# Ticketmaster API Events Scraper  | Concerts, Sports, Theater (`primeparse/ticketmaster-event-scraper`) Actor

Official Ticketmaster Discovery API scraper – reliably extracts concerts, sports, theater & arts events. No web scraping, blocks or proxies. Filter by city, category & dates. Get name, date, venue, prices, images & URLs. Fast, rate-limited. Ideal for event aggregators, ticketing apps & AI datasets.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/primeparse/ticketmaster-event-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [PrimeParse](https://apify.com/primeparse) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, AI, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 6 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

$0.50 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## 🎫 Ticketmaster Event Scraper: Concert, Sports & Theater Events Extractor

Enterprise-grade event scraper that automatically extracts live events from Ticketmaster Discovery API — concerts, sports games, theater shows, and more. Clean, structured data ready for event discovery platforms, ticketing systems, or AI training.

**High-quality Event Data Scraper for Ticketing Platforms, Event Aggregators, and Developers**

Automatically collects events from Ticketmaster by location, category, and date range — concerts, sports, theater, and arts events. Clean, structured JSON output ready for integration or analysis.

**Built for:**

- Event discovery platforms and aggregators
- Ticketing systems and booking services
- Travel and entertainment apps
- AI/ML engineers building event recommendation models
- Event organizers and venue managers
- Marketing teams tracking local events

✅ **Official Ticketmaster Discovery API** — No scraping, no blocks, reliable data  
✅ **Smart filtering** by location, category, and date range  
✅ **Rich event metadata** (name, date, venue, price range, images, URLs)  
✅ **Automatic pagination** with configurable limits  
✅ **Rate limiting** built-in (respects API limits: 5 req/sec, 5000/day)  
✅ **Clean structured output** — ready for databases or APIs  
✅ **AI-ready datasets** — perfect for event recommendation systems  

👉 **Runs on Apify • No code required • Pay only for compute used**

### 🚀 Why This Scraper

✔ **Official API Integration**  
Uses Ticketmaster's official Discovery API v2 — no web scraping, no anti-bot measures, 100% reliable data access.

✔ **Comprehensive Event Data**  
Extracts complete event information: name, date/time, venue details, price ranges, images, and direct purchase URLs.

✔ **Smart Filtering & Search**  
Filter by location (city/region), category (music, sports, theater), and optional date ranges for precise results.

✔ **Efficient Pagination**  
Automatic pagination with configurable page limits. Supports up to 1000 events per query (API limit) with intelligent page management.

✔ **Production-Ready**  
Built with TypeScript, explicit types, error handling, and rate limiting. Follows Apify best practices for reliability.

✔ **Fast & Reliable**  
Direct API calls — no HTML parsing, no browser overhead. Fast response times and consistent data structure.

✔ **Safe & Controlled**  
Built-in rate limiting (4 requests/second, safe margin from API limit of 5/sec). Automatic retry logic and error handling.

### 💼 Use Cases

- **Event discovery platforms** — aggregate events from Ticketmaster
- **Travel apps** — show local events to travelers
- **Ticketing systems** — sync events for booking platforms
- **Event recommendation engines** — training data for ML models
- **Marketing automation** — track events for promotional campaigns
- **Venue management** — monitor competitor events
- **Research & analytics** — event trend analysis

### 📊 Supported Event Types

- **Music & Concerts** — Live music events, concerts, festivals
- **Sports** — Professional and amateur sports events
- **Theater & Arts** — Theater shows, arts performances, cultural events

### ⚙️ How It Works

1. Provide your Ticketmaster API key (get free at [developer.ticketmaster.com](https://developer.ticketmaster.com/))
2. Set location, category, and optional filters
3. Run the Actor
4. Download clean, structured event datasets

### 🧩 Input Configuration

#### Example JSON Input

```json
{
  "apiKey": "YOUR_TICKETMASTER_API_KEY",
  "location": "New York",
  "category": "music",
  "startDate": "2025-12-01",
  "endDate": "2026-01-31",
  "maxPages": 5,
  "pageSize": 20
}
````

#### Key Options

- **`apiKey`** — Your Ticketmaster Discovery API key (required)\
  Get it free at: https://developer.ticketmaster.com/

- **`location`** — City or region to search (required)\
  Examples: "New York", "London", "Los Angeles", "Chicago"

- **`category`** — Event category (required)\
  Options: `"music"`, `"sports"`, `"theater"`

- **`startDate`** — Optional start date filter (format: YYYY-MM-DD)\
  Example: `"2025-12-01"`

- **`endDate`** — Optional end date filter (format: YYYY-MM-DD)\
  Example: `"2026-01-31"`

- **`maxPages`** — Maximum pages to fetch (default: 5, max: 20)\
  API supports up to 1000 items total (size × page < 1000)

- **`pageSize`** — Events per page (default: 20, max: 200)\
  Recommended: 20-50 for optimal performance

### 📂 Output Dataset

Single dataset with all event records, structured and ready for use.

#### Example Output Record

```json
{
  "name": "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour",
  "date": "2025-12-20T20:00:00Z",
  "venue": "Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, US",
  "priceRange": "USD 150 - USD 500",
  "url": "https://www.ticketmaster.com/taylor-swift-new-york-new-york-12-20-2025/event/0000632F8EED107C",
  "image": "https://s1.ticketm.net/dam/a/3a7/9ac81990-3bca-42bb-8473-47dfb2f493a7_RETINA_PORTRAIT_16_9.jpg"
}
```

#### Output Fields

- **`name`** — Event name/title
- **`date`** — Event date and time (ISO 8601 format)
- **`venue`** — Venue name with full location (city, state, country)
- **`priceRange`** — Price range when available (format: "USD min - USD max")
- **`url`** — Direct link to event page on Ticketmaster
- **`image`** — Event image URL (high-quality, 16:9 ratio preferred)

### 🏁 Getting Started

1. **Get API Key**\
   Sign up at [developer.ticketmaster.com](https://developer.ticketmaster.com/) and create an app to get your free API key.

2. **Configure Input**\
   Set your API key, location, and category.

3. **Run the Actor**\
   Click "Run" in Apify Console or use `apify run` locally.

4. **Download Results**\
   Export your dataset as JSON, CSV, or access via Apify API.

### 📊 API Limits & Quotas

- **Daily quota:** 5,000 API calls per day
- **Rate limit:** 5 requests per second (scraper uses 4/sec for safety)
- **Deep paging:** Up to 1,000 items (size × page < 1000)
- **Free tier:** Sufficient for most use cases

### 🔧 Technical Details

- **Built with:** TypeScript, Apify SDK, Ticketmaster Discovery API v2
- **Base image:** `apify/actor-node:22` (lightweight, no browser)
- **Data source:** Official Ticketmaster Discovery API
- **Output format:** JSON (structured event data)

### 📧 Support

- **Email**: **kidaxxb@gmail.com**
- **Issues:** Use Apify Issues tab in the Actor page
- **API Docs:** [Ticketmaster Discovery API v2](https://developer.ticketmaster.com/products-and-docs/apis/discovery-api/v2/)

**Tags:** `ticketmaster`, `events`, `concerts`, `sports`, `theater`, `ticketing`, `event-discovery`, `live-events`, `entertainment`, `api-integration`, `event-aggregator`, `ticket-booking`

***

**Built with ❤️ on Apify**

# Actor input Schema

## `apiKey` (type: `string`):

Your Ticketmaster Discovery API key. Get it from https://developer.ticketmaster.com/

## `location` (type: `string`):

City or region (e.g., "New York" or "London")

## `category` (type: `string`):

Category of events

## `startDate` (type: `string`):

Optional start date in format YYYY-MM-DD. Default: first day of previous month (e.g., if today is January 2025, default is "2025-12-01")

## `endDate` (type: `string`):

Optional end date in format YYYY-MM-DD. Default: last day of next month (e.g., if today is January 2025, default is "2026-02-28")

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of pages to paginate (default: 5, max: 20). API supports up to 1000 items (size \* page < 1000)

## `pageSize` (type: `integer`):

Number of events per page (default: 20, max: 200)

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "location": "New York",
  "category": "music",
  "maxPages": 5,
  "pageSize": 20
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "location": "New York"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("primeparse/ticketmaster-event-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "location": "New York" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("primeparse/ticketmaster-event-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "location": "New York"
}' |
apify call primeparse/ticketmaster-event-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=primeparse/ticketmaster-event-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
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    "info": {
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        "description": "Official Ticketmaster Discovery API scraper – reliably extracts concerts, sports, theater & arts events. No web scraping, blocks or proxies. Filter by city, category & dates. Get name, date, venue, prices, images & URLs. Fast, rate-limited. Ideal for event aggregators, ticketing apps & AI datasets.",
        "version": "0.0",
        "x-build-id": "xz4NYSueIFeime9pe"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
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                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
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                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/primeparse~ticketmaster-event-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-primeparse-ticketmaster-event-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/primeparse~ticketmaster-event-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-primeparse-ticketmaster-event-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "apiKey",
                    "location",
                    "category"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "apiKey": {
                        "title": "Ticketmaster API Key",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Your Ticketmaster Discovery API key. Get it from https://developer.ticketmaster.com/"
                    },
                    "location": {
                        "title": "Location",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "City or region (e.g., \"New York\" or \"London\")",
                        "default": "New York"
                    },
                    "category": {
                        "title": "Category",
                        "enum": [
                            "music",
                            "sports",
                            "theater"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Category of events",
                        "default": "music"
                    },
                    "startDate": {
                        "title": "Start Date",
                        "pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Optional start date in format YYYY-MM-DD. Default: first day of previous month (e.g., if today is January 2025, default is \"2025-12-01\")"
                    },
                    "endDate": {
                        "title": "End Date",
                        "pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Optional end date in format YYYY-MM-DD. Default: last day of next month (e.g., if today is January 2025, default is \"2026-02-28\")"
                    },
                    "maxPages": {
                        "title": "Max Pages",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 20,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of pages to paginate (default: 5, max: 20). API supports up to 1000 items (size * page < 1000)",
                        "default": 5
                    },
                    "pageSize": {
                        "title": "Page Size",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 200,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Number of events per page (default: 20, max: 200)",
                        "default": 20
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
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                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
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                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```