Digital content¶

URL interpolation and JWT authentication¶

In the simplest case, you can use the digital content module to point users to a specific piece of content on some platform after their ticket purchase, or show them an embedded video or live stream. However, the full power of the module can be utilized by passing additional information to the target system to automatically authenticate the user or pre-fill some fields with their data. For example, you could use an URL like this:

https://webinars.example.com/join?as={attendee_name}&userid={order_code}-{positionid}

While this is already useful, it does not provide much security – anyone could guess a valid combination for that URL. Therefore, the module allows you to pass information as a JSON Web Token, which isn’t encrypted, but signed with a shared secret such that nobody can create their own tokens or modify the contents. To use a token, set up a URL like this:

https://webinars.example.com/join?with_token={token}

Additionally, you will need to set a JWT secret and a token template, either through the pretix interface or through the API (see below). pretix currently only supports tokens signed with HMAC-SHA256 (HS256). Your token template can contain whatever JSON you’d like to pass on based on the same variables, for example:

{
    "iss": "pretix.eu",
    "aud": "webinars.example.com",
    "user": {
        "id": "{order_code}-{positionid}",
        "product": "{product_id}",
        "variation": "{variation_id}",
        "name": "{attendee_name}"
    }
}

Variables can only be used in strings inside the JSON structure. pretix will automatically add an iat claim with the current timestamp and an exp claim with an expiration timestamp based on your configuration.

List of variables¶

The following variables are currently supported:

Variable	Description
`order_code`	Order code (alphanumerical, unique per order, not per ticket)
`positionid`	ID of the ticket within the order (integer, starting at 1)
`order_email`	E-mail address of the ticket purchaser
`product_id`	Internal ID of the purchased product
`product_variation`	Internal ID of the purchased product variation (or empty)
`secret`	The secret ticket code, would be used as the QR code for physical tickets
`attendee_name`	Full name of the ticket holder (or empty)
`attendee_name_*`	Name parts of the ticket holder, depending on configuration, e.g. `attendee_name_given_name` or `attendee_name_family_name`
`attendee_email`	E-mail address of the ticket holder (or empty)
`attendee_company`	Company of the ticket holder (or empty)
`attendee_street`	Street of the ticket holder’s address (or empty)
`attendee_zipcode`	ZIP code of the ticket holder’s address (or empty)
`attendee_city`	City of the ticket holder’s address (or empty)
`attendee_country`	Country code of the ticket holder’s address (or empty)
`attendee_state`	State of the ticket holder’s address (or empty)
`answers[XYZ]`	Answer to the custom question with identifier `XYZ`
`invoice_name`	Full name of the invoice address (or empty)
`invoice_name_*`	Name parts of the invoice address, depending on configuration, e.g. `invoice_name_given_name` or `invoice_name_family_name`
`invoice_company`	Company of the invoice address (or empty)
`invoice_street`	Street of the invoice address (or empty)
`invoice_zipcode`	ZIP code of the invoice address (or empty)
`invoice_city`	City of the invoice address (or empty)
`invoice_country`	Country code of the invoice address (or empty)
`invoice_state`	State of the invoice address (or empty)
`meta_XYZ`	Value of the event’s `XYZ` meta property
`token`	Signed JWT (only to be used in URLs, not in tokens)

API Resource description¶

The digital content plugin provides a HTTP API that allows you to create new digital content for your ticket holders, such as live streams, videos, or material downloads.

The digital content resource contains the following public fields:

Field	Type	Description
id	integer	Internal content ID
title	multi-lingual string	The content title (required)
internal_name	string	An optional name that is only used in the backend
content_type	string	The type of content, valid values are `webinar`, `video`, `livestream`, `link`, `file`
url	string	The location of the digital content
file	file	A downloadable file. Either `url` or `file` must be `null`.
description	multi-lingual string	A public description of the item. May contain Markdown syntax and is not required.
available_from	datetime	The first date time at which this content will be shown (or `null`).
available_until	datetime	The last date time at which this content will b e shown (or `null`).
all_products	boolean	If `true`, the content is available to all buyers of tickets for this event. The `limit_products` field is ignored in this case.
limit_products	list of integers	List of product/item IDs. This content is only shown to buyers of these ticket types.
position	integer	An integer, used for sorting
subevent	integer	Date in an event series this content should be shown for. Should be `null` if this is not an event series or if this should be shown to all customers.
jwt_template	string	Template for JWT token generation
jwt_secret	string	Secret for JWT token generation
jwt_validity	integer	JWT validity in days

API Endpoints¶

GET /api/v1/organizers/(organizer)/events/(event)/digitalcontents/¶

Returns a list of all digital content configured for an event.

Example request:

GET /api/v1/organizers/bigevents/events/sampleconf/digitalcontents/ 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,
      "subevent": null,
      "title": {
          "en": "Concert livestream"
      },
      "content_type": "link",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
      "file": null,
      "description": {
          "en": "Watch our event live here on YouTube!"
      },
      "all_products": true,
      "limit_products": [],
      "available_from": "2020-03-22T23:00:00Z",
      "available_until": null,
      "position": 1
    }
  ]
}

Query Parameters

page – The page number in case of a multi-page result set, default is 1

Parameters

organizer – The slug field of a valid organizer
event – The slug field of the event to fetch

Status Codes

200 OK – no error
401 Unauthorized – Authentication failure
403 Forbidden – The requested organizer or event does not exist or you have no permission to view it.

GET /api/v1/organizers/(organizer)/events/(event)/digitalcontents/(id)/¶

Returns information on one content item, identified by its ID.

Example request:

GET /api/v1/organizers/bigevents/events/sampleconf/digitalcontents/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,
  "subevent": null,
  "title": {
      "en": "Concert livestream"
  },
  "content_type": "link",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
  "file": null,
  "description": {
      "en": "Watch our event live here on YouTube!"
  },
  "all_products": true,
  "limit_products": [],
  "available_from": "2020-03-22T23:00:00Z",
  "available_until": null,
  "position": 1
}

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 content to fetch

Status Codes

200 OK – no error
401 Unauthorized – Authentication failure
403 Forbidden – The requested organizer/event/content does not exist or you have no permission to view it.

POST /api/v1/organizers/(organizer)/events/(event)/digitalcontents/¶

Create a new digital content.

Example request:

POST /api/v1/organizers/bigevents/events/sampleconf/digitalcontents/ HTTP/1.1
Host: pretix.eu
Accept: application/json, text/javascript
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 166

{
  "subevent": null,
  "title": {
      "en": "Concert livestream"
  },
  "content_type": "link",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
  "file": null,
  "description": {
      "en": "Watch our event live here on YouTube!"
  },
  "all_products": true,
  "limit_products": [],
  "available_from": "2020-03-22T23:00:00Z",
  "available_until": null,
  "position": 1
}

Example response:

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

{
  "id": 2,
  "subevent": null,
  "title": {
      "en": "Concert livestream"
  },
  "content_type": "link",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
  "file": null,
  "description": {
      "en": "Watch our event live here on YouTube!"
  },
  "all_products": true,
  "limit_products": [],
  "available_from": "2020-03-22T23:00:00Z",
  "available_until": null,
  "position": 1
}

Parameters

organizer – The slug field of the organizer to create new content for
event – The slug field of the event to create new content for

Status Codes

201 Created – no error
400 Bad Request – The content could not be created due to invalid submitted data.
401 Unauthorized – Authentication failure
403 Forbidden – The requested organizer/event does not exist or you have no permission to create digital contents.

PATCH /api/v1/organizers/(organizer)/events/(event)/digitalcontents/(id)/¶

Update a content. 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.

Example request:

PATCH /api/v1/organizers/bigevents/events/sampleconf/digitalcontents/1/ HTTP/1.1
Host: pretix.eu
Accept: application/json, text/javascript
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 34

{
  "url": "https://mywebsite.com"
}

Example response:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Vary: Accept
Content-Type: text/javascript

{
  "id": 2,
  "subevent": null,
  "title": {
      "en": "Concert livestream"
  },
  "content_type": "link",
  "url": "https://mywebsite.com",
  "file": null,
  "description": {
      "en": "Watch our event live here on YouTube!"
  },
  "all_products": true,
  "limit_products": [],
  "available_from": "2020-03-22T23:00:00Z",
  "available_until": null,
  "position": 1
}

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 content to modify

Status Codes

200 OK – no error
400 Bad Request – The content could not be modified due to invalid submitted data.
401 Unauthorized – Authentication failure
403 Forbidden – The requested organizer/event/content does not exist or you have no permission to change it.

DELETE /api/v1/organizers/(organizer)/events/(event)/digitalcontents/(id)/¶

Delete a digital content.

Example request:

DELETE /api/v1/organizers/bigevents/events/sampleconf/digitalcontents/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 content to delete

Status Codes

204 No Content – no error
401 Unauthorized – Authentication failure
403 Forbidden – The requested organizer/event/content does not exist or you have no permission to change it