Getting Started
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Quick Start
Get up and running in three steps.
1Get Your Key
Start a free trial or a paid plan for immediate access to the API.
2Authenticate
Add your API key as a Bearer token in the Authorization header.
3Make Requests
Query events, artists, and venues. See sample requests to learn how.
Your First Request
Fetch upcoming events in the New York metro area.
curl -X GET "https://api.data.jambase.com/v3/events?geoMetroId=jambase:1" \-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \-H "Accept: application/json" \-H "User-Agent: JamBaseData-Sandbox/1.0"
Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your actual API key. The geoMetroId parameter filters events by metropolitan area. Use the Search Cities endpoint to find metro IDs.
Documentation
Learn how to work with the JamBase Concert Data API.
| Authentication | API key authentication via Bearer token header |
| Attribution | Required attribution and linking when displaying JamBase data |
| Using Images | Who owns the images the API returns and how to display and cache them |
| Rate Limits | Per-minute rate limits and monthly quotas by plan |
| Pagination | Navigating paginated results with page and perPage |
| Error Handling | Error response format and common error codes |
| Historical Data | Accessing past events for analytics and research |
| Search | Keyword search across events, artists, and venues by name |
| Bulk Ingest & Delta Sync | Seeding a local cache and keeping it fresh with dateModifiedFrom delta syncs |
| Deleted Items | Detecting catalog removals via inline tombstones on the delta loop |
| Reverse ID Lookup | Reverse-lookup a JBD event / artist / venue / stream from a Spotify, Ticketmaster, MusicBrainz, or SeatGeek ID |
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Resources
Tools and references to help you build.
| Collection & Spec | |
| Sample Requests | Copy-paste examples for common use cases |
| Request Builder | Interactive tool to build and test requests |
| Migrating from v1 | Moving an existing v1 integration to v3 |
| v1 Legacy Reference | |
| Help Center | |
| FAQ | |
| Contact Us | Get help from our team |
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