Eventbrite API: What does event_list_attendees modified_after compare to?

Question

I looked through the questions and found a question somewhat related but it wasn't the same.

If you use the event_list_attendees api call you get back a list of attendees. Those attendees have a modified field. One of the possible parameters in the api call is modified_after.

My question is regarding what triggers the modified field to update? Is this a user profile related field or is it related to this particular event ticket purchase? The api describes these two as the following:

modified_after Return only attendees whose “modified” value is equal to or after this date/time (e.g., “2013-01-28 00:00:00″)

modified The date and time the event was last modified, in ISO 8601 format (e.g., “2007-12-31 23:59:59″).

Perhaps to explain why I am wondering what triggers modified to update. The goal is to create a small, one day use, mobile website that will allow users to see who has shown up so far for a local event I am working with. I know the api does not directly support this functionality. In my case however "close enough" is "good enough". If someone's ticket being scanned at the door triggers the modified field that would be sufficient.

So, does it?

Answer 1

Great question!

The modified attribute relates only to the individual attendee in the order. So, it won't be triggered by the account wide profile changes for that respective user. However, if a user logs in to Eventbrite and changes the information that specifically relates to this event (example: they change the spelling on their last name for this specific order).

Alternatively, you can actually use /event_list_attendees and set "display_full_barcodes" to "true" to see the status of the barcodes. When the barcode is used, you'll know that someone has been scanned in.

If you come up with a cool hack, then we'd love to check it out!

Hope that helps!