Luma Events Search Scraper: Capture Event Data Instantly

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What Is Luma.com?

Luma.com is a modern event discovery and management platform connecting hosts, organizers, and attendees. It aggregates events across categories — from tech conferences to social gatherings — and provides a centralized calendar for discovering upcoming events. The platform emphasizes community-driven event hosting with detailed RSVP tracking, ticket management, and guest interaction features. Manually collecting event data across multiple search pages is tedious and error-prone — the Luma Events Search Scraper automates this workflow, delivering structured event intelligence at scale.

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Overview

The Luma Events Search Scraper harvests event listings from Luma search pages (e.g., category or city-specific results), extracting 23 data fields per event. It's built for:

• Event aggregators building multi-source event databases
• Market researchers analyzing event trends by category, location, or time
• Marketing analysts tracking competitor events and sponsorship opportunities
• Event platforms benchmarking their catalog against Luma's offerings
• Developers integrating event data into custom discovery tools

The scraper supports bulk collection with configurable limits, automatic failure handling, and clean, structured output ready for analysis or database import.

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Input Format

The scraper accepts a JSON configuration object with three primary parameters:

{
  "urls": [
    "https://luma.com/nytw"
  ],
  "ignore_url_failures": true,
  "max_items_per_url": 200
}

Parameter Guide

Parameter	Type	Description
urls	Array	Event search page URLs from Luma.com (e.g., category pages, city calendars, hashtag results). Paste full URLs one by one or use bulk edit for prepared lists.
ignore_url_failures	Boolean	If true, the scraper continues running even if some URLs fail. Useful for large-scale runs where individual page timeouts shouldn't halt the entire job. Set to false for strict runs where all URLs must succeed.
max_items_per_url	Integer	Maximum number of event records to extract per URL. Set between 1–200 (default: 20). Higher limits capture more events but increase runtime.

Example URL: https://luma.com/search?query=tech or https://luma.com/nytw (New York Tech Week calendar).

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Output Format

Sample output

{
  "api_id": "calev-4iE70cE95JGiUym",
  "event": {
    "api_id": "evt-FA3v4MgRgI04fBk",
    "calendar_api_id": "cal-YGzECkzDDBA9DbM",
    "cover_url": "https://images.lumacdn.com/uploads/ce/cf0e9244-a7c8-4a57-b1fa-f8964bab310d.png",
    "end_at": "2026-06-06T08:00:00.000Z",
    "event_type": "independent",
    "hide_rsvp": false,
    "location_type": "offline",
    "name": "NYTW Closing Rooftop Private Table at PhD Lounge",
    "one_to_one": true,
    "recurrence_id": null,
    "show_guest_list": true,
    "social_image_url": "https://images.lumacdn.com/event-social/kn/f2a15f79-6516-4acd-af17-ca7653cb5ea5.png",
    "start_at": "2026-06-06T02:30:00.000Z",
    "timezone": "America/New_York",
    "url": "PHDtechweek",
    "user_api_id": "usr-5narmUEx2UKv6bk",
    "visibility": "public",
    "virtual_info": {
      "has_access": false
    },
    "geo_address_info": {
      "city": "New York",
      "type": "google",
      "region": "New York",
      "address": "PHD Rooftop Lounge at Dream Downtown",
      "country": "United States",
      "place_id": "ChIJMRV7375ZwokRAfltF6Y-wYw",
      "localized": null,
      "city_state": "New York, NY",
      "description": "https://tickets.dreamhospitalitygroup.com/e/phd12-98-3-4/tickets?utm_source=promoter&utm_name=Stephen&utm_campaign=Stephen&utm_id=6a13a9aac04c4dd3a29c66700a1e6243",
      "sublocality": "Chelsea",
      "country_code": "US",
      "full_address": "PHD Rooftop Lounge at Dream Downtown, 355 W 16th St, New York, NY 10011, USA",
      "region_short": "NY",
      "short_address": "355 W 16th St, New York",
      "apple_maps_place_id": "I97CA87CE11D2EE66",
      "mode": "shown"
    },
    "geo_address_visibility": "public",
    "coordinate": {
      "longitude": -74.00352199999999,
      "latitude": 40.7421711
    },
    "waitlist_enabled": false,
    "waitlist_status": "disabled"
  },
  "cover_image": {
    "colors": [
      "#1b5e88",
      "#5ac3c4"
    ],
    "palette": {
      "neutral": [],
      "vibrant": [
        {
          "color": "#1b5e88",
          "percentage": 18.43
        },
        {
          "color": "#5ac3c4",
          "percentage": 3.72
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "calendar": {
    "access_level": "public",
    "api_id": "cal-YGzECkzDDBA9DbM",
    "avatar_url": "https://images.lumacdn.com/uploads/b0/d16915da-d372-4706-b07e-88f562b59283.jpg",
    "coordinate": null,
    "cover_image_url": "https://images.lumacdn.com/calendar-defaults/patterns/diamonds-100.png",
    "description_short": "with Stephen Michael",
    "event_submission_restriction": "open",
    "google_measurement_id": null,
    "instagram_handle": "stephenmichael.vip",
    "is_blocked": false,
    "launch_status": "launched",
    "linkedin_handle": null,
    "location": null,
    "luma_plan": "plus",
    "luma_plus_active": true,
    "meta_pixel_id": null,
    "name": "Never Look Back",
    "personal_user_api_id": null,
    "refund_policy": null,
    "slug": null,
    "social_image_url": null,
    "stripe_account_id": null,
    "tax_config": null,
    "tiktok_handle": null,
    "tint_color": "#310303",
    "track_meta_ads_from_luma": false,
    "twitter_handle": null,
    "verified_at": "2026-05-28T22:32:58.934Z",
    "website": null,
    "youtube_handle": null,
    "city": null,
    "is_personal": false,
    "personal_user": null,
    "geo_city": null,
    "geo_country": null,
    "geo_region": null,
    "timezone": null
  },
  "start_at": "2026-06-06T02:30:00.000Z",
  "hosts": [
    {
      "name": "Stephen Michael",
      "api_id": "usr-5narmUEx2UKv6bk",
      "website": "https://www.propel.earth",
      "timezone": "America/New_York",
      "username": "stephenpropel",
      "bio_short": "Propelling innovators globally",
      "last_name": "Michael",
      "avatar_url": "https://images.lumacdn.com/uploads/t5/b9520efc-c135-4dc7-a40e-8ba66e20c494.jpg",
      "first_name": "Stephen",
      "is_verified": false,
      "tiktok_handle": "staystephen",
      "last_online_at": "2026-06-06T02:27:18.830Z",
      "twitter_handle": "stephmichael88",
      "youtube_handle": "propelearth",
      "linkedin_handle": "/in/stephennmichael",
      "instagram_handle": "stephmichael88"
    }
  ],
  "guest_count": 122,
  "ticket_count": 122,
  "ticket_info": {
    "price": null,
    "is_free": true,
    "max_price": null,
    "is_sold_out": false,
    "spots_remaining": null,
    "is_near_capacity": false,
    "require_approval": false
  },
  "registration_availability": "open",
  "featured_guests": [
    {
      "api_id": "usr-OL6kLDAHZomNbko",
      "avatar_url": "https://images.lumacdn.com/avatars/1o/3d47e882-f01c-46b5-9f07-bb444d6729d1.jpg",
      "bio_short": "",
      "first_name": "Illia",
      "last_name": "Pashkov",
      "instagram_handle": "ipashkov",
      "is_verified": false,
      "last_online_at": "2026-06-06T02:47:10.430Z",
      "linkedin_handle": "/in/pashkov",
      "name": "Illia Pashkov",
      "tiktok_handle": "ipashkov",
      "timezone": "America/New_York",
      "twitter_handle": "sinthive",
      "username": "pshkv",
      "website": "http://www.sint.gg",
      "youtube_handle": "pshkv"
    },
    {
      "api_id": "usr-V8Xu3NllALRD0Z2",
      "avatar_url": "https://images.lumacdn.com/avatars/cd/028c8a70-3a41-4d5c-9fed-4a009fdf9823.png",
      "bio_short": "Founder & CEO @Ligandal:\nTissue targeted delivery with AI + nanotech. Biomedical Engineer & Nanoscientist. Forbes 30 Under 30 in Healthcare.",
      "first_name": "Andre",
      "last_name": "Watson",
      "instagram_handle": "nanogenomic",
      "is_verified": false,
      "last_online_at": "2026-06-06T02:03:58.578Z",
      "linkedin_handle": "/in/nanogenomic",
      "name": "Andre Watson",
      "tiktok_handle": null,
      "timezone": "America/New_York",
      "twitter_handle": "nanogenomic",
      "username": "nanogenomic",
      "website": "https://www.ligandal.com",
      "youtube_handle": ""
    },
    {
      "api_id": "usr-oY320Jy6LsCQFp9",
      "avatar_url": "https://images.lumacdn.com/avatars/fk/41288aee-4dc3-4793-8c6a-6b5ec301cdda.jpg",
      "bio_short": "",
      "first_name": "Hasanul",
      "last_name": "Chowdhury",
      "instagram_handle": "thehasan.vc",
      "is_verified": false,
      "last_online_at": "2026-06-06T02:01:08.084Z",
      "linkedin_handle": "/in/hasanul-chowdhury",
      "name": "Hasanul Chowdhury",
      "tiktok_handle": null,
      "timezone": "America/New_York",
      "twitter_handle": null,
      "username": null,
      "website": null,
      "youtube_handle": null
    },
    {
      "api_id": "usr-4Tc8EwBZ0EUyEg1",
      "avatar_url": "https://images.lumacdn.com/avatars/y0/295aa5fa-be61-4894-9317-e9223b2284e1.jpg",
      "bio_short": "",
      "first_name": "Ankur",
      "last_name": "Tyagi",
      "instagram_handle": "ank.2007",
      "is_verified": false,
      "last_online_at": "2026-06-06T00:11:16.434Z",
      "linkedin_handle": "/in/ankurtyagi2007",
      "name": "Ankur Tyagi",
      "tiktok_handle": null,
      "timezone": "America/New_York",
      "twitter_handle": null,
      "username": "ankurtyagi",
      "website": null,
      "youtube_handle": null
    },
    {
      "api_id": "usr-uzrtGbcZyEkB0jq",
      "avatar_url": "https://images.lumacdn.com/avatars/fj/c90e9a06-1578-4e4c-ad00-6a56f89abd85.jpg",
      "bio_short": "",
      "first_name": "Anas",
      "last_name": "Hoque",
      "instagram_handle": "anashoque",
      "is_verified": false,
      "last_online_at": "2026-06-05T23:15:27.094Z",
      "linkedin_handle": "/in/anas-hoque",
      "name": "Anas Hoque",
      "tiktok_handle": null,
      "timezone": "America/New_York",
      "twitter_handle": "anashoque",
      "username": null,
      "website": null,
      "youtube_handle": ""
    },
    {
      "api_id": "usr-XDlyL1cuSKKdgFS",
      "avatar_url": "https://images.lumacdn.com/avatars/0c/08e468cc-d897-4c72-a562-fd704d6faa9c.jpg",
      "bio_short": "",
      "first_name": "Andrea",
      "last_name": "Doucette",
      "instagram_handle": "lifeofcryptogal",
      "is_verified": false,
      "last_online_at": "2026-06-06T01:30:04.070Z",
      "linkedin_handle": "/in/cryptogal",
      "name": "Andrea Doucette",
      "tiktok_handle": null,
      "timezone": "America/New_York",
      "twitter_handle": "onlycryptogal",
      "username": null,
      "website": "https://ascensionholdings.global",
      "youtube_handle": null
    },
    {
      "api_id": "usr-b1rWrGO6j8hkExH",
      "avatar_url": "https://images.lumacdn.com/uploads/0t/544fcc81-8a0b-4d4d-a9ac-51cfb1d12e8e.jpg",
      "bio_short": "",
      "first_name": "Neel",
      "last_name": "Gajiwala",
      "instagram_handle": "neelgaji",
      "is_verified": false,
      "last_online_at": "2026-06-05T23:27:25.449Z",
      "linkedin_handle": "/in/neelgaji",
      "name": "Neel Gajiwala",
      "tiktok_handle": null,
      "timezone": "America/New_York",
      "twitter_handle": null,
      "username": null,
      "website": null,
      "youtube_handle": null
    },
    {
      "api_id": "usr-vLkl90LBVnucdL6",
      "avatar_url": "https://images.lumacdn.com/avatars/zx/959e67e9-c44a-4a3d-b66d-0d0451a425d8",
      "bio_short": "Blockchain Architect\nCo-founder at @NoFunLabs\n\nVisit nofunlabs.xyz to sign up for beta access to our upcoming games!",
      "first_name": "Evan",
      "last_name": "Gottschalk",
      "instagram_handle": "EvanOnEarth_eth",
      "is_verified": false,
      "last_online_at": "2026-06-05T18:58:29.122Z",
      "linkedin_handle": "/in/evan-gottschalk",
      "name": "Evan Gottschalk",
      "tiktok_handle": null,
      "timezone": "America/New_York",
      "twitter_handle": "EvanOnEarth_eth",
      "username": "EvanOnEarth",
      "website": "https://evanonearth.xyz",
      "youtube_handle": "EvanOnEarth_eth"
    },
    {
      "api_id": "usr-6vMaSER2Qshhlhe",
      "avatar_url": "https://images.lumacdn.com/avatars/ii/c3b798ac-b11d-42ac-b0c8-9fc03e522710.png",
      "bio_short": "We collect, sell, manage, and Curate Art Events Globally 🌎 Consulting for General design projects 📋🌆💻\nArt Agency 🎨 🥂Est 2014",
      "first_name": "Irving",
      "last_name": "Ortega",
      "instagram_handle": "irvohh",
      "is_verified": false,
      "last_online_at": "2026-06-05T23:57:15.628Z",
      "linkedin_handle": "/in/irving-ortega-43617377",
      "name": "Irving Ortega",
      "tiktok_handle": null,
      "timezone": "America/New_York",
      "twitter_handle": "IrvingOrtega88",
      "username": "irvohh",
      "website": null,
      "youtube_handle": ""
    },
    {
      "api_id": "usr-lALBWJ5TNiHnXVA",
      "avatar_url": "https://images.lumacdn.com/avatars/sz/bf5f3c27-f1aa-4b0b-9159-048702f16e9f.jpg",
      "bio_short": "Founder of Nuwa Marketing, Forbes 2X",
      "first_name": "Yanyi",
      "last_name": "Li",
      "instagram_handle": "Yanyi_Nuwa",
      "is_verified": false,
      "last_online_at": "2026-06-06T01:30:02.808Z",
      "linkedin_handle": "/in/yanyi-li-nuwa",
      "name": "Yanyi Li",
      "tiktok_handle": null,
      "timezone": "America/New_York",
      "twitter_handle": "NA",
      "username": null,
      "website": null,
      "youtube_handle": ""
    }
  ],
  "manager_info": null,
  "guest_info": null,
  "host_info": null,
  "waitlist_active": false,
  "featured_city": null,
  "role": null,
  "calendar_api_id": "cal-Byhuy8VcnWMbGWA",
  "is_manager": false,
  "platform": "luma",
  "status": "approved",
  "submitted_by_user_api_id": "usr-QkGeDxzjcR2zjs3",
  "tags": [],
  "from_url": "https://luma.com/nytw"
}

Each scraped event returns a rich record with 23 fields capturing event details, host info, ticket metadata, and engagement metrics:

Event Identification

Field	Meaning
API ID	Unique Luma identifier for the event (use for deduplication or linking)
Event	Event title as displayed on Luma
Calendar	Calendar or series the event belongs to
Calendar API ID	Unique identifier for the parent calendar

Event Timing & Location

Field	Meaning
Start At	Event start date and time in ISO 8601 format
Featured City	Primary city where the event is held or featured

Event Media

Field	Meaning
Cover Image	URL to the event's cover/hero image

Attendance & Capacity

Field	Meaning
Guest Count	Total number of confirmed attendees/RSVPs
Ticket Count	Total number of tickets across all tiers
Ticket Info	Structured data on available ticket types, pricing, and availability
Registration Availability	Current registration status (e.g., open, closed, waitlist only)
Waitlist Active	Boolean indicating if a waitlist is currently open

Host & Guest Data

Field	Meaning
Hosts	Array of primary event organizers/hosts
Host Info	Detailed host profile data (name, bio, follower count, links)
Featured Guests	VIP attendees or speakers highlighted on the event page
Guest Info	Metadata on featured guests or notable attendees

Operational Fields

Field	Meaning
Manager Info	Event manager/organizer contact and permission details
Is Manager	Boolean flag indicating if the user is an event manager
Role	User's role relative to the event (e.g., host, attendee, moderator)
Submitted By User API ID	Unique ID of the user who submitted/created the event listing

Platform & Status

Field	Meaning
Platform	Source platform identifier (e.g., "Luma")
Status	Event status (e.g., published, draft, cancelled, completed)
Tags	Categorization tags assigned to the event (e.g., #tech, #networking)

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How to Use

1. Identify target URLs — Find Luma event search pages by category, city, or hashtag. Examples: https://luma.com/nytw, https://luma.com/search?query=blockchain, or specific calendar URLs.

2. Prepare input — Add URLs to the urls array in JSON format. Use bulk edit for multiple URLs.

3. Set collection limits — Adjust max_items_per_url based on your needs (20–200). Higher values take longer but capture more events.

4. Enable error resilience — Set ignore_url_failures: true for large runs to skip problematic pages automatically.

5. Execute & monitor — Start the scraper and watch the progress log.

6. Export results — Download structured data as JSON, CSV, or Excel for analysis, database import, or downstream processing.

Troubleshooting tips:

• Verify URLs point to Luma search/calendar pages, not individual event detail pages.
• If timeouts occur, reduce max_items_per_url or enable ignore_url_failures.
• Check exported data for duplicate events across multiple runs using the API ID field.

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Use Cases & Business Value

• Event discovery platforms: Aggregate Luma events alongside your own database for competitive breadth.
• Market intelligence: Track event supply, trends, and organizer activity across regions and categories.
• Community analysis: Identify emerging communities and networking hubs based on event frequency and attendee overlap.
• Sponsorship prospecting: Find high-attendance events matching your target audience for partnership outreach.

By automating event collection, you eliminate manual browsing, ensure consistent data quality, and unlock insights for strategy, marketing, and product development.

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Conclusion

The Luma Events Search Scraper transforms event discovery into a scalable, data-driven process. With 23 actionable fields per event and flexible input parameters, it streamlines research, aggregation, and competitive analysis. Start scraping today and turn Luma's event calendar into structured intelligence for your business.