API reference

Call for speakers

Proposals sent to the call for speakers.

List proposals

GET/events/{eventId}/cfp/submissions

Lists proposals sent to the call for speakers, oldest change first, with their status and whether the speakers confirmed. Speakers' names need people:read; reviews stay in the workspace.

Scopes: cfp:read
Module: cfp Refused with moduleOff while the event's organiser has it switched off.

Parameters

path

eventIdstring (uuid)required
The event's id.

query

cursorstring
Where the page starts: nextCursor from the page before, exactly as it was returned. Leave out for the first page.
limitinteger (int32)
How many on a page, up to 500.
Default: 100
updatedSincestring (date-time)
Only what changed at or after this moment, in UTC unless it says otherwise. Pass the newest updatedUtc your last sync saw.
statusstring
Only proposals with this status.
One of: draft, submitted, shortlisted, accepted, rejected, waitlisted, withdrawn

Answers

200 A page of proposals. CfpSubmissionList
Fields
- dataCfpSubmission[]
  The items of this page.
  Show the fields
  - submissionIdstring (uuid)
    The proposal's id.
  - eventIdstring (uuid)
    The event's id.
  - titlestring
    Its title.
  - abstractstring
    Its abstract.
  - kindstring
    Talk, workshop, panel and so on.
  - trackIdstring (uuid) or null
    The track it is for.
  - minutesinteger (int32)
    How long.
  - levelstring or null
    Beginner, intermediate or advanced.
  - languagestring
    The language it is in.
  - statusstring
    Submitted, shortlisted, accepted, rejected, waitlisted or withdrawn.
  - decidedUtcstring (date-time) or null
    When it was decided, in UTC.
  - notifiedstring or null
    The decision the speaker was sent.
  - confirmationstring or null
    Whether the speakers confirmed an acceptance: pending, confirmed, declined or expired.
  - sessionIdstring (uuid) or null
    The session it became.
  - speakersobject[] or null
    Its speakers. Null without people:read.
    Show the fields
    namestring or null
    Their name.
    emailstring or null
    Their address.
    companystring or null
    Their company.
  - submitterEmailstring or null
    Who sent it. Null without people:read.
  - submittedUtcstring (date-time)
    When it was sent, in UTC.
  - updatedUtcstring (date-time)
    When it last changed, in UTC.
  - personalDatastring
    Whether the personal fields are here: included, withheld (the key lacks people:read) or erased (the person deleted their data).
    One of: included, withheld, erased
- nextCursorstring or null
  The cursor for the next page; null on the last page. Pass it as cursor, with the same filters.
- hasMoreboolean
  Whether there is another page.
400 invalidCursor, invalidUpdatedSince, invalidRequest.
401 invalidKey, keyExpired, keyRevoked.
403 missingScope.
404 eventNotFound.
409 moduleOff.
429 rateLimited.

Refusals

invalidKey keyExpired keyRevoked rateLimited missingScope moduleOff eventNotFound invalidCursor invalidUpdatedSince invalidRequest

Request

curl "https://attendbeacon.com/api/v1/events/b3ac0000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001/cfp/submissions?limit=2" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ATTENDBEACON_KEY"

const response = await fetch("https://attendbeacon.com/api/v1/events/b3ac0000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001/cfp/submissions?limit=2", {
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.ATTENDBEACON_KEY}`
  }
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error((await response.json()).detail);
const data = await response.json();

using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text;

using var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ATTENDBEACON_KEY"));

using var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://attendbeacon.com/api/v1/events/b3ac0000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001/cfp/submissions?limit=2");

using var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
var json = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

import os
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://attendbeacon.com/api/v1/events/b3ac0000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001/cfp/submissions", params={"limit": 2},
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['ATTENDBEACON_KEY']}"
    }
)
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()

$headers = @{
    Authorization = "Bearer $env:ATTENDBEACON_KEY"
}

$data = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Uri "https://attendbeacon.com/api/v1/events/b3ac0000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001/cfp/submissions?limit=2" -Headers $headers

200 Example answer

JSON

{
  "data": [
    {
      "submissionId": "b3ac0015-0000-4000-8000-000000000008",
      "eventId": "b3ac0000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001",
      "title": "Kubernetes bills, explained to finance",
      "abstract": "Our cloud bill doubled in a quarter. How we explained it to the finance team with three charts, and what we switched off the week after.",
      "kind": "talk",
      "trackId": "b3ac0002-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
      "minutes": 25,
      "level": "intermediate",
      "language": "en",
      "status": "accepted",
      "decidedUtc": "2026-10-05T21:40:47.963Z",
      "notified": "accepted",
      "confirmation": "pending",
      "sessionId": null,
      "speakers": [
        {
          "name": "Jonas Peeters",
          "email": "jonas.peeters@example.com",
          "company": "Fabrikam"
        },
        {
          "name": "Fleur de Vries",
          "email": "fleur.devries@example.com",
          "company": "Fabrikam"
        }
      ],
      "submitterEmail": "jonas.peeters@example.com",
      "submittedUtc": "2026-09-27T21:40:47.963Z",
      "updatedUtc": "2026-09-27T21:40:47.963Z",
      "personalData": "included"
    },
    {
      "submissionId": "b3ac0015-0000-4000-8000-000000000009",
      "eventId": "b3ac0000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001",
      "title": "Live-coding a design system in ten minutes",
      "abstract": "From an empty file to buttons, colours and type that hold together, typed live, with the audience choosing the brand.",
      "kind": "talk",
      "trackId": "b3ac0002-0000-4000-8000-000000000001",
      "minutes": 10,
      "level": "beginner",
      "language": "en",
      "status": "accepted",
      "decidedUtc": "2026-10-05T21:40:47.963Z",
      "notified": "accepted",
      "confirmation": "declined",
      "sessionId": null,
      "speakers": [
        {
          "name": "Marit Koster",
          "email": "marit.koster@example.com",
          "company": "Proseware"
        }
      ],
      "submitterEmail": "marit.koster@example.com",
      "submittedUtc": "2026-09-28T21:40:47.963Z",
      "updatedUtc": "2026-09-28T21:40:47.963Z",
      "personalData": "included"
    }
  ],
  "nextCursor": "YzE6MDYzOTI2MjI4NDQ3OTYzMDAwMHxiM2FjMDAxNTAwMDA0MDAwODAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwOQ",
  "hasMore": true
}

400 invalidCursor, invalidUpdatedSince, invalidRequest.

JSON

{
  "type": "https://attendbeacon.com/developers/errors#invalidCursor",
  "title": "The cursor is not valid",
  "status": 400,
  "detail": "Pass nextCursor exactly as a list returned it, with the same filters.",
  "instance": "/api/v1/events/b3ac0000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001/cfp/submissions",
  "code": "invalidCursor",
  "traceId": "00-4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736-00f067aa0ba902b7-01",
  "error": "Pass nextCursor exactly as a list returned it, with the same filters."
}

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#List proposals

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