Adding events using json and http request

[Alston]

Hello,
I am new to your events calendar plugin and am troubleshooting some issues we are having. It was set up by a different vendor and I’m wondering if the extra details we are missing are due to it being the free version and not the paid version.

Currently events are added to the Events Calendar using the wp-rest api, but not all of the fields sent in the json request are populating the form. If an event is added, only the name, date, and event time are populating the calendar, nor is any of that information included in an event if exported to import into .ics file. So my feeling is that this information is not being passed on to the calendar.

I’ve pasted below a sample json request.

{  
   "eventID":13088,
   "regions":"R1, R2",
   "type":"Rally",
   "eventName":"This is only a test second example",
   "eventLocation":"second location test",
   "eventStartDate":"5/1/2017",
   "eventStartTime":"1:30",
   "eventStartAMPM":"pm",
   "eventEndTime":"2:30",
   "eventEndAMPM":"pm",
   "staffResponsible":"Michael H",
   "notes":"",
   "counties":"Los Angeles, San Diego",
   "dept":"Information Technology"
}

Can you please let me know if this is due to the version, free vs. pro? Also, if you have any documentation over adding events to the Events Calendar using the wp-rest api, can you please point me towards them?

Thank you.
Alston

[Shelby]

Hey Alston,

Thanks for using our plugins!

Since you seem to be a current user of our premium plugins and/or free plugins, I recommend reaching out to our support on the Events Calendar PRO premium forum or WordPress.org forum. In those places, we have the capacity to provide more technical support. This Pre-Sales forum is reserved specifically for questions about the features of our plugins for users who are making decisions about which, if any, to purchase.

Let me know if I can clarify any of this!

Best,

Shelby 🙂

[Alston]

Hello Shelby, thank you for getting back to me. I cannot use the pro forum as I do not have a license, otherwise I wouldn’t have posted in the pre-sales area. My feeling is custom fields aren’t allowed in the free version.

I probably didn’t phrase my question very well, I thought including the json fields I need to pass to the calendar would show that this site was using custom fields that it was trying to pass to The Events Calendar.

So, are custom fields like “type,” “counties,” “dept,” allowed in the free version or do we need to purchase the pro version to include custom fields in our calendar?

Thanks.

[Shelby]

Hi Alston,

My apologies for misreading your question there!

Custom fields in the calendar would require a customization of the plugin that is beyond the free or PRO versions, so you’d need to hire a developer to code that part out for you.

Hope that helps! 🙂

Cheers,

Shelby

[Alston]

Hello Shelby,
I’m looking at this page: https://theeventscalendar.com/product/wordpress-events-calendar-pro/ (https://theeventscalendar.com/product/wordpress-events-calendar-pro/)

In the section labled “Is pro right for you?”, it says the pro version has “additional fields,” whereas the core does not. What are these additional fields if not custom fields?

Regarding your referencing a developer, that’s what I’m doing and I’ve created the custom fields and assigned them to my events but they are not showing up. Part of my troubleshooting was to see if this was disallowed somehow in the core version but the pro version is set up to allow them.

So, can you please verify if the additional fields listed here are different from allowing to create custom fields? I probably misread that and assumed that’s what it meant. Also, custom fields can be added to either core or pro?

Thanks.
Alston

[Alston]

Thanks Shelby,
I just created my own template files to display what I needed. Thanks for your help.
Alston

[Shelby]

Hi Alston,

Glad to see you got it sorted out! 🙂

Cheers until next time,

Shelby 🙂

[Courtney]

Hey there

Just posting a quick update that we’ve just launched The Events Calendar – Full REST Support. You can read the release notes at https://theeventscalendar.com/release-events-calendar-full-rest-support/.

We also published a helpful guide: Introduction to The Events Calendar REST API https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/introduction-events-calendar-rest-api/ .

We’re excited to provide this functionality for you.

Thanks
Courtney 🙂

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