Create and configure event

Here are the steps and API endpoints to create an event in the Accelevents platform.

Step	Description	API reference
Create Event	This is the first step toward event creation.	Event Creation
Update Event Format	As user can change the event format at any time.	Update Event Format
Configure Event	We can configure various event parameters like start time, end time e.t.c.	Configure Event

1.Event Creation

After the user signup process is completed the newly created user will be able to create a new event.

to create a new event need to call Create New Event API

The following are Default basic values that will be assigned while the event is created for both Organizer and WhiteLabel.
Event Creator can override the below field's values at event creation time and call API.

Field	Data Type	Default Value
Event Name	String	User's firstName + lastName + s Event + counter(increment by 1 every time new event is created)
causeAuctionEnabled	boolean	false
silentAuctionEnabled	boolean	false
raffleEnabled	boolean	false
currency	String	USD
timezoneId	String	United States (New York) Time
equivalentTimeZone	String	America/New_York
creditCardEnabled	boolean	false
goalStartingAmount	int	0
eventURL	String	It is auto-generated with validations like unique for each event.
eventListingStatus	EventListingStatus Enum	PREVIEW

We can create events for the following users.

White Label User

If the logged-in user is a member of the WhiteLabel then the event will be created at the WhiteLabel level.

Need to pass whitelabelUrl As Query Parameter while calling create event API.

The following are Default basic values that will be assigned while the event is created for WhiteLabel.

Field	Data Type	Default Value
whiteLabel	WhiteLabel	Set id of current whiteLabelUrl
billingType	Enum of BillingType	set billing type value from WhiteLabel setting
silentAuctionEnabled	boolean	set value from the WhiteLabel setting
causeAuctionEnabled	boolean	set value from the WhiteLabel setting
raffleEnabled	boolean	set value from the WhiteLabel setting
ticketingEnabled	boolean	set value from the WhiteLabel setting

Organizer User

If the logged-in user is a member of the organizer then the event will be created at the organizer level.

The following are Default basic values that will be assigned while the event is created for the Organizer.

Field	Data Type	Default Value
organizer	Organizer	Set id of current organizerPageUrl

2.Update Event Format

After the event is created successfully, the user can change the event format to either Virtual, Hybrid, or In-Person.

to update the event format need to call Update Event Format API

3.Configure Event

Event Design Details

Basic fields can be configured which is described in event design settings API API.

Other Details

Users can change various event parameters by calling Save Ticketing Without Ticketing Type API

Below is the list of various parameters that can be configured for the current event.

Field	Data Type	Description
timezoneId	String	This will update with passed timezoneId value in API i.e. United States (New York) Time
equivalentTimezone	String	This will have timezone that we pass when API is called i.e. America/New_York
eventVenueType	String	Possible values VENUE,ONLINE_VIRTUAL_EVENT,TO_BE_ANNOUNCED,VIRTUAL.
eventFormat	String	This specify event format
eventIsActive	boolean	This will be true if event end date is later than current date.
currencySymbol	String	This represents current currency with which event is associated.
longitude	String	This represents location longitude parameter
latitude	String	This represents location latitude parameter
eventStartDate	String	Event start date in yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm format. This is stored in UTC format and calculated based on event's equivalentTimezone
eventEndDate	String	event end date in yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm format. This is stored in UTC format and calculated based on event's equivalentTimezone
eventAddress	String	This represents events address
preEventAccessMinutes	int	This represents Pre event access minutes before event starts to enter into the event.
eventKey	String	This represents event key when seatsio is connected.
seatingChartKey	String	This represents seating chart key when seatsio is connected.