DEV Community Events API
The events API from DEV Community — 2 operation(s) for events.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Forem API V1 Events API
version: 1.0.0
description: Access Forem articles, users and other resources via API.
servers:
- url: https://dev.to
description: Production server
security:
- api-key: []
- bearer_auth: []
tags:
- name: Events
paths:
/api/events:
get:
summary: Retrieve events
tags:
- Events
security: []
description: 'Retrieve a list of events on the platform.
### Query Parameters:
- **type_of**: Filter events by their type (`live_stream`, `takeover`, `other`, `challenge`).'
operationId: getEvents
parameters:
- name: type_of
in: query
required: false
description: Filter events by type.
schema:
type: string
enum:
- live_stream
- takeover
- other
- challenge
responses:
'200':
description: A list of events
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Event'
post:
summary: Create an event
tags:
- Events
description: Create a new event. Requires administrator privileges.
operationId: createEvent
parameters: []
responses:
'201':
description: Event created
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Event'
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/EventInput'
description: Event parameters to create.
/api/events/{id}:
get:
summary: Retrieve an event
tags:
- Events
security: []
description: Retrieve a single event by ID.
operationId: getEventById
parameters:
- name: id
in: path
required: true
description: ID of the event.
schema:
type: integer
responses:
'200':
description: The requested event
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Event'
patch:
summary: Update an event
tags:
- Events
description: Update an existing event. Requires administrator privileges.
operationId: updateEvent
parameters:
- name: id
in: path
required: true
description: ID of the event to update.
schema:
type: integer
responses:
'200':
description: Event updated
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Event'
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/EventInput'
description: Event parameters to update.
delete:
summary: Delete an event
tags:
- Events
description: Delete an event. Requires administrator privileges.
operationId: deleteEvent
parameters:
- name: id
in: path
required: true
description: ID of the event to delete.
schema:
type: integer
responses:
'204':
description: Event deleted
components:
schemas:
EventInput:
description: Representation of an Event to be created/updated
type: object
properties:
event:
type: object
properties:
title:
type: string
event_name_slug:
type: string
event_variation_slug:
type: string
description:
type:
- string
- 'null'
full_details:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: Full text dump of all event details.
primary_stream_url:
type:
- string
- 'null'
published:
type: boolean
default: false
start_time:
type: string
format: date-time
end_time:
type: string
format: date-time
type_of:
type: string
enum:
- live_stream
- takeover
- other
- challenge
organization_id:
type:
- integer
- 'null'
tag_list:
type:
- string
- 'null'
data:
type:
- object
- 'null'
required:
- title
- event_name_slug
- event_variation_slug
- start_time
- end_time
required:
- event
Event:
description: Representation of an event
type: object
properties:
id:
type: integer
format: int64
title:
type: string
event_name_slug:
type: string
event_variation_slug:
type: string
description:
type:
- string
- 'null'
full_details:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: Full text dump of all event details, intended for agent and API consumption.
type_of:
type: string
enum:
- live_stream
- takeover
- other
- challenge
start_time:
type: string
format: date-time
end_time:
type: string
format: date-time
published:
type: boolean
primary_stream_url:
type:
- string
- 'null'
bg_color_hex:
type:
- string
- 'null'
broadcast_config:
type: string
enum:
- no_broadcast
- tagged_broadcast
- global_broadcast
broadcast_ended_at:
type:
- string
- 'null'
format: date-time
user_id:
type:
- integer
- 'null'
format: int64
organization_id:
type:
- integer
- 'null'
format: int64
page_id:
type:
- integer
- 'null'
format: int64
data:
type:
- object
- 'null'
tags_array:
type: array
items:
type: string
cached_tag_list:
type:
- string
- 'null'
created_at:
type: string
format: date-time
updated_at:
type: string
format: date-time
required:
- id
- title
- event_name_slug
- event_variation_slug
- type_of
- start_time
- end_time
- published
- created_at
- updated_at
securitySchemes:
api-key:
type: apiKey
name: api-key
in: header
description: "API Key authentication.\n\nAuthentication for some endpoints, like write operations on the\nArticles API require a DEV API key.\n\nAll authenticated endpoints are CORS disabled, the API key is intended for non-browser scripts.\n\n### Getting an API key\n\nTo obtain one, please follow these steps:\n\n - visit https://dev.to/settings/extensions\n - in the \"DEV API Keys\" section create a new key by adding a\n description and clicking on \"Generate API Key\"\n\n \n\n - You'll see the newly generated key in the same view\n "
bearer_auth:
type: http
scheme: bearer
bearerFormat: JWT
description: Short-lived RS256 RFC 9068 access token issued by the configured delegation service and verified against its configured JWKS. The issuer authorizes the client and requested operation before minting the token; Forem validates the token and resolves its subject and owner to a local user. An invalid token returns 401; an unavailable trust dependency with no usable cached key returns 503.