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Meetup API

The Meetup API returns local event and group data as clean JSON.

4 actionsLive JSON1,000 free creditsMCP-ready

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The primary search endpoint returns events with id, name, URL, start and end dates, online flag, type, attendee count and fee, and you can pull an event, a group and a group's events. It is built for event-discovery apps, community tools and local-marketing products that need Meetup data without a scraper. One ReefAPI key, one shared credit pool, the standard envelope.

Live example

Real request and response JSON

Captured from the indexed primary action, search, on Jul 18, 2026, 5:19 PM UTC.

Captured request

{
  "method": "POST",
  "url": "https://api.reefapi.com/meetup/v1/search",
  "headers": {
    "x-api-key": "$REEF_KEY",
    "content-type": "application/json"
  },
  "body": {
    "location": "New York"
  }
}

Captured response

{
  "ok": true,
  "meta": {
    "api": "meetup",
    "endpoint": "search",
    "mode": "live",
    "latency_ms": 6097.3,
    "record_count": 17,
    "bytes": 13434,
    "cache_hit": false,
    "stop_reason": "limit_reached",
    "method": "gql_recommended_events",
    "total_count": 17,
    "has_more": true,
    "next_cursor": "MjA=",
    "resolved_location": "New York, NY"
  },
  "data": {
    "events": [
      {
        "event_id": "[redacted-phone]",
        "name": "[redacted-name]",
        "url": "https://www.meetup.com/from-surviving-to-thriving-workshops-in-emotional-education/events/[redacted-phone]/",
        "start_date": "[redacted-phone]T15:00:00-04:00",
        "end_date": "[redacted-phone]T17:00:00-04:00",
        "is_online": true,
        "event_type": "ONLINE",
        "going_count": 211,
        "max_tickets": null,
        "fee": null,
        "image": "https://secure.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/b/c/6/7/highres_[redacted-phone].jpeg",
        "venue": {
          "name": "[redacted-name]",
          "address": null,
          "city": null,
          "state": null,
          "country": null,
          "postal_code": null,
          "latitude": -8.521147,
          "longitude": 179.1962
        },
        "group": {
          "group_id": "38561325",
          "name": "[redacted-name]",
          "urlname": "from-surviving-to-thriving-workshops-in-emotional-education",
          "city": "New York",
          "state": "NY",
          "country": "us"
        }
      },
      {
        "event_id": "[redacted-phone]",
        "name": "[redacted-name]",
        "url": "https://www.meetup.com/neverwinter-free-parties/events/[redacted-phone]/",
        "start_date": "[redacted-phone]T18:00:00-04:00",
        "end_date": "[redacted-phone]T19:30:00-04:00",
        "is_online": false,
        "event_type": "PHYSICAL",
        "going_count": 135,
        "max_tickets": null,
        "fee": null,
        "image": "https://secure.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/3/6/6/e/highres_[redacted-phone].jpeg",
        "venue": {
          "name": "[redacted-name]",
          "address": "1501 Broadway, New York, NY 10036, United States",
          "city": "New York",
          "state": null,
          "country": "in",
          "postal_code": "10036",
          "latitude": 40.756973,
          "longitude": -73.98654
        },
        "group": {
          "group_id": "36262869",
          "name": "[redacted-name]",
          "urlname": "neverwinter-free-parties",
          "city": "New York",
          "state": "NY",
          "country": "us"
        }
      },
      {
        "event_id": "[redacted-phone]",
        "name": "[redacted-name]",
        "url": "https://www.meetup.com/stripe-new-york/events/[redacted-phone]/",
        "start_date": "[redacted-phone]T18:00:00-04:00",
        "end_date": "[redacted-phone]T20:00:00-04:00",
        "is_online": false,
        "event_type": "PHYSICAL",
        "going_count": 201,
        "max_tickets": 214,
        "fee": null,
        "image": "https://secure.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/a/7/e/9/highres_[redacted-phone].jpeg",
        "venue": {
          "name": "[redacted-name]",
          "address": "28 Liberty St. Fl. 48  New York, NY 10005",
          "city": "New York",
          "state": "NY",
          "country": "us",
          "postal_code": "10005",
          "latitude": 40.707752,
          "longitude": -74.008705
        },
        "group": {
          "group_id": "37825173",
          "name": "[redacted-name]",
          "urlname": "stripe-new-york",
          "city": "New York",
          "state": "NY",
          "country": "us"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Actions

What the Meetup API does

Action	Description	Concrete use case	Key params
search	Discover upcoming events near a city. Filter by event type (in-person or online) and by date window, paginated. Returns each event's name, date, venue with coordinates, RSVP count, fee, image and the hosting group. (Meetup's logged-out discovery feed is location-based — pass a city; for a specific topic, browse a relevant group's events.)	Content platforms call search to discover upcoming events near a city.	location, event_type, date, radius, cursor
event	Full detail for one event by id or url: name, description, start/end datetime, venue with full address and coordinates, hosting group, fee, RSVP/going count, topics, event type and status.	Research tools call event to get full detail for one event by id or url.	event_id, url
group	Full profile for a Meetup group by urlname or url: name, member count, average event rating, topics, city/coordinates, description, join mode, founded date and social links.	Community analysts call group to get full profile for a Meetup group by urlname or url.	group, urlname, url
group_events	A group's events by urlname or url. Choose upcoming (default) or past. Returns each event with name, datetime, venue, fee, RSVP count and link.	Media monitors call group_events to get a group's events by urlname or url.	group, urlname, url, type

Code samples

Call search from your stack

curl -X POST https://api.reefapi.com/meetup/v1/search \
  -H "x-api-key: $REEF_KEY" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"location":"New York"}'

import requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://api.reefapi.com/meetup/v1/search",
    headers={"x-api-key": REEF_KEY},
    json={
  "location": "New York"
},
)
print(r.json()["data"])

const res = await fetch("https://api.reefapi.com/meetup/v1/search", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "x-api-key": process.env.REEF_KEY,
    "content-type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "location": "New York"
}),
});
const { ok, data, meta, error } = await res.json();

MCP one-liner

Ask your MCP-connected assistant: call reefapi.meetup.search with {"location":"New York"}.

Use cases

Who uses this API and why

Event-discovery apps call search to show upcoming Meetup events near a user.
Community tools use group and group_events to track a community's activity.
Local-marketing products use search to find engaged audiences by topic and city.

FAQ

Questions developers ask before integrating

What is the Meetup API?

Meetup API is a ReefAPI endpoint group for meetup It returns live JSON through POST requests under /meetup/v1.

Is the Meetup API free to try?

Yes. ReefAPI starts with 1,000 free credits, no card required. Meetup calls use the same shared credit balance as every other ReefAPI engine.

Do I need a Meetup login or account?

No login to Meetup is needed for the API response. You call ReefAPI with your x-api-key header, and the playground can run live examples before you create a production key.

How fresh is the Meetup data?

The page example is captured from a live search call, and production requests fetch live data through ReefAPI rather than a static sample.

How many credits does the Meetup API use?

Meetup actions currently cost 1 credit per successful call. Failed or blocked calls are free, and all APIs draw from one credit pool.

Can I call Meetup from an AI assistant or MCP client?

Yes. Connect ReefAPI once through MCP and your assistant can call meetup actions with the same key, credit pool and JSON envelope used by normal REST requests.

Is the Meetup API a Meetup scraper?

It is the managed alternative to a DIY Meetup scraper. Instead of building and maintaining your own scraper — proxies, headless browsers, captcha and constant breakage — you call one ReefAPI endpoint and get the same meetup back as clean JSON.

Why does my Meetup scraper keep getting blocked?

Most Meetup scrapers break on anti-bot defenses, rate limits and IP bans that need rotating residential proxies and browser fingerprinting to clear. ReefAPI handles all of that for you — no proxies, no captchas, no maintenance — and returns live JSON. Blocked or failed calls are free.

docs / meetup

Meetup

base /meetup/v14 endpoints

post/meetup/v1/search1 credit

Discover upcoming events near a city. Filter by event type (in-person or online) and by date window, paginated. Returns each event's name, date, venue with coordinates, RSVP count, fee, image and the hosting group. (Meetup's logged-out discovery feed is location-based — pass a city; for a specific topic, browse a relevant group's events.)

Parameter		Allowed / range	Description
location	optional	—	City to find events near — a plain place name ('Chicago', 'London', 'Austin, TX', 'Berlin'). We geocode it for you (US and international). Defaults to New York, NY.
event_type	optional	PHYSICAL · ONLINE	Restrict to in-person (PHYSICAL) or ONLINE events. Omit for both.
date	optional	today · tomorrow · this-week · this-weekend · this-month	Optional date window for upcoming events.
radius = 25	optional	1–100	Search radius in miles around the city (1-100, default 25).
cursor	optional	—	Pagination cursor. Pass meta.next_cursor from the previous response to fetch the next page. Page until meta.has_more is false.

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post/meetup/v1/event1 credit

Full detail for one event by id or url: name, description, start/end datetime, venue with full address and coordinates, hosting group, fee, RSVP/going count, topics, event type and status.

Parameter		Allowed / range	Description
event_id	optional	—	Meetup event id (the number in /<group>/events/<id>/). From a search result's event_id. Requires `url` too if the group urlname is unknown (the id alone needs its group path).
url	optional	—	Full Meetup event URL (preferred — carries the group path).

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post/meetup/v1/group1 credit

Full profile for a Meetup group by urlname or url: name, member count, average event rating, topics, city/coordinates, description, join mode, founded date and social links.

Parameter		Allowed / range	Description
group	optional	—	Meetup group urlname (the slug in meetup.com/<urlname>/). From a search result's group.urlname.
url	optional	—	Alternatively a full Meetup group URL.

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post/meetup/v1/group_events1 credit

A group's events by urlname or url. Choose upcoming (default) or past. Returns each event with name, datetime, venue, fee, RSVP count and link.

Parameter		Allowed / range	Description
group	optional	—	Meetup group urlname to list events for.
url	optional	—	Alternatively a full Meetup group URL.
type = upcoming	optional	upcoming · past	'upcoming' (default) or 'past' events.

Try in playground →

Example request · search

curl -X POST https://api.reefapi.com/meetup/v1/search \
  -H "x-api-key: $REEF_KEY" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"location":"New York"}'

Response shape

{
  "ok": true,
  "data": { /* the result */ },
  "meta": {
    "latency_ms": 240,
    "record_count": 12,
    "completeness_pct": 100
  },
  "error": null
}