Ticketlayer docs

Set it up. Build on it.
Run the night.

Guides, Blueprints and reference for Backstage, Live and every app at the venue. Pick your door, or just ask.

Ask Cue

TryConnect a ticket printer Give members a cheaper price CHANNEL_REQUIRED Hold seats Receive webhooks

Which one are you today?

Three doors into the same docs. Every feature page has a section for each of you.

EventsCreate event

Midsummer Comedy ClubFri 12 Jun · Pier TheatreOn sale

The TempestFri 9 Oct · Main HouseOn sale

Winter GalaSat 12 Dec · Main HouseDraft

ManageAdministrators and organisers

Set up events, seat maps, prices, channels and your team in Backstage, and know what each setting does for your fans.

Open Manage

index.html

<!-- Your event page -->
<tl-event-list columns="3"></tl-event-list>

<tl-buy-tickets-button
  event-id="evt_...">
</tl-buy-tickets-button>

BuildDevelopers

Sell on your own site with Elements, build on the Backstage and Live APIs, and follow Blueprints across Backstage and code.

Open Build

DevicesPier Theatre

Ticket printerUSBReady

Door 1 scannerGoScanning

Box OfficeTill 2Signed in

At the venueBox office and door staff

Short, step-by-step help for Box Office, Go, printers and scanners. Written for the moment there is a queue.

Open At the venue

Choose your setup

Not sure which way to go?

All guides

orLive Storefront or Elements on your own site?Hosted pages with nothing to build, or components inside the site you already have.Read the guide

Everything Ticketlayer does

The same eight names as Backstage and the website. One page per feature, for every role.

EventsWhat you sell

SalesWhere and how you sell

FinancialsThe money, from payment to payout

In the API reference

EntryGetting fans in on the night

FansYour customers and their history

InsightsKnowing what is happening

In the API reference

AccountsMany businesses on one platform

In the API reference

DevelopersBuilding on Ticketlayer

Blueprints

Build the thing, the proven way.

End-to-end recipes across Backstage and the API. One way, not every way.

All Blueprints

PrototypeAdd a seat map to your sitePin a venue's live seating plan to an event, then sell its seats on your site through the buy modal or the seat explorer beside the cart. About 30 minutes · Backstage and code PrototypeMemberships that unlock ticket discountsA membership grants a customer tag; a ticket type that requires the tag is the members' price; a sale window for the tag is priority booking. About an hour · Backstage and code

ReferenceAPI version 2026-10-02

For AI agents

Your assistant reads the same docs.

llms.txt, llms-full.txt and the OpenAPI documents are generated from the pages you read. The MCP server does the work.

/llms.txt /llms-full.txt /openapi/backstage.json /openapi/live.json

claude mcp add --transport http ticketlayer \
  https://mcp.ticketlayer.com/mcp

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