SeatGeek

SeatGeek is a live event ticketing and discovery platform that aggregates ticket inventory from multiple sources and provides a transparent, data-driven ticket buying experience. The SeatGeek Platform API gives developers access to a canonical dataset of live events including concerts, sports, and theater performances, along with performer and venue information, seating maps, ticket pricing, and personalized event recommendations. The API uses HTTP Basic Auth or query parameter authentication with a client ID and supports RESTful access to events, performers, venues, and taxonomies.

SeatGeek publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Events API, Performers API, Recommendations API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Events, Tickets, Live Events, Concerts, and Sports.

The SeatGeek catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

SeatGeek’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, support, code examples, and 14 more developer resources.

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57.3/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 43/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

5 APIs 1 MCP Servers

EventsTicketsLive EventsConcertsSportsVenuesTicketing

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 57.3/100 · strong

Contract Quality 16.4 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 10.4 / 20

Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13

Governance 8.3 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 43/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 5

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Seatgeek Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Examples 1

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

MCPServer

MCPServer

Design & Contract 4

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONStructure

JSONLDContext

SpectralRuleset

Vocabulary

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace

PostmanWorkspace

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

SDKs

SDKs

Examples

Examples

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: seatgeek
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/seatgeek/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
- aid: seatgeek:seatgeek-events-api
  name: SeatGeek Events API
  description: The Events API from SeatGeek — 2 operation(s) for events.
  humanURL: https://seatgeek.com/build
  baseURL: https://api.seatgeek.com/2
  tags:
  - Events
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/seatgeek-events-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://seatgeek.github.io/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://seatgeek.com/build
- aid: seatgeek:seatgeek-performers-api
  name: SeatGeek Performers API
  description: The Performers API from SeatGeek — 2 operation(s) for performers.
  humanURL: https://seatgeek.com/build
  baseURL: https://api.seatgeek.com/2
  tags:
  - Performers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/seatgeek-performers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://seatgeek.github.io/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://seatgeek.com/build
- aid: seatgeek:seatgeek-recommendations-api
  name: SeatGeek Recommendations API
  description: The Recommendations API from SeatGeek — 2 operation(s) for recommendations.
  humanURL: https://seatgeek.com/build
  baseURL: https://api.seatgeek.com/2
  tags:
  - Recommendations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/seatgeek-recommendations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://seatgeek.github.io/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://seatgeek.com/build
- aid: seatgeek:seatgeek-taxonomies-api
  name: SeatGeek Taxonomies API
  description: The Taxonomies API from SeatGeek — 1 operation(s) for taxonomies.
  humanURL: https://seatgeek.com/build
  baseURL: https://api.seatgeek.com/2
  tags:
  - Taxonomies
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/seatgeek-taxonomies-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://seatgeek.github.io/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://seatgeek.com/build
- aid: seatgeek:seatgeek-venues-api
  name: SeatGeek Venues API
  description: The Venues API from SeatGeek — 2 operation(s) for venues.
  humanURL: https://seatgeek.com/build
  baseURL: https://api.seatgeek.com/2
  tags:
  - Venues
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/seatgeek-venues-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://seatgeek.github.io/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://seatgeek.com/build
name: SeatGeek
tags:
- Events
- Tickets
- Live Events
- Concerts
- Sports
- Venues
- Ticketing
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/seatgeek.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2026-05-02'
modified: '2026-05-19'
position: Consuming
description: SeatGeek is a live event ticketing and discovery platform that aggregates ticket inventory from multiple sources
  and provides a transparent, data-driven ticket buying experience. The SeatGeek Platform API gives developers access to a
  canonical dataset of live events including concerts, sports, and theater performances, along with performer and venue information,
  seating maps, ticket pricing, and personalized event recommendations. The API uses HTTP Basic Auth or query parameter authentication
  with a client ID and supports RESTful access to events, performers, venues, and taxonomies.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.19'
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/seatgeek/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/seatgeek-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/seatgeek-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/seatgeek-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/seatgeek
- name: Website
  url: https://seatgeek.com
  type: Website
- name: Developer Portal
  url: https://seatgeek.com/build
  type: Portal
- name: API Documentation
  url: https://seatgeek.github.io/
  type: Documentation
- name: GitHub Organization
  url: https://github.com/seatgeek
  type: GitHubOrganization
- name: iOS SDK
  url: https://github.com/seatgeek/SGAPI
  type: SDKs
- name: API Support
  url: https://github.com/seatgeek/api-support
  type: Support
- name: API Terms
  url: https://seatgeek.com/api-terms
  type: TermsOfService
- url: json-schema/seatgeek-event-schema.json
  type: JSONSchema
- url: json-structure/seatgeek-event-structure.json
  type: JSONStructure
- url: json-ld/seatgeek-context.jsonld
  type: JSONLDContext
- url: examples/seatgeek-list-events-example.json
  type: Examples
- url: rules/seatgeek-rules.yml
  type: SpectralRuleset
- url: vocabulary/seatgeek-vocabulary.yml
  type: Vocabulary
- name: MCP Server
  url: https://github.com/seatgeek/mcp-pdb
  type: MCPServer

SeatGeek

APIs 5

Postman Collections 5

Open Collections 1