China Footnotes Events API

The Events API from China Footnotes — 1 operation(s) for events.

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GET /api/events Temporary events (festivals, exhibitions, shows, seasonal displays) on or still… #

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OpenAPI Specification

chinafootnotes-com-events-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Chinafootnotes Com Events API
  version: 0.1.0
  x-coverage:
    cities:
    - Shanghai
    - Beijing
    - Xi’an
    - Chengdu
    - Chongqing
    - Hangzhou
    placeCount: 112
    pretripTopicCount: 9
    dataVersion: e95b0f4e8deb
    generatedAt: '2026-11-03T20:58:20.757Z'
  description: 'Operations tagged Events across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: chinafootnotes-com-openapi.json, chinafootnotes-com-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: /
  description: Same origin as this specification
tags:
- name: Events
paths:
  /api/events:
    get:
      operationId: getEvents
      summary: Temporary events (festivals, exhibitions, shows, seasonal displays) on or still…
      parameters: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Events not yet ended, soonest first
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EventList'
        '400':
          description: Invalid URL encoding
        '500':
          description: Local data/service unavailable
      tags:
      - Events
    servers:
    - url: /
      description: Same origin as this specification
components:
  schemas:
    EventList:
      type: object
      properties:
        schemaVersion:
          type: string
        version:
          type: string
        generatedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        notice:
          type: string
        events:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Event'
      required:
      - events
    Event:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        kind:
          type: string
          enum:
          - festival
          - exhibition
          - show
          - performance
          - seasonal
          - other
        title:
          type: string
        startsAt:
          type: string
          format: date
        endsAt:
          type: string
          format: date
          description: Exact end date unless endsAtLabel is present; then this is only the upper bound used for filtering, not a confirmed last day.
        when:
          type: string
        where:
          type: string
        ticket:
          type: string
          enum:
          - free
          - included
          - paid
          - unknown
        price:
          type: string
        booking:
          type: string
        text:
          type: string
        sourceIds:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        placeId:
          type: string
        sources:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Source'
        dates:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            format: date
          description: Specific dates when the event runs, inside startsAt..endsAt
        basisNotes:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
        endsAtLabel:
          type: string
          description: Source-stated end period when the exact day is unknown. Use this label instead of presenting endsAt as an exact date.
      required:
      - id
      - kind
      - title
      - endsAt
      - text
      - sourceIds
    Source:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        url:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
          description: 'null only for our own checks, which have no web page: kind owner_tested (we tried it ourselves; first-hand, not official) or owner_official (the venue''s own answer: method phone, onsite_sign or onsite_notice; official). accessedAt is the day we checked.'
        title:
          type: string
        publisher:
          type: string
        kind:
          type: string
          enum:
          - official
          - government
        method:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          enum:
          - phone
          - onsite_sign
          - onsite_notice
          - null
          description: 'Only for kind owner_official: how we got the venue’s answer (by phone, a standing sign on site, or a temporary notice on site).'
        contact:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: 'Only for method phone: who we called (venue and number).'
        accessedAt:
          type: string
          format: date
        publishedAt:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date
      required:
      - id
      - url
      - title
      - publisher
      - kind
      - accessedAt
x-refined-from:
- chinafootnotes-com-openapi.json
- chinafootnotes-com-openapi.yml