Meetup API vs StubHub API for AI agents
Meetup API is Meetup's GraphQL API for groups, events and members, authenticated with OAuth access tokens. StubHub API is StubHub's OAuth2 REST API for searching events, buying tickets and listing tickets on the StubHub marketplace.
The short answer
- Meetup API: Finding community meetups and recurring group events, with a link to the Meetup page.
- StubHub API: Approved affiliate and reseller partners who want to search and buy resale tickets from StubHub inside their own product.
Side by side
| Meetup API | StubHub API | |
|---|---|---|
| Searches | Events and groups (eventSearch and groupSearch replaced the old keywordSearch). | Events on the StubHub ticket marketplace (catalog), plus inventory, sales and account data for partners. |
| Returns | Event title, event URL, description, date and time, duration, hosts, featured photo, group and RSVPs. | – |
| Before the first call | A Meetup account with a registered OAuth client and an access token. Rate limit: 500 query points every 60 seconds. | Access is granted on request: affiliates and buyer-facing apps email StubHub's affiliate team, seller tools email API support; every request needs an OAuth2 token. |
| Acting on a result | Event link: each event has its Meetup event URL (RSVP happens on Meetup). | Checkout through the API (purchase tickets for an event), for partners who are given access. |
| 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”
StubHub API, read on October 15, 2026:
- developer.stubhub.com/docs/overview/introduction: “search for and view events, purchase tickets for an event or list tickets on the StubHub platform”
- developer.stubhub.com/docs/overview/introduction: “OAuth2 is used for all authentication.”
- developer.stubhub.com/blog: “To get access, please contact one of the email addresses below:”
- developer.stubhub.com/blog: “If you are a current affiliate partner or are building something that helps buyers find tickets to purchase”
- developer.stubhub.com/blog: “we are experiencing high volumes of requests for API support”