Event.Get

Gets information about an event from the database.

HTTP Operation

HTTP GET

URL

https://www.mblast.com/api/rest/v.01/event.get.aspx

Parameters

See the documentation for creating REST queries.

ParameterData typeDescription
apiapi (required)mBLAST API assigned to developer.
recordIDinteger (required)The recordID assigned to the event.

Sample Request URL: https://www.mblast.com/api/rest/v.01/event.get.aspx?un=demo&pw=demo&recordID=12345

Response Elements

Response are returned in an XML document.

FieldDescription
responseContains the query response.
eventContains the individual event information.
recordIDThe recordID assigned to the event.
nameThe name or title of the event.
subtitleThe subtitle of the event.
abbreviationThe abbreviation for the event.
summaryThe summary of the event.
descriptionThe description of the event.
linkThe URL for the event's web site.
typeThe type of the event.
organizerThe company ID for the primary event organizer.
startdateThe start date and time of the event.
enddateThe end date and time of the event.
durationThe duration of the event in minutes. This is used instead of end date for some event types.
venueidThe venue recordid in mBLAST system.
locationThe location of the event. For online events, the value should be "Online". For events with a venue, include the hotel, conference or other facility name as well as the city, state/province (if applicable), and country. It is not necessary to include street addresses.
phoneThe phone number for the event.
logolinkA URL that points to the logo graphic for the event.
keywordsKeywords associated with the event, separated by commas.
cs_startdateThe open date for the Call for Speakers. "Call for Speakers" represents the span of time when the event organizer will ask for speaker proposals for the event.
cs_enddateThe close date for the Call for Speakers
cs_linkURL for a web page describing the Call for Speakers process
cs_documentlinkURL for a document describing the Call for Speakers process. This might be an Adobe PDF or Microsoft Word document, for example.
cp_startdateThe open date for the Call for Papers. "Call for Papers" represents the span of time when the event organizer will ask for paper proposals to be presented at the event.
cp_enddateThe close date for the Call for Papers.
cp_linkURL for a web page describing the Call for Papers process.
cp_documentlinkURL for a document describing the Call for Papers process. This might be an Adobe PDF or Microsoft Word document, for example.

Example response

The following is an example of the response returned by the Event.Get method.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response>
  <event>
    <recordID>12345</recordID>
    <name>Optical Network and Wave Division Multiplexing</name>
    <subtitle>Technology and application</subtitle>
    <description>
      Master the technology and application of optical 
      networks and Wave Division Multiplexing (WDM). 
    </description>
    <link>http://www.bcr.com/seminars/courseinfo/opt.asp</link>
    <type>Conference</type>
    <organizer>5075</organizer>
    <startdate>2006-01-08T1:00:00Z</startdate>
    <enddate>2006-01-09T1:00:00Z</enddate>
    <keywords>
      optical network, wave division multiplexing, wdm 
    </keywords>
  </event>
</response>

Errors

Event.Get returns the standard errors. There are no errors specific to this method.