
Longitude of place | |
street |
Street part of address | |
city |
City part of address | |
state |
State part of address | |
country |
Country part of address | |
zip |
Zip code part of address | |
summary |
Summary with HTML | |
description_text |
Description with no HTML included | |
description |
Description with HTML | |
media |
Array of images for event with the following attributes for each image | |
original_image |
Path to the original uploaded image | |
thumbnail_image |
Path to 100x100 version of image | |
medium_image |
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large_image |
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alt_text |
Alt text for image | |
title_text |
Title text for image | |
original_width |
Width of the original image | |
original_height |
Height of the original image | |
contact_name |
Name of event contact | |
contact_phone |
Phone number of event contact | |
contact_email |
Email address of event contact | |
filters |
Collection of all filters for the event | |
canceled |
Boolean for if the event is canceled | |
event_instances |
Collection of all event instances, which have the following attributes | |
start |
Start date and time for the instance | |
end |
End date and time for the instance | |
all_day |
Boolean for if the instance is an all day event |