Planning Center People API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Planning Center Calendar People API
  description: 'A representative OpenAPI description of the Planning Center suite of church management APIs. Planning Center exposes a documented public REST API for each of its products - People, Services, Giving, Groups, Check-Ins, Calendar, Registrations, Publishing - plus a cross-product Webhooks API, all under the shared base host https://api.planningcenteronline.com. Every product is versioned under its own path prefix (for example /people/v2, /services/v2, /giving/v2). All responses conform to the JSON:API 1.0 specification: resource objects are wrapped in a top-level `data` member (an object or an array), each with `id`, `type`, `attributes`, and `relationships`, and collections support `include`, `where[]` filtering, `order`, and offset-based pagination via `per_page` and `offset`. Authenticate with HTTP Basic using a Personal Access Token (application id / secret) or with an OAuth 2.0 bearer token. A `User-Agent` header is required on every request.

    Endpoint coverage: the resource collections and base paths modeled here are grounded in Planning Center''s published documentation. Individual method/path combinations are a representative CRUD-shaped subset; consult the live API reference at developer.planning.center for the authoritative, exhaustive list and per-resource attributes.'
  version: '2.0'
  contact:
    name: Planning Center Developers
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://www.planningcenter.com/terms
servers:
- url: https://api.planningcenteronline.com
  description: Planning Center API (all products)
security:
- basicAuth: []
- oauth2:
  - people
  - services
  - giving
  - groups
  - check_ins
  - calendar
  - registrations
  - publishing
tags:
- name: People
  description: People, households, contact info, lists, forms, and workflows.
paths:
  /people/v2/people:
    get:
      operationId: listPeople
      tags:
      - People
      summary: List people
      description: Lists people in the account. Supports include, where[] filters, order, and offset pagination.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PerPage'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Offset'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Include'
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Collection'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
    post:
      operationId: createPerson
      tags:
      - People
      summary: Create a person
      requestBody:
        $ref: '#/components/requestBodies/JsonApiBody'
      responses:
        '201':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Resource'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/UnprocessableEntity'
  /people/v2/people/{id}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Id'
    get:
      operationId: getPerson
      tags:
      - People
      summary: Get a person
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Resource'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    patch:
      operationId: updatePerson
      tags:
      - People
      summary: Update a person
      requestBody:
        $ref: '#/components/requestBodies/JsonApiBody'
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Resource'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/UnprocessableEntity'
    delete:
      operationId: deletePerson
      tags:
      - People
      summary: Delete a person
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Deleted.
  /people/v2/people/{id}/emails:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Id'
    get:
      operationId: listPersonEmails
      tags:
      - People
      summary: List a person's emails
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Collection'
  /people/v2/emails:
    get:
      operationId: listEmails
      tags:
      - People
      summary: List email addresses
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Collection'
  /people/v2/addresses:
    get:
      operationId: listAddresses
      tags:
      - People
      summary: List addresses
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Collection'
  /people/v2/phone_numbers:
    get:
      operationId: listPhoneNumbers
      tags:
      - People
      summary: List phone numbers
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Collection'
  /people/v2/households:
    get:
      operationId: listHouseholds
      tags:
      - People
      summary: List households
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Collection'
  /people/v2/lists:
    get:
      operationId: listLists
      tags:
      - People
      summary: List people lists
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Collection'
  /people/v2/field_definitions:
    get:
      operationId: listFieldDefinitions
      tags:
      - People
      summary: List custom field definitions
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Collection'
  /people/v2/forms:
    get:
      operationId: listForms
      tags:
      - People
      summary: List forms
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Collection'
  /people/v2/workflows:
    get:
      operationId: listWorkflows
      tags:
      - People
      summary: List workflows
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Collection'
components:
  parameters:
    Include:
      name: include
      in: query
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
      description: Comma-separated list of related resources to sideload (JSON:API include).
    Id:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      description: The resource ID.
    Offset:
      name: offset
      in: query
      required: false
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 0
      description: Zero-based offset for pagination. Offsets above 30,000 are subject to a stricter rate limit.
    PerPage:
      name: per_page
      in: query
      required: false
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 25
        maximum: 100
      description: Number of records per page (JSON:API pagination).
  schemas:
    JsonApiCollectionDocument:
      type: object
      required:
      - data
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JsonApiResource'
        included:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JsonApiResource'
        meta:
          type: object
          properties:
            total_count:
              type: integer
            count:
              type: integer
        links:
          type: object
          properties:
            self:
              type: string
            next:
              type: string
    JsonApiResourceDocument:
      type: object
      required:
      - data
      properties:
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/JsonApiResource'
        included:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JsonApiResource'
    JsonApiErrorDocument:
      type: object
      properties:
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              status:
                type: string
              title:
                type: string
              detail:
                type: string
    JsonApiResource:
      type: object
      description: A JSON:API resource object.
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
        attributes:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
        relationships:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
        links:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
  responses:
    Collection:
      description: A JSON:API collection of resources.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JsonApiCollectionDocument'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid credentials.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JsonApiErrorDocument'
    UnprocessableEntity:
      description: Validation failed.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JsonApiErrorDocument'
    Resource:
      description: A single JSON:API resource.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JsonApiResourceDocument'
    RateLimited:
      description: Rate limit exceeded (100 requests per 20 seconds per user).
      headers:
        Retry-After:
          schema:
            type: integer
          description: Seconds to wait before retrying.
        X-PCO-API-Request-Rate-Limit:
          schema:
            type: integer
        X-PCO-API-Request-Rate-Period:
          schema:
            type: integer
        X-PCO-API-Request-Rate-Count:
          schema:
            type: integer
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JsonApiErrorDocument'
    NotFound:
      description: Resource not found.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JsonApiErrorDocument'
  requestBodies:
    JsonApiBody:
      required: true
      description: A JSON:API single-resource document.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JsonApiResourceDocument'
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: HTTP Basic auth using a Personal Access Token - application id as the username and secret as the password.
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://api.planningcenteronline.com/oauth/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://api.planningcenteronline.com/oauth/token
          scopes:
            people: Access the People product
            services: Access the Services product
            giving: Access the Giving product
            groups: Access the Groups product
            check_ins: Access the Check-Ins product
            calendar: Access the Calendar product
            registrations: Access the Registrations product
            publishing: Access the Publishing product