1. Categories

1.1. URL Format

/export/categ/ID.TYPE

The ID can be either a single category ID or a - separated list. In an authenticated request the special ID favorites will be resolved to the user’s list of favorites.

1.2. Parameters

Param Short Description
location l Only include events taking place at the specified location. The * and ? wildcards may be used.
room r Only include events taking place in the specified room. The * and ? wildcards may be used.
type T Only include events of the specified type. Must be one of: simple_event (or lecture), meeting, conference

1.3. Detail Levels

1.3.1. events

Returns basic data about the events in the category.

This is the result of the following the query https://my.indico/export/categ/2.json?from=today&to=today&pretty=yes:

{
    "count": 2,
    "_type": "HTTPAPIResult",
    "complete": true,
    "url": "https://my.indico/export/categ/2.json?from=today&to=today&pretty=yes",
    "ts": 1308841641,
    "results": [
        {
            "category": "TEST Category",
            "startDate": {
                "date": "2011-06-17",
                "tz": "Europe/Zurich",
                "time": "08:00:00"
            },
            "_type": "Conference",
            "endDate": {
                "date": "2011-06-30",
                "tz": "Europe/Zurich",
                "time": "18:00:00"
            },
            "description": "",
            "title": "Test EPayment",
            "url": "http://pcituds07.cern.ch/indico/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=137344",
            "location": "CERN",
            "_fossil": "conferenceMetadata",
            "timezone": "Europe/Zurich",
            "type": "conference",
            "id": "137344",
            "room": "1-1-025"
        },
        {
            "category": "TEST Category",
            "startDate": {
                "date": "2011-06-23",
                "tz": "Europe/Zurich",
                "time": "08:00:00"
            },
            "_type": "Conference",
            "endDate": {
                "date": "2011-06-24",
                "tz": "Europe/Zurich",
                "time": "18:00:00"
            },
            "description": "",
            "title": "Export Test",
            "url": "http://pcituds07.cern.ch/indico/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=137346",
            "location": "CERN",
            "_fossil": "conferenceMetadata",
            "timezone": "Europe/Zurich",
            "type": "meeting",
            "id": "137346",
            "room": null
        }
    ]
}

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