API Method ticket_update

This method updates an existing ticket type, returning the ID of the updated ticket. Only the fields passed as arguments will be modified.

Request Parameters

Name description
id The ticket type ID (required)
is_donation 0 for fixed-price tickets, 1 for donations.
name The ticket name.
description The ticket description.
price The ticket price. Enter 0.00 for free tickets. Leave blank for a donation. If tickets are already sold, price will not change.
quantity The number of tickets available. Not required for donations.
start_sales The date and time when ticket sales start, in ISO 8601 format (e.g., “2007-12-31 23:59:59″).
end_sales The date and time when ticket sales stop, in ISO 8601 format (e.g., “2007-12-31 23:59:59″).
include_fee 0 to add the Eventbrite service fee on top of ticket price, or 1 to include it in the ticket price.
min The minimum number of tickets per order.
max The maximum number of tickets per order.
hide Show or hide the ticket type. Valid options: (y or n)

Example Request URL

https://www.eventbrite.com/xml/ticket_update?...&id=321348687
&name=Existticket&price=10.0&quantity=5000

Example Response

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<event>
	<id>908163459</id>
	<status>ok</status>
	<message>ticket_update : complete</message>
</event>

Method-Specific Errors

More information about error-handling and common error messages are available in our error docs.

error_type error_message
Authentication Error The specified user was not found or the login credentials didn’t match.
Ticket error The ticket id is missing.
Ticket error The ticket id is unknown.
Ticket error The total number of tickets exceeds the maximum allowed (50).
Date error The start sales date is invalid or in the past, expected Format (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS).
Date error The end sales date is invalid or in the past, expected Format (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS).
Date inconsistent End sales less than Start Sales.
Date inconsistent Start sales date greater than Event’s Ending date.
Date inconsistent End sales date greater than Event’s Ending date.
Quantity error The quantity is invalid, a numeric field is expected.
Quantity error Quantity provided is greater than event capacity [Nnnn].
Price error The price of the ticket is invalid : expected Numeric/Float.
Order error The minimum number of tickets per order is invalid (non-numeric) or inconsistent.
Order error The maximum number of tickets per order is invalid (non-numeric) or inconsistent.
Donation error Donation flag must be 0 or 1.
Fee error Service fee must be 0 or 1.
Show Hide error hide must be y or n.

Usage Notes

Authentication
required
Rate-limited
Yes
Output formats
JSON, XML

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