Planning Center · Open Collection

Planning Center API

Representative Open Collection for the Planning Center suite of church management APIs - People, Services, Giving, Groups, Check-Ins, Calendar, Registrations, Publishing, and Webhooks. Shared base host https://api.planningcenteronline.com with per-product path prefixes. All responses are JSON:API 1.0. Authenticate with HTTP Basic using a Personal Access Token (application id / secret) or an OAuth 2.0 bearer token. Rate limit: 100 requests per 20 seconds per user.

31
Requests
9
Folders
2.0
Version
View on GitHub Raw JSON Church ManagementChMSFaithGivingEventSchedulingPeopleNon-ProfitOpen Collection

Overview

Planning Center API is a Open Collection published by Planning Center on the APIs.io network, version 2.0.

Representative Open Collection for the Planning Center suite of church management APIs - People, Services, Giving, Groups, Check-Ins, Calendar, Registrations, Publishing, and Webhooks. Shared base host https://api.planningcenteronline.com with per-product path prefixes. All responses are JSON:API 1.0. Authenticate with HTTP Basic using a Personal Access Token (application id / secret) or an OAuth 2.0 bearer token. Rate limit: 100 requests per 20 seconds per user.

The collection contains 31 requests organised into 9 folders.

Tagged areas include Church Management, ChMS, Faith, Giving, and Event.

Requests & Folders

People
Services
Giving
Groups
Check-Ins
Calendar
Registrations
Publishing
Webhooks

Related API Specs

Planning Center Calendar API (OpenAPI) Planning Center Check-Ins API (OpenAPI) Planning Center Giving API (OpenAPI) Planning Center Groups API (OpenAPI) Planning Center People API (OpenAPI) Planning Center Publishing API (OpenAPI) Planning Center Registrations API (OpenAPI) Planning Center Services API (OpenAPI) Planning Center Webhooks API (OpenAPI)
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