/content/event Get content events
Retrieves a list of planned events with complete information. Returns full event representations suitable for detailed views.
Either to_date or event_ids must be included in a request.
If ui_language is not set, all languages are return.
Example request
cURL
curl -X GET "$PLAS_BASE_URL/content/event?version=0.6.4" \
-H 'Accept: application/json' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $PLAS_TOKEN"JavaScript
const response = await fetch(`${process.env.PLAS_BASE_URL}/content/event?version=0.6.4`, {
method: "GET",
headers: {
"Accept": "application/json",
"Authorization": `Bearer ${process.env.PLAS_TOKEN}`,
},
});
const data = await response.json();Python
import os
import requests
response = requests.get(
f"{os.environ['PLAS_BASE_URL']}/content/event",
params={
"version": "0.6.4",
},
headers={
"Accept": "application/json",
"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['PLAS_TOKEN']}",
},
)
data = response.json()PLAS_BASE_URL the provider’s base URL · PLAS_TOKEN an access token.
Parameters
- page
- query · integerExample: 1
Page number for pagination.
- size
- query · integerExample: 10
Maximum number of events to return.
- from_date
- query · string (date)Example: 2023-03-08
Inclusive start date in YYYY-MM-DD format. If omitted, the server will use the current date in its local timezone (e.g., CET) as the default
- to_date
- query · string (date)Example: 2023-06-08
Inclusive end date.
- event_ids
- query · array of stringExample: 84410
The event ids should be url encoded and separated by a comma (the comma should not be url encoded).
Responses
200 Success GetContentEventsResponseBody
Example
{
"endOfResults": false,
"events": [
{
"admission": {
"type": "open"
},
"audiences": [
{
"id": "94549",
"label": "Children"
}
],
"branch": {
"branchId": "nordby-main",
"branchName": "Nordby Main Library"
},
"categories": [
{
"id": "94549",
"label": "Education"
}
],
"description": "An evening about how Norwegian crime fiction found readers all over the world.",
"id": "94549",
"images": [
{
"height": 1200,
"mime": "png",
"url": "https://images.nordby.bibliotek.example/covers/310552.jpg",
"width": 800,
"alt": {
"text": "Your reservation is ready for pickup."
},
"caption": "Front cover",
"credit": {
"text": "Your reservation is ready for pickup."
},
"original": {
"height": 1200,
"mime": "png",
"url": "https://images.nordby.bibliotek.example/covers/310552.jpg",
"width": 800,
"focalPoints": [
{
"type": "hotspot",
"x": 0.5,
"y": 0.5
}
]
},
"type": "content"
}
],
"language": "nob",
"location": {
"location": "Auditorium, 2nd floor",
"type": "at_branch"
},
"organizers": [
{
"id": "94549",
"name": "Kari Nordmann"
}
],
"promoted": {
"endTime": "2025-01-25T12:00:00+01:00",
"startTime": "2025-01-25T11:00:00+01:00",
"type": "promoted"
},
"relatedEvents": [
"84411"
],
"relevantWorks": {
"type": "works",
"workIds": [
"882107"
]
},
"scheduling": {
"endDate": "2025-01-25",
"startDate": "2025-01-25",
"type": "all_day"
},
"series": {
"eventIds": [
"84410"
],
"seriesId": "3120"
},
"state": "scheduled",
"teaser": "Join us for an evening about Norwegian crime fiction.",
"title": "Author talk: Norwegian crime fiction",
"updateTime": "2025-01-25T11:00:00+01:00",
"url": "https://nordby.bibliotek.example/events/84410"
}
],
"total": 12
}Schema
- endOfResultsbooleanrequired
If this is false, we haven't reached the end of the search result yet, if it's false we have, and if it's missing or null we don't know.
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Admission and registration information for an event
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Selected by the field type
- audiencesarray of EventAudience
Target audiences for the event
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- idstringrequired
Unique identifier for the audience target
- labelstringrequired
Localized label for the audience target
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- branchIdstringrequired
The branch ID (should exist in GET /locations)
- branchNamestringrequired
Name of the branch
- categoriesarray of EventCategory
Event categories
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- idstringrequired
Category identifier
- labelstringrequired
Localized category label
- descriptionstringrequired
A detailed description of the event. Is in limited html format. Supports following html tags - b - i - p - a - ul - ol - li
- idstringrequired
Unique identifier for the event.
If multi events have the same 'id' but different language, then they are the same event.
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- heightinteger
The image height in px.
- mimestring
One of: png · jpeg
- urlstringrequired
- widthinteger
The image width in px.
- altImageAlt
- captionstring
A short human-readable description of what the image shows.
- creditImageCredit
- originalImageOriginal
- typestringrequired
One of: content
- languagestring
The language of this events content (https://www.loc.gov/marc/languages/).
- locationEventLocation
The location where the event takes place
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Selected by the field type
- organizersarray of EventOrganizer
Event organizers
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- idstring
Unique identifier for the external organizer
- namestringrequired
Name of the external organizer
- promotedPromoted
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- endTimestring (date-time)
End time in RFC3339 date-time format.
- startTimestring (date-time)
Start time in RFC3339 date-time format.
One of: promoted
- relatedEventsarray of string
Related events
- relevantWorksRelevantWorks
Books or other works relevant to the event
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Selected by the field type
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Selected by the field type
- seriesEventSeries
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- eventIdsarray of string
An array of event ids within the series. This list is restricted to events that fall within the date range specified by the API request.
It does not include the event id of the current event itself. - seriesIdstringrequired
Identifier of the event-series. This searchId can be used with
GET /content/event/series/{seriesId}.
- statestringrequired
The state of the event.
There are three event state type
- scheduled, Meaning that the event is scheduled and expected to be carried out as planned (See scheduling).
- cancelled, Meaning that the event is cancelled.
- finished, Meaning that the event is finished.
One of: scheduled · cancelled · finished
- teaserstring
A short, engaging text designed to spark interest in the event
- titlestringrequired
Event title
- updateTimestring (date-time)required
When was the event last update (or create) in RFC3339 date-time format.
- urlstring (uri)
URL to the event's webpage
- totalinteger
The total number of events in the whole period.
400 The list of errors. Errors
Shared response, defined once for the whole API. See the shared contract on the version page.
Example
{
"errors": [
{
"code": 200103,
"info": "200103: invalid/unsupported query parameter value"
}
]
}Schema
The first error should always be the most relevant.
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- codeintegerrequired
A number representing the type of error.
List of error codes:
- \<error code\>: \<error description\>
- 500: System error
- 600: Unsupported Open Library API version
- 10001: Endpoint disabled
- 71001: Consent has not been given for 'loan history'
- 100001: Wrong patron username or password
- 100023: Patron ID not found
- 100211: maxNumberOfEmailAddresses exceeded
- 100215: maxNumberOfPhoneNumbers exceeded
- 100221: Pickup location cannot contain sections
- 100411: Updating patron consent failed
- 100611: Updating patron notification settings failed
- 101001: Reservation ID not found
- 101047: Branch ID cannot be used as pick up branch
- 101053: Section ID cannot be used as pick up branch
- 102001: Loan ID not found
- 102301: Loan not renewable, because it is an interlibrary loan
- 102311: Loan not renewable, because it is reserved
- 110001: Branch ID not found
- 200001: Publication ID not found
- 200077: ui language not supported
- 200101: missing required query parameter
- 200103: invalid/unsupported query parameter value
- 300001: Initialize payment should not be used
- 300005: Initialize payment should be used
- 300009: Payment method not supported
- 300013: Payment method does not support partial payment
- 300301: Finalized payment can not de changed
- 300311: FinalizePaymentRequest.fees contains fees with the same ID
- 310001: Loan history ID not found
- 310011: Loan history ID already exists
- 330001: List ID not found
- 330011: List ID already exists
- 330101: List item ID not found
- 330111: List item ID already exists
One of: 500 · 600 · 100001 · 100023 · 100211 · 100215 · 100221 · 100411 · 100611 · 101001 · 101047 · 101053 · 102001 · 102301 · 102311 · 110001 · 200001 · 200077 · 200101 · 200103 · 300001 · 300005 · 300009 · 300013 · 300301 · 300311 · 310001 · 310011 · 330001 · 330011 · 330101 · 330111
- infostringrequired
Starts with the text matching the error code field (defined above), and a describing text could be added.
401 Bearer token invalid, missing, or expired.
Shared response, defined once for the whole API. See the shared contract on the version page.
No response body.