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Event.Update

Updates an event in the database.

HTTP Operation

HTTP GET

URL

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

Parameters

See the documentation for creating REST queries.

Parameter	Data type	Description
api	api (required)	mBLAST API assigned to developer.
recordID	integer (required)	The recordID assigned to the event.
name	string (required)	The name or title of the event.
subtitle	string	The subtitle of the event.
abbreviation	string	The abbreviation for the event.
summary	string	The summary of the event.
description	string	The description of the event
link	string	The URL for the event's web site.
type	event type (required)	The type of the event.
organizer	companyID (required)	The company ID for the primary event organizer. While there may be associated sponsors and collaborating organizations, this field should contain the main organization that is responsible for coordinating and operating the event.
startdate	date	The start date and time of the event.
enddate	date	The end date and time of the event.
duration	integer	The duration of the event in minutes. This is used instead of end date for some event types.
venueid	event venue (required)	The venue recordid in mBLAST system.
phone	phone	The phone number for the event.
logolink	string	A URL that points to the logo graphic for the event.
keywords	string	Keywords associated with the event, separated by commas.
cs_startdate	date	The 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_enddate	date	The close date for the Call for Speakers.
cs_link	string	URL for a web page describing the Call for Speakers process.
cs_documentlink	string	URL for a document describing the Call for Speakers process. This might be an Adobe PDF or Microsoft Word document, for example.
cp_startdate	date	The 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_enddate	date	The close date for the Call for Papers.
cp_link	string	URL for a web page describing the Call for Papers Papers.
cp_documentlink	string	URL for a document describing the Call for Speakers process. This might be an Adobe PDF or Microsoft Word document, for example.

Response Elements

Response are returned in an XML document.

Field	Description
response	Contains the query response.
event	Contains the individual event information.
recordID	The recordID assigned to the event.
name	The name or title of the event.
subtitle	The subtitle of the event.
abbreviation	The abbreviation for the event.
summary	The summary of the event.
description	The description of the event.
link	The URL for the event's web site.
type	The type of the event.
organizer	The company ID for the primary event organizer.
startdate	The start date and time of the event.
enddate	The end date and time of the event.
duration	The duration of the event in minutes. This is used instead of end date for some event types.
venueid	The venue recordid in mBLAST system.
location	The 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.
phone	The phone number for the event.
logolink	A URL that points to the logo graphic for the event.
keywords	Keywords associated with the event, separated by commas.
cs_startdate	The 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_enddate	The close date for the Call for Speakers
cs_link	URL for a web page describing the Call for Speakers process
cs_documentlink	URL for a document describing the Call for Speakers process. This might be an Adobe PDF or Microsoft Word document, for example.
cp_startdate	The 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_enddate	The close date for the Call for Papers.
cp_link	URL for a web page describing the Call for Papers process.
cp_documentlink	URL 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.Update 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.Update returns the standard errors. There are no errors specific to this method.