Event cancel API?

[Teruo Utsumi]

I noticed there's a way to cancel an event through the Meetup website, but I couldn't find any reference to an API method to cancel an event.

I found this, but that was two years ago.
  https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/meetup-api/cancel/meetup-api/d7h9xjVpzJ8/Jx71Nh57-f0J

Short of having a cancel event API, I have to edit an event's name and post a comment.

Other ideas?

Teruo

[mike castleman]

hi Teruo,

You can cancel events with the DELETE /2/event/:id API:
http://www.meetup.com/meetup_api/docs/2/event/#delete

cheers,
mlc

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[Teruo Utsumi]

Delete doesn't mimic the behavior when you cancel an event via the website.  When you cancel via the website, the webpage for the event indicates it's canceled and you have the option of sending notifications.

Delete removes the event from your calendar and there's no option for any notification.

[Teruo Utsumi]

Haven't seen a post on this for a while.

Are there plans to add a cancel function to the API?  AFAIK no such functionality exists.

[Teruo Utsumi]

I see there's no such function using the API key, but there is a way using API version 3:

  DELETE /:urlname/events/:id

namely set "remove_from_calendar" to false.

AFAIK there's no Python 3 library that handles API version.  I tried porting:

  https://github.com/meetup/python-api-client

but the requires effort beyond my understanding of the Python URL libraries.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Teruo

[Teruo Utsumi]

Haven't seen anything about an event cancel API.  An API that functions exactly the same as website CANCEL would be perfect.  (See my original post on 4/29/15.)

My events (astronomy) are often canceled due to bad weather.

I can't use DELETE because DELETE removes the event from the calendar and no notification is sent to those who RSVPed.

I have an app that would also automatically send a cancellation notice email separate from Meetup.  This function would help streamline my planning process.

Thanks!