Meetup API vs Eventbrite API for AI agents
Meetup API is Meetup's GraphQL API for groups, events and members, authenticated with OAuth access tokens. Eventbrite API is Eventbrite's REST API (v3) for working with events, orders, attendees and organizations on Eventbrite.
The short answer
- Meetup API: Finding community meetups and recurring group events, with a link to the Meetup page.
- Eventbrite API: Managing your own Eventbrite events or reading events from venues and organizers whose IDs you already know; not for open discovery.
Side by side
| Meetup API | Eventbrite API | |
|---|---|---|
| Searches | Events and groups (eventSearch and groupSearch replaced the old keywordSearch). | No public event search: the Event Search endpoint was shut down in December 2019. You can fetch an event by ID and list events by venue ID or organization ID. |
| Returns | Event title, event URL, description, date and time, duration, hosts, featured photo, group and RSVPs. | Event records retrieved by event ID, or paginated lists of events for a known venue or organization. |
| Before the first call | A Meetup account with a registered OAuth client and an access token. Rate limit: 500 query points every 60 seconds. | – |
| Acting on a result | Event link: each event has its Meetup event URL (RSVP happens on Meetup). | – |
| MCP server | No official server listed | – |
Where Openpath fits
Openpath has no event listings yet. Events are on its roadmap, from organizers who list them themselves. Get listed.
Questions people ask
What do I need before I can use Meetup API?
A Meetup account with a registered OAuth client and an access token. Rate limit: 500 query points every 60 seconds.
Is Meetup API free?
Its pages listed no free use when we read them on October 15, 2026.
Sources
Every line about another company comes from its own pages. Prices and terms change, so check the source before you rely on one.
Meetup API, read on October 15, 2026:
- meetup.com/api/guide: “Meetup uses access tokens to authenticate GraphQL requests.”
- meetup.com/api/guide: “The API currently allows you to have 500 points in your queries every 60 seconds.”
- meetup.com/api/guide: “Split into: groupSearch, eventSearch”
- meetup.com/api/guide: “title eventUrl description dateTime duration eventHosts { memberId name }”
- meetup.com/api/authentication: “you need to either register a new OAuth client or add a redirect_uri to an existing client”
Eventbrite API, read on October 15, 2026:
- eventbrite.com/platform/api: “Access to this API was shut down at 11:59 pm PT on Thursday, December 12, 2019.”
- eventbrite.com/platform/api: “List Events by Venue ID. Returns a paginated response.”
- eventbrite.com/platform/api: “List Events by Organization ID. Returns a paginated response.”
- eventbrite.com/platform/api: “Retrieve an Event by Event ID.”