Item categories

Resource description

Categories provide grouping for items (better known as products). The category resource contains the following public fields:

Field

Type

Description

id

integer

Internal ID of the category

name

multi-lingual string

The category’s visible name

internal_name

string

An optional name that is only used in the backend

description

multi-lingual string

A public description (might include markdown, can be null)

position

integer

An integer, used for sorting the categories

is_addon

boolean

If true, items within this category are not on sale on their own but the category provides a source for defining add-ons for other products.

Endpoints

GET /api/v1/organizers/(organizer)/events/(event)/categories/

Returns a list of all categories within a given event.

Example request:

GET /api/v1/organizers/bigevents/events/sampleconf/categories/ HTTP/1.1
Host: pretix.eu
Accept: application/json, text/javascript

Example response:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Vary: Accept
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "count": 1,
  "next": null,
  "previous": null,
  "results": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "name": {"en": "Tickets"},
      "internal_name": "",
      "description": {"en": "Tickets are what you need to get in."},
      "position": 1,
      "is_addon": false
    }
  ]
}
Query Parameters
  • page (integer) – The page number in case of a multi-page result set, default is 1

  • is_addon (boolean) – If set to true or false, only categories with this value for the field is_addon will be returned.

  • ordering (string) – Manually set the ordering of results. Valid fields to be used are id and position. Default: position

Parameters
  • organizer – The slug field of the organizer to fetch

  • event – The slug field of the event to fetch

Status Codes
  • 200 OK – no error

  • 401 Unauthorized – Authentication failure

  • 403 Forbidden – The requested organizer/event does not exist or you have no permission to view this resource.

GET /api/v1/organizers/(organizer)/events/(event)/categories/(id)/

Returns information on one category, identified by its ID.

Example request:

GET /api/v1/organizers/bigevents/events/sampleconf/categories/1/ HTTP/1.1
Host: pretix.eu
Accept: application/json, text/javascript

Example response:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Vary: Accept
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": {"en": "Tickets"},
  "internal_name": "",
  "description": {"en": "Tickets are what you need to get in."},
  "position": 1,
  "is_addon": false
}
Parameters
  • organizer – The slug field of the organizer to fetch

  • event – The slug field of the event to fetch

  • id – The id field of the category to fetch

Status Codes
  • 200 OK – no error

  • 401 Unauthorized – Authentication failure

  • 403 Forbidden – The requested organizer/event does not exist or you have no permission to view this resource.

POST /api/v1/organizers/(organizer)/events/(event)/categories/

Creates a new category

Example request:

POST /api/v1/organizers/bigevents/events/sampleconf/categories/ HTTP/1.1
Host: pretix.eu
Accept: application/json, text/javascript
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "name": {"en": "Tickets"},
  "internal_name": "",
  "description": {"en": "Tickets are what you need to get in."},
  "position": 1,
  "is_addon": false
}

Example response:

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Vary: Accept
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": {"en": "Tickets"},
  "internal_name": "",
  "description": {"en": "Tickets are what you need to get in."},
  "position": 1,
  "is_addon": false
}
Parameters
  • organizer – The slug field of the organizer of the event to create a category for

  • event – The slug field of the event to create a category for

Status Codes
PATCH /api/v1/organizers/(organizer)/events/(event)/categories/(id)/

Update a category. You can also use PUT instead of PATCH. With PUT, you have to provide all fields of the resource, other fields will be reset to default. With PATCH, you only need to provide the fields that you want to change.

You can change all fields of the resource except the id field.

Example request:

PATCH /api/v1/organizers/bigevents/events/sampleconf/categories/1/ HTTP/1.1
Host: pretix.eu
Accept: application/json, text/javascript
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 94

{
  "is_addon": true
}

Example response:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Vary: Accept
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": {"en": "Tickets"},
  "internal_name": "",
  "description": {"en": "Tickets are what you need to get in."},
  "position": 1,
  "is_addon": true
}
Parameters
  • organizer – The slug field of the organizer to modify

  • event – The slug field of the event to modify

  • id – The id field of the category to modify

Status Codes
  • 200 OK – no error

  • 400 Bad Request – The category could not be modified due to invalid submitted data

  • 401 Unauthorized – Authentication failure

  • 403 Forbidden – The requested organizer/event does not exist or you have no permission to change this resource.

DELETE /api/v1/organizers/(organizer)/events/(event)/category/(id)/

Delete a category.

Example request:

DELETE /api/v1/organizers/bigevents/events/sampleconf/categories/1/ HTTP/1.1
Host: pretix.eu
Accept: application/json, text/javascript

Example response:

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
Vary: Accept
Parameters
  • organizer – The slug field of the organizer to modify

  • event – The slug field of the event to modify

  • id – The id field of the category to delete

Status Codes