SeatGeek API

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Overview

The SeatGeek API allows you to search for live events, venues, and performers across sports, concerts, and theater. It requires an API key and returns rich data including ticket prices, event dates, and venue details. It is a great choice for building ticket discovery apps or aggregating live event listings.

Beginner Tip

Register for a free SeatGeek developer account to get your client_id, which acts as your API key. Use ?q= to search by keyword and ?client_id=YOUR_CLIENT_ID in every request.

Available Data

The kind of data this API exposes, based on its documentation. We could not call the endpoint to confirm the exact field names.

event dates and names

holiday lists by country

date metadata

Example Response

Illustrative shape only — we were not able to call this endpoint (it requires credentials or exposes no public sample URL), so the fields below show the kind of data this API returns rather than a recorded response.

JSON Response · Illustrative

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "result": "Data from SeatGeek",
    "description": "Search events, venues and performers",
    "timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:00:00Z"
  }
}

Field Reference

id Unique SeatGeek event ID

title Full event title including performer and venue info

datetime_local Event date and time in local timezone

venue.name Name of the venue where the event is held

stats.lowest_price Lowest available ticket price in USD

type Event category such as concert, sports, or theater

Implementation Example

Calls a real endpoint of this API. Replace any placeholder credentials with your own key.

Request

const url = "https://platform.seatgeek.com/";
// Replace headers or query params with the values required by this API.
const response = await fetch(url, {
  headers: {
  "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
  }
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

What Can You Build?

Note: These code examples are AI-generated and unverified. Always refer to the official API documentation for accurate usage.

Common Errors & Troubleshooting

Generated guidance based on this API's documentation, not observed by us. Treat it as a starting point and check against the provider's own error reference.

401 Unauthorized Missing client_id parameter in the request

✓ Append ?client_id=YOUR_CLIENT_ID to every request URL

400 Bad Request Using an incorrect parameter name or format

✓ Double-check parameter names from the docs; for example use per_page not limit for pagination

Empty results array Search query returned no matches

✓ Broaden your search terms or remove location filters to verify the endpoint is working

Metadata Score Breakdown

Estimated from metadata — endpoint not independently tested

This score is estimated from observable metadata — HTTPS support, authentication model, declared CORS, and documentation reachability — because the API requires authentication or exposes no publicly testable endpoint. The five-signal breakdown is only shown for live-tested APIs.

Metadata estimate · endpoint not independently tested

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