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I've dug through the methods in Event Brite API but can't find any reference to QR codes generated by Eventbrite in their native IOS app.

http://developer.eventbrite.com/doc/#methods

without reverse engineering it or sniffing the web urls - can anyone shed some light on how to do this?

johndpope
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  • What do these QR codes point to? Is it the EventBrite page, or is it a "ticket" which can be scanned when the user attends the event? – Terence Eden Apr 20 '12 at 15:58
  • I can understand the security implications of allowing access to this. But I just need to qr codes for purchased / free tickets from current event owner. we sold them / or gave them away. Why shouldn't the API give access to them? – johndpope Apr 23 '12 at 11:29
  • So you want to get the QR which appears on the ticket? Do you have a sample code to see what data is encoded in it? – Terence Eden Apr 23 '12 at 12:04

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I know this is an old thread, but I'm trying to use the Eventbrite barcodes to check visitors in. @johndpope - did you get any further in your quest?

The codes on each ticket are not QR Codes, but Datamatrix (for reading by the iOS/Android app) and Code 128 (I think). Both codes on the ticket (and incidently, the QR Code on Conferencebadge.com's app) are simply numeric and take the following form...

{OrderID}{AttendeeID}{Seq}

for example

123456789 123456789 001 (no spaces)

Any bit of barcode generating code can recreate these, but checking people in without an API method is a bit harder. The iOS/Android app rightly uses HTTPS and you need to be authenticated to the website to use the checkin_update URL used by the website.

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  • I actually flew over to San Francisco. Ryan was very helpful. It's best to talk to them. – johndpope Feb 08 '13 at 04:11
  • Thanks @johndpope. I received an email back from Brian Zambrano at Eventbrite saying that (a) it's not yet possible to check in via the API and (b) a updated API is due this year with much more functionality. Fingers crossed! – SloaneEsq Feb 10 '13 at 21:20
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Eventbrite barcode information is a sensitive issue - but, Eventbrite is happy to discuss specifics over email

If you just want to build a list of QR codes for the current event owner, you should be able to generate them from the barcode_ids returned from the event_list_attendees API call.

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