Eventbrite API get full description

Question

When using an eventbrite api end point e.g. https://www.eventbriteapi.com/v3/events/11111/?token=xxx

I only get the summary description e.g.

"description": {
    "text": "Short description", 
    "html": "Short description"
},

Is there a way to get the full description?

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 08 '19 at 15:44

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That is strange... I ran a call to the API and I received a full description.

*Note: The description was on multiple lines.

Can you share the event_id this is happening to?

*Also, Note: I am using iTerm, Python with the requests package, and pretty print package(pprint) to make my calls to the API. Could this be a settings issue with the tool you are using to make the calls?

answered Jan 08 '19 at 15:44

Nathan Tinius

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I'm using PHP but even testing via the url https://www.eventbriteapi.com/v3/events/53816433401/?status=live&token= It happens on all events as far as I can see I was wondering if there is an undocumented expand option - but .. – Alan Fuller Jan 08 '19 at 20:04
Thanks for sharing! I see now that you are using the new event creation dashboard. It is only bringing over the "Summary"... correct? – Nathan Tinius Jan 08 '19 at 20:15
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OK - here is the issue Using the old UI edit-event -you get one long description - this allows html etc Using the new UI ( can't see it is optional - I guess based on when the account was created? ) you get Design - which has Summary * and Write a Description about your event, Summary is non HMTL and 140 chars. The API only provides the Summary * and appears no way to get the html / full description. Hope that helps - does that mean the API is behind the UI? Will it get updated? – Alan Fuller Jan 08 '19 at 20:18
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Yes, the API is behind the UI and it is a known issue at Eventbrite. You can opt out of the new UI. You just need to contact the API support team. You can do that here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/eventbrite-api – Nathan Tinius Jan 08 '19 at 20:27
Thanks, but opting out isn't really an option as a maintain a WordPress plugin that integrates Eventbrite by API and hence has hundreds if not thousands of users which I can't really advise all new user to opt out. I look forward to hearing about the fix time line - any where I can keep up to date with that? – Alan Fuller Jan 09 '19 at 13:46

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 25 '19 at 10:43

This is mentioned about the retrieve event endpoint.

Note: If the Event being retrieved was created using the new version of Create, then you may notice that the Event’s description field is now being used to hold the event summary. To retrieve your event’s fully-rendered HTML description, you will need to make an additional API call to retrieve the Event's full HTML description.

So, to fetch an events description, use this endpoint: https://www.eventbrite.com/platform/api#/reference/event/retrieve/retrieve-event-html-description

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 26 '20 at 06:26

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This is the endpoint, in case someone gets here after Jul 2020 https://www.eventbriteapi.com/v3/events/event_id/description/

answered Jul 26 '20 at 06:26

Diego

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You will have to explain that. – Yunnosch Jul 26 '20 at 06:55
Please explain the relevance of July 2020 - that end point has been around at lease a year. As mentioned in other comments. – Alan Fuller Jul 26 '20 at 14:49

score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 08 '20 at 21:22

I had the same issue and found this on the official documentation: Retrieve full HTML description. The reason is that, as mentioned in Sheldon's answer (and here in docs):

To retrieve your event’s fully-rendered HTML description, you will need to make an additional API call to retrieve the Event's full HTML description.

Eventbrite API get full description

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