{"version":1,"type":"story","url":"https://digestai.news/story/things-to-do-api-launches-payasyougo-pricing-for-event-queries","json":"https://digestai.news/story/things-to-do-api-launches-payasyougo-pricing-for-event-queries.json","markdown":"https://digestai.news/story/things-to-do-api-launches-payasyougo-pricing-for-event-queries.md","slug":"things-to-do-api-launches-payasyougo-pricing-for-event-queries","headline":"Things to Do API launches pay‑as‑you‑go pricing for event queries","summary":"Things to Do API offers a fast, accurate, localized events API that can be queried with plain‑text questions. An example request for \"comedy in san francisco this weekend\" returns JSON that includes the title \"Drag-Up Comedy\", category \"arts\", a start time of \"2026-10-19T02:00:00.000Z\", local date \"2026-10-18\" at \"7:00 PM\", venue \"Cobb's Comedy Club\" in San Francisco, and links to the source and ticket pages on Ticketmaster.\n\nThe service supports REST and MCP endpoints and lists the San Francisco Bay Area as live, with New York City and Los Angeles slated to launch soon. There is no overall cap unless the user sets one, a rate limit of 300 calls a minute, and a free‑tier option of 50 queries a day without an API key.","keyPoints":["Supported regions include the San Francisco Bay Area (live), New York City and Los Angeles (both soon)","API returns JSON with title, category, start time, local date/time, venue name, city, and ticket links"],"whyItMatters":"Gives developers and marketers a ready‑to‑use, localized events feed, enabling quick integration of show listings into apps, newsletters, or ad targeting without building their own database.","category":{"slug":"agents","name":"Agents & Tools","url":"https://digestai.news/category/agents"},"entities":{"companies":["Ticketmaster"],"models":[],"people":[]},"firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-16T23:58:34Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-16T23:58:34Z","sourceCount":1,"hasPrimarySource":false,"sources":[{"outlet":"thingstodoapi.com","title":"Show HN: Things to Do API","url":"https://thingstodoapi.com/","publishedAt":"2026-10-16T23:58:34Z","type":"press","primary":false,"lead":true}],"sourceNotes":null,"discussions":[{"site":"Hacker News","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50126384","points":41}],"thread":null,"cite":{"text":"Digest AI, \"Things to Do API launches pay‑as‑you‑go pricing for event queries\", 16 October 2026, https://digestai.news/story/things-to-do-api-launches-payasyougo-pricing-for-event-queries","publisher":"Digest AI","title":"Things to Do API launches pay‑as‑you‑go pricing for event queries","datePublished":"2026-10-16T23:58:34Z","url":"https://digestai.news/story/things-to-do-api-launches-payasyougo-pricing-for-event-queries"},"generatedBy":"Written by Digest AI's editorial model from the linked sources; the sources are the record.","license":"Headlines, digests and key points are written by Digest AI and may be quoted with a link to the story page. Linked articles belong to their publishers. Terms: https://digestai.news/terms#reuse"}