Once we started updating the REST API, we just couldn’t stop. Here’s a list of what’s new as of last night:

• New API Methods:
  • venue_events: list events occuring at a venue
  • venue_tags: list tags associated with a venue
  • tag_events: list events associated with a tag
  • tag_by_name: retrieve tag information by tag name
  • user_add_event: add an event to a user calendar
  • user_remove_event: remove an event from a user calendar
  • event_add_tag: add a tag to an event
  • event_remove_tag: remove a tag from an event
  • venue_delete: delete a venue and all events occuring at the venue
• New options for constraining event lists by date and time. All the methods that return event lists (e.g., group_events, venue_events, tag_events and user_events) support the sd and ed parameters for constraining the returns list to events that occur within a specific date range.
• New Message option for the event_cancel and event_delete methods. When cancelling or deleting and event, this option allows you to send an arbitrary text message to users that have added this event to their calendar.
• The RSS output format includes the xCal extensions for specifying date and time location for events and venues. There’s an example on this page.

Read the API documentation for details on all the new methods and parameters.

-Shane

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One of the inspirations behind Zvents is Google Maps. When we saw how the team at Google had created a navigable way of presenting place information that truly enhanced user understanding, we said, “Why can’t we do the same thing with time *and * location information?” So we made our search results viewable in lists, in Google Maps, and in a variety of dynamic calendar forms. We’re pretty impressed with Google Maps – the API is great, the service is free, and the net result is highly interactive and dynamic. Check out this map search result for theater in San Jose next month – with dynamic lists inside the popup balloons, this is a key part of our presentation of time/place information. We’ve been in touch with the team over at Google Maps, and they’ve been very helpful and supportive. Thanks for building a great product guys, and we look forward to doing great things together!

-Tyler

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Hey, mobile developers! We have extensive APIs and tons of Bay Area content with geolocation data in GPS-compatible form. We’ve got “when” search. Want to write a mobile app with up-to-the minute local content? We might be able to help. Want to write a cool mobile interface to our site? Sure, we’d like that, too.

-Tyler

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If you will pardon our brief immodesty, we think we have the best local events search and web service on the planet right now. We sure aren’t going to rest on our laurels – we’re going to work real hard to make sure that statement stays true for a long, long time. If you love our functionality, our APIs, and the fact that we’re full right up to the brim with searchable, linkable, RSS-able fresh event data, then mash us up!

-Tyler

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