Finish setting up your group

In the meantime you can customize your group so that members know what to expect when they join. You can upload photos, set up a welcome message and more.

Customize your group

Your group is in review

Your order confirmation number is: {purchaseId}

Your order is complete

Are you sure you want to delete this OAuth client? This action cannot be undone.

Delete client?

Applications using the old client secret will need configuration updates to continue working.

OAuth is an authorization protocol that allows API applications to securely act on a user's behalf.

Reset your secret?

Once received, an {highlight1} may expire. You can refresh the {highlight2} at any time and without involving the user by making a token refresh request. Note, this requires client credentials which users of the {link} should {highlight3} be storing.

To refresh an {highlight1}, have your server make an HTTP {highlight2} encoded POST request for an access token with the following format, this time setting {highlight3} to {highlight4}.

Refreshing Your Access Token

Refreshing Token

Make authenticated requests

User Deauthorization

User signup

Authenticating Requests

The request was malformed or missing parameters

The provided client was not authorized to use this grant type

Meetup does not support the provided grant type

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Basic Usage

Select the group that will host the event.

Which group?

We prepared an example for you to folllow along.

Stuck? Try a demo!

Get information about owner of current OAuth client

Checking if a request has been authorized

In order to create an event, need to create draft event and get {id} from response. It will be used for publishing the event. Please check the {inputLink} for more detailed information.

Then, you can publish this event using its {id}

Publishing a new event

Please check the {inputLink} object description for other fields which could be edited.

Modifying an event

In addition, you can get other fields from the {eventObjectLink} object

Collecting event information

You can check other fields from the {ticketObjectLink} object if you need

Collecting RSVP information about events from the Pro Network

Getting familiar with GraphQL

A GraphQL query retrieves data from a server, similar to a GET request for a REST API. However, unlike REST, all GraphQL queries are sent to a single endpoint and use the POST http method.

Please make sure you’ve done all instructions {link}. Then, add HTTP header to desktop clients or cURL command.

how to authenticate requests to Meetup GraphQL

We suggest using free desktop clients to test GraphQL operations: {insomnia}, {postman}. In addition, GraphQL requests might be sent using simple cURL commands.

To get a list of all groups from your network, at first you need to get a Pro Network by {id} or by {urlname}.

In addition, you can search groups by different {filterLink} params which can be added to the input object

Collecting a list of all groups from a Pro Network

Publishing with GraphQL

When you use a connection to retrieve a list of resources, you use arguments to specify the number of results to retrieve. You can select which set of results to retrieve from a connection by using cursor-based pagination.

First, let’s get the first 3 groups of Pro Network and get the {endCursor} of the {pageInfo} object. The default page size is 20, so to get the first 3 you need to specify it in {first} argument

Need to copy {endCursor} value and use it as {after} argument value. The following example includes both fields, and uses query variables to pass their values as arguments. The {itemsNum} variable is required, and is used to specify the number of results to return.

Paginated results with GraphQL

Query

Querying with GraphQL

Response

In addition, you can get other fields from the {rsvpSurveyObjectLink} object

Collecting RSVP registration answers

Demo

Collecting list of upcoming events from the Pro Network

In order to upload an image, you need to specify a name for the uploaded file

In the response you will get an {uploadUrl} and {id}. You can use this link to upload the image through the Postman or other similar application. You also can use the {id} in other mutations, i.e. when you need to modify an event.

Uploading an image

Variables

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Turning off your member dues will cancel existing dues subscriptions for all members.

Meetup may issue refunds from your Stripe account for Member Dues payments in cases of platform misuse. To read more about Meetup's Member Dues Refund Policy,

Share the cost of Meetup with Member Dues. When you set up dues, members must pay dues to join the group once their trial expires. Help members understand how dues will be used:

Any changes you make to the price will only affect new members. Existing members will continue to pay the original price, unless you turn off dues entirely and turn them back on, or they leave and rejoin the group.

You set the dues amount and frequency—monthly or annually. Your members securely set up payments to renew on their card, so it’s easier for them and you.

All your group's funds can be automatically deposited into your account so you can cover costs, pay fees, buy supplies, or make money as an organizer.

Turn on automatic renewals

Cover the costs of community

Manage payments for a low fee

includes Corporations, Partnerships, and LLCs that are treated as Corporations or Partnerships for federal tax purposes. You will be asked for the business / LLC name and entity’s EIN.

Company

includes Individuals, Sole Proprietorships, Single Member LLCs. Most organizers collecting member dues fall into this category.

Individual

includes Tax Exempt Organizations. You will be asked for organization name and entity’s EIN as found on the IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search tool.

Nonprofit Organization

You will now be leaving the Meetup platform to set up your new payment account on <link>Stripe</link>, a secure payment platform.

In the next step, you will be asked to select your business type. Once the business type has been selected, you will not be able to change it without starting over.

Know your business type

Canceled

Filter by Category

Filter by Day

Filter by Type

Filter by Distance

Reset filters

Find Meetup events and groups so you can do more of what matters to you and meet people near you who share your interests.

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Sort by: {VALUE}

How do I use Meetup's GraphQL API?

Intro to GraphQL

Information that is always public

This ensures that members who join private groups can maintain their privacy.

Choose your group's privacy setting. Private groups cannot be made public. This ensures that members who join private groups can maintain their privacy.

Set group privacy

Privacy

Mailing list address

Organizers can choose to allow anyone to join their group, or require approval from the leadership team first.

Require approval for new members

You can browse the already used topics oro select one of our suggestions, they are based on your Group's info and/or what other topics Meetup Groups like yours have added.

Add more topics

Link your meetup group to your social accounts. You'll see the icon for every social media checked appeared in the bottom of your group's homepage.

Social media

Basic information

Topics categorize and describe what your Meetup group is about in a word or two. Pick up to 15 topics for your Meetup group. Relevant topics help the right members find your group.

Topics

Topics categorize and describe what your Meetup Group is about in a word or two. Pick up to 15 topics for your Meetup Group.

What's your Meetup Group about?

Well-picked topics help the right members find your Meetup Group. Your Meetup Group will be listed in our directory under each topic you choose

Why are topics important?

Basic Information

Change the cover photo on group home

Cover photo

What do you call the members of this group? This is used in certain emails and areas of Meetup. (Examples: Runners, New Moms, Bookworms)

Your group description must be fewer than 140 characters

Your group description must be at least 50 characters

Custom member label

What is the purpose of this group? Who should join? Why?

Description

Name

Leadership team

Member dues

New member approval

Star icon

New member settings

Optional features

Group Settings

Page title icon

titles, date, time, and number of RSVPs

Basic event details

Group name, main group photo, description, number of members, and date founded. Example:

Basic group information

organizer name and profile photo

Basic organizer details

Once you make a group private, it cannot be changed back.

After saving, you won't be able to undo this action.

Group Privacy

Deleting a question will remove your member's answers from their profiles forever. After saving you will not be able to undo this action

If you want to add a question, create an additional one instead of repurposing an existing one. Member's answers are linked directly to questions, so any change to an individual question will affect any existing responses.

Require members to have a profile photo when they join or request to join the group.

Require photo

Get to know your members using up to 5 profile questions when they join or request to join the group. Do not ask for sensitive or private personal information.

Require profile questions

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Welcome message to new members

Member

Organizer

Home

Events you organize

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Reduce stress, improve your mood, and connect with others by pursuing your new artistic hobby through Meetup.

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Three Ways to Make Coworker Friendships While Working From Home

In this interview, Paris-based Meetup organizer and artist Kasia Klon talks about her love for urban artwork and how she decided to use that passion to meet people.

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Meetup employees sampled five different virtual gathering tools to add a fresh new feel to your next online event.

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To maximize community engagement, pair events with a personalized communication plan that makes members feel at home.

How to Create a Communication Plan for Your Meetup Group

Your groups don’t have many events right now. Join more groups for more options.

Events from groups you’ve joined

Scheduled events from your groups

Events are happening 24/7. What do you want to do?

Find your first event

Find your next event

As a member, you’ll receive updates each time your group schedules new events.

Find active groups that hosts events often!

Join groups

Join your first group

Join more groups

Welcome to Meetup,

It’s good to see you again,

Attend an event starting soon

Groups you organize

Your groups don’t have many events right now.

Join more groups to see more events.

Events from groups you've joined:

Check out what’s happening:

Find your next event:

You’re attending

Your next event

This flow is suitable for JavaScript based browser clients.

Redirect the user`s browser to the following URL

This will ask the user to log in if they are not already logged in then prompt them to authorize your application.

The response parameters listed in the server flow`s {link1} (with the exception of {highlight}) and {link2} access token responses will be included in the implicit authorization`s client response appended as a {link3}. Because this information is encoded in a url fragment, it can only be retrieved with client-side browser scripts.

Requesting Authorization and Receiving Access Token

Implicit Flow

Find Meetup events so you can do more of what matters to you. Or create your own group and meet people near you who share your interests.

Meetup - We are what we do

Download the app.

Stay connected.

See what’s happening

Popular groups

Do what you love, meet others who love it, find your community. The rest is history!

Join a group

Meet new people who share your interests through online and in-person events. It’s free to create an account.

Events are happening on just about any topic you can think of, from online gaming and photography to yoga and hiking.

Find an event

You don’t have to be an expert to gather people together and explore shared interests.

Start a group

What do you want to do?

Join a group to meet people, make friends, find support, grow a business, and explore your interests. Thousands of events are happening every day, both online and in person!

Dive in! There are so many things to do on Meetup

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Three Ways To Make Coworker Friendships While Working From Home

People on Meetup have fostered community, learned new skills, started businesses, and made life-long friends. Learn how.

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Since Meetup began nearly 20 years ago, we’ve fostered connections between more than 50 million people in 190 countries worldwide. Here are five simple strategies to help you feel more connected and improve your wellbeing.

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Social interaction is a key part of any healthy lifestyle. Discover all different kinds of events that’ll help you maintain a fun and fulfilling social life.

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Upcoming online events

All groups you join and organize will be shown here.

No groups joined

No interests added

But maybe not as awkward as when you go in for a high five and they go in for a fist bump.

Welp, this 404 is awkward.

Oops something went wrong. We’re working on fixing it, check back again soon.

Groups

Interests

You're both members of —

Migration from the REST API

Meetup: Local groups & events

Only organizers of this group can access this. If you are the organizer, please log in.

Restricted to organizers

Notifications | Meetup

You'll get group updates, event reminders, and new recommendations here

Your OAuth Client

OAuth is an authorization protocol that allows API applications to securely act on a user`s behalf.

For more information on OAuth, please visit the {link}.

What is OAuth?

OAuth removes the need for members to hand over their credentials to you directly.

Please see our {link} for more information.

Why OAuth?

Learn new skills like meditation, cooking, or financial planning at a virtual course. No matter what your passion is, we’ll help you find an online event to match it!

With Wi-Fi, anything is possible

It’s easy to keep connected with others during online events. Online events are virtual, accessible, entertaining, and a great way to make new friends. Meetup has online events on topics like gaming, music, technology, networking, wellness, or whatever you’re looking for!

Keep the social in social distancing.

Whether you’re looking to make professional contacts, find a trivia team, or join a film club, Meetup makes it easy to meet people. Join a group and get connected. It’s that easy.

Connect with people

There are so many reasons to attend an online event. Join the 50 million+ people using Meetup to enrich their lives.

Learn a new language, like Java or Japanese! There are Meetup groups for online conversations, classes, webinars, and more, happening every hour of the day. Enrich yourself—RSVP today.

Learn new skills

How do you practice self-care? We’ve got groups to help you meditate, practice yoga, read novels, and other activities that will help you unwind. Make time for yourself. You deserve it.

Have a little me-time

Online events are a great way to find your community! Browse Meetup’s online events including virtual games, tech gatherings, socializing events, & more.

Online Events | Attend virtual events from anywhere | Meetup

Subscribe to the Community Matters blog for the latest news from Meetup including community building tips, product updates, event recordings, and more!

At Meetup, we know a thing or two about connecting people through events. These insights will make your happy hours even happier.

Tips for Fun and Frequent Virtual Happy Hours

We’re celebrating the organizers and members who keep their communities connected online.

Meetup Communities Reach 1 Million Online Events

OAuth 2 includes the concept of access {highlight} which further restrict access of a consumer to a Meetup user`s data. All clients are implicitly configured with the {link} scope.

To request this additional scope, pass a value of one or more scope names using {highlight1} space encoding in the {highlight2} request parameter to the url for obtaining authorization, {highlight3}.

Below is a table of the available Meetup API scopes names an their associated permissions.

Note, when making a request you should be able to see which scopes have have been enabled and are required using in the following headers

You should also be able to see which scopes are required in the method documentation.

Permission Scopes

Replaces the {oneHour} expiry time from oauth2 tokens with a limit of up to {twoWeeks}

Access to basic Meetup group info and creating and editing Events and RSVP`s, posting photos in version 2 API`s and below

Allows the authorized application to create and make modifications to events in your Meetup groups on your behalf

Allows the authorized application to create, modify and delete group content on your behalf

Allows the authorized application to edit the settings of groups you organize on your behalf

Allows the authorized application to join new Meetup groups on your behalf

Allows the authorized application to edit your profile information information on your behalf

Allows the authorized application to block and unblock other members and submit abuse reports on your behalf

Allows the authorized application to RSVP you to events on your behalf

Drag and drop photos or click the button below to select a photo you’d like to upload.

Add a photo

Enter a base URL that will enable your application to use OAuth 2 authorization.

By selecting the "I Agree" checkbox, you acknowledge that you have read and understand this agreement and agree to be bound by its terms and conditions

This is the name that will be displayed to users requesting authorization

Before registering your new client, please confirm that you and your client have read and agree to our

Please provide an accurate and detailed description of your use-case for review.

A link to your application's public home page. We will render this link when asking members for authorization, enabling them to get more information about your application and will also be considered during the review of your API application.

Saved Events | Meetup

Saved events

Discover events and groups {LINE_BREAK} near you!

This flow is suitable for applications that are capable of securely storing consumer secrets.

Redirect your user to the following URL in a browser:

A failure response will contain an {highlight} encoded string with an {bold} property containing one of the following values

The {highlight} used here may vary but must start with the same {highlight} you have registered with your {link}.

Meetup will ask the user to login if they are not already logged in. If the user has previously authorized access for the provided {highlight1}, Meetup will immediately redirect the user back to the {highlight2} with {link}. If the authenticated user has not previously authorized the provided client or has revoked its access, Meetup will prompt them to authorize your application. Afterwords, Meetup will redirect the user back to the provided {highlight2} along with their response.

A successful authorization will contain these query parameters:

A failed authorization will contain an optional {highlight1} parameter as mentioned above as well as an {highlight2} query parameter with one of the following values

Have your server make an HTTP {highlight} encoded POST request for an access token with the following format:

The important parameter to note is {highlight1} which should be set to {highlight2}. The {highlight3} used in this step must be the same {highlight3} used in the {link}.

We also support the usage of query string parameters for this method.

A successful response will contain the following data in {highlight} format

Requesting Authorization

Requesting Access Token

Server Flow

The user denied the request for authorization

Meetup doesn`t support the provided response_type

A string that can only be used once to request an access token

An opaque string that you may provide in the initial request

The important parameter to note is {highlight1} which should be set to {highlight2}.

A successful response will contain the following data in {highlight} format.

Have your server make a POST request for an access token with the following format:

Have your server make a POST request for an access token with the following URL format:

The request header should include {highlight1} where the {highlight2} is the token you recieved from the {link}. The email and password should be the one used to signup to Meetup. This will only work for Pro customers.

A successful response will contain an {highlight1} that you can use as your {highlight2} to make authorized requests.

Request Access Token Using Your Credentials

Server Flow with User Credentials

Share this event

Share this group

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You currently pay every {billInterval} months. Any changes to your payment cycle will take effect at your next renewal on {nextPaymentDate}.

You currently pay monthly. Any changes to your payment cycle will take effect at your next renewal on {nextPaymentDate}.

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Order Summary

Payment information

Your Meetup subscription includes:

Organizer Subscription

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Stripe processes payments for Meetup. Learn how {stripeLink} uses your infomation.

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Organizer Subscription Confirmation

Pay every {billInterval} months

Pay monthly

Meetup offers an application programming interface. These Meetup API License Terms govern the use of the Meetup API, and are in addition to the

Except as explicitly stated, the Meetup Terms of Service apply in full to all users of the Meetup API. In particular and for the avoidance of doubt, any terms herein are governed by the indemnification, limitation of liability, and dispute resolution terms set forth in Sections 7, 8, and 9 of the Meetup Terms of Service. All capitalized terms not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Meetup Terms of Service. Please continue to read the full

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By accepting, you agree to our updated terms and policies. Please take a few minutes to read and understand them.

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Your groups

The Meetup API provides support for {link}. We require {bold} for all API access. If your application does not use HTTPS, our servers will respond with a 400 error and a message asking you to do so.

We provide implementations of both the {link1} and {link2} protocol flows. We provide the following endpoints for both where necessary.

Before you can use OAuth 2 for user authorization, you need to either {link1} a new OAuth consumer or add a {highlight} to your existing consumer by clicking the edit link next to you consumer`s {link2}. The {highlight} you register for a given client will be used to validate future oauth2 requests.

This uri is used as a basis for validating the address authorization requests will redirect a member to after granting or denying access to your app.

If provided, the redirect URL`s host and port must exactly match the callback URL. The redirect URL&s path must reference a subdirectory of the callback URL.

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