Overview
Build
Sell on your own site with Elements, build on the Backstage and Live APIs, and follow Blueprints across Backstage and code.
Get started#
Keys and authentication
Which credential each call takes, and where to get it.
Your first API callOne request, from key to response.
HTML quickstartAn event list, a buy button and checkout on any site.
QuickstartResponses and errorsThe envelope every response shares, and what an error carries.
Quickstarts#
HTML
One file, no build step.
Next.jsApp Router, catalogue read on the server.
Vite and ReactA single-page app booting the SDK once.
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.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.
Concepts#
How sales work
Every front end, the credential it carries and the calls it makes.
TagsHow tags admit buyers to prices, windows and codes.
Webhooks, MCP and SDKs#
Webhooks
Signed events for every change.
MCP serverYour data and tools in Claude, Cursor and other assistants.
TypeScript SDKThe typed Backstage client.