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Retrieve a calendar event

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

A Tightknit admin API key, sent as Authorization: Bearer <key>.

Path Parameters

event_id
string
required

The calendar event's id.

Pattern: ^cevt_[a-zA-Z0-9]{12}$

Query Parameters

expand

Repeatable. Returns the named relation inline. One of: cover_image_file, created_by, tag_links, slack_channels.

Available options:
cover_image_file,
created_by,
tag_links,
slack_channels

Response

Success

object
enum<string>
required

Always event.

Available options:
event
id
string
required

Unique identifier for the object.

Example:

"cevt_4h2o89z6qlpw"

created_at
string<date-time>
required

When the object was created.

updated_at
string<date-time>
required

When the object was last changed.

title
string
required

The event title.

slug
string
required

The URL segment of the event's page on the community site.

status
enum<string>
required

Where the event is in its life cycle. One of:

  • draft: saved but not live. A published event moved back to draft keeps the Slack announcements it already had.
  • needs_approval: submitted and waiting for an admin to approve it. Visible only to its creator and admins.
  • published: live: announced in its Slack channels and, when publish_to_site is on, shown on the community site.
  • cancelled: called off. Visible only to its creator and admins.
Available options:
draft,
needs_approval,
published,
cancelled
start_date
string<date-time>
required

When the event starts.

end_date
string<date-time>
required

When the event ends.

show_end_date
boolean
required

Whether the end date is displayed beside the start date in Slack and on the community site. A hidden end date still ends the event.

description
object
required

The event description as a rich text document. Rendered on the events endpoints only; null when the event is nested under another object.

description_html
string | null
required

The event description as sanitized HTML. Rendered on the events endpoints only; null when the event is nested under another object.

recap
object
required

A recap written after the event, as a rich text document. Rendered on the events endpoints only; null when the event is nested under another object.

recap_html
string | null
required

The recap as sanitized HTML. Rendered on the events endpoints only; null when the event is nested under another object.

location
string | null
required

Where the event takes place, as free text. Null when not set.

The event's URL, such as a video-call or registration link. Null when not set.

A link to the event's recording. Null when not set.

external_speakers
string | null
required

Speakers who are not community members, as free text displayed with the event. Null when there are none.

webhook_custom_metadata
string | null
required

Passed through as custom_metadata on the calendar_event.published, calendar_event.user_registered and calendar_event.user_unregistered webhook payloads so the receiver can match it to its own record. Null when not set.

cover_image_file_id
string | null
required

The id of the event's cover image file. Null when the event has no cover image.

Example:

"file_2b3c4d5e6f7g"

is_unlisted
boolean
required

Whether the event is hidden from event listings.

publish_to_site
boolean
required

Whether the event shows on the community site. The site only shows published events, so on a draft this records where it goes once published.

allow_public_guest_list
boolean
required

Whether the attendee list and registrant count are shown to members who are neither admins nor the event owner, on the community site and in Slack.

enable_registration_button
boolean
required

Whether the event shows a registration button members click to sign up, with their attendance tracked in Tightknit.

Whether the registration button sends members to the event link instead of registering them in Tightknit, for sign-ups handled elsewhere.

triggers_webhooks
boolean
required

Whether the event sends payloads to the community's subscribed webhooks when it is published, when it ends, and as members register and unregister.

reminders_config
object[]
required

The reminders sent as Slack direct messages to the event's hosts, speakers and registrants. Only a published event sends them.

created_by_id
string | null
required

The id of the member who created the event. Null when no member is recorded as its creator.

Example:

"prof_5Yq7tVz2Hm3n"

integrations
object
required

What the event looks like in the services it is connected to.

cover_image_file
object | null

The cover image file. Present only when cover_image_file is expanded.

created_by
object | null

The member who created the event. Present only when created_by is expanded.

The tags on the event. Present only when tag_links is expanded.