Possible to send custom data to Eventbrite to include in an order?

[ma...@causelabs.co]

Hi there!

I'm evaluating whether I can use Eventbrite in an application I'm building. My question revolves around whether or not I can pass along some custom parameters to Eventbrite to be included in the final Eventbrite order so that I can cross-reference the order to what's happening on my side—namely, I need the user ID _on my app_ of the user making the purchase.

Is there any way to pass along this extra piece of data to Eventbrite so that it's included in the final order, perhaps as a hidden custom question? From there, I could potentially query the order API endpoint passed along in the webhook to retrieve the user's ID?

Or is there perhaps a way to immediately redirect back to my site after a successful purchase so that I can take the currently authenticated user into account? And is there a way to have this dynamic redirect?

The potentially obvious solution would be to match users based on email address, but I unfortunately can't guarantee that the email account they registered with on my app is the same they'll use to process the order.

Any advice or direction would be appreciated. Thanks!

[Eventbrite API]

Hi Mark,

We don't support the use of custom parameters.  But you can use an automatic redirect by putting the url in the order confirmation thank you message but you won't be able to send any additional information to that url.  One work around would be to dynamically generate the links that send your users to Eventbrite.com for the purchase.  You could append an 'aff' parameter to the Eventbrite url with the user id that you maintain in your system.  And then when you make a request to the events/:id/attendees/ endpoint, you will see the aff value on the attendee. 

Hope that helps!