Viagogo Events Search Scraper: Extract Event Listings & Ticket Data

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What Is Viagogo?

Viagogo is a global online ticketing marketplace where millions of users buy and sell tickets to concerts, sports events, theater shows, and live entertainment. With thousands of events listed daily across multiple genres and regions, manually collecting and analyzing this event data is impractical at scale. The Viagogo Events Search Scraper automates extraction of search results, delivering structured event intelligence in seconds.

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Overview

The Viagogo Events Search Scraper extracts event listings from Viagogo search pages, capturing 33+ data fields per event including dates, venues, availability status, and pricing indicators. It is ideal for:

• Ticket aggregators building comprehensive event databases
• Event analysts tracking market trends and ticket availability
• Researchers studying live entertainment demand patterns
• Developers powering event discovery applications
• Business intelligence teams monitoring competitor listings

The scraper handles pagination automatically, respects rate limits with built-in failure tolerance, and outputs clean, structured JSON ready for analysis or integration.

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Input Format

The scraper accepts a JSON configuration object specifying which search pages to scrape:

{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.viagogo.com/Concert-Tickets/Pop-Rock/Pop?restPage=2"
  ],
  "ignore_url_failures": true,
  "max_items_per_url": 200
}

Parameter	Type	Description
urls	Array of strings	Search page URLs from Viagogo.com (e.g., filtered by genre, category, or location). Supports multiple URLs for bulk scraping.
ignore_url_failures	Boolean	If true, the scraper continues even if some URLs fail; if false, any failure halts the run. Recommended: true for reliability.
max_items_per_url	Integer	Maximum number of events extracted per URL (e.g., 200). Higher values capture more listings but take longer to process.

Example URLs:

• Genre/category: https://www.viagogo.com/Concert-Tickets/Pop-Rock/Pop
• Location-filtered: https://www.viagogo.com/Concert-Tickets/New-York (paginated with ?restPage=2)
• Sport events: https://www.viagogo.com/Sports-Tickets/Football

Tip: Use pagination parameters (?restPage=N) to split large result sets across multiple URLs for faster processing.

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Output Format

Example output record:

{
  "event_id": 160599955,
  "name": "K-pop Demon Hunters",
  "url": "https://www.viagogo.com/E-160599955?qid=68f2f4ef-10aa-49c6-b645-19285000ba16&iid=54d9fb64-b5fe-4111-bbc8-0ee2db5e8a0d&index=stubhub&ut=60c486f2-452f-4368-ad3f-aa2fcc01579a",
  "day_of_week": "Sat",
  "formatted_date": "Jun 20",
  "formatted_time": "7:00 PM",
  "formatted_date_without_year": "Jun 20",
  "formatted_date_with_day_of_week": "Saturday, June 20",
  "is_tbd": false,
  "is_date_confirmed": true,
  "is_time_confirmed": true,
  "event_state": 1,
  "venue_id": 28010,
  "venue_name": "Palace Theatre at Stamford Center for the Arts - Complex",
  "allow_public_purchase": true,
  "formatted_venue_location": "Stamford, CT, USA",
  "country_code": "US",
  "user_distance_from_venue": "13176193.8684",
  "formatted_distance_in_miles": "",
  "formatted_rescheduled_from_date": "",
  "event_countdown_message": "Week after next",
  "notification_signup_link_message": {
    "message": "Join the list",
    "disclaimer": "Sign up to stay in the know and be notified when there are new tickets available for this event.",
    "has_value": true,
    "feature_tracking_key": ""
  },
  "notification_signup_modal_message": {
    "message": "Sign up to be informed whenever new K-pop Demon Hunters tickets become available",
    "has_value": true,
    "feature_tracking_key": "e3e87858-5eef-4d8c-9e51-73aa7e179bde"
  },
  "has_active_listings": true,
  "venue_city": "Stamford",
  "sold_out_message": {
    "has_value": false
  },
  "event_availability_state": 0,
  "is_favorite": false,
  "aggregate_favorites": 0,
  "is_parking_event": false,
  "notification_modal_content": null,
  "is_refetched_global_event": false,
  "country_name": "USA",
  "event_metadata": {
    "common": {
      "venue_time_zone_offset": "-14400000",
      "event_start_date_time": 1781996400000
    }
  },
  "is_under_hundred": false,
  "is_multiday_event": false,
  "from_url": "https://www.viagogo.com/secure/Search?restPage=5&q=pop&searchGuid=55606B21-99CA-467D-8683-3FEEF2E73A2A"
}

Each event in the results includes up to 33 fields providing comprehensive event and ticket marketplace data:

Event Identification & Metadata

Field	Description
Event ID	Unique Viagogo identifier for the event
Name	Official event name/title
URL	Direct link to the event page on Viagogo
Event Metadata	Additional structured metadata about the event type

Date & Time Information

Field	Description
Formatted Date	Event date in readable format (e.g., "Sat, Dec 15, 2024")
Formatted Date Without Year	Event date excluding year (e.g., "Dec 15")
Formatted Date With Day Of Week	Full formatted date with day name (e.g., "Saturday, December 15, 2024")
Day Of Week	Day name (e.g., "Saturday")
Formatted Time	Event start time if available (e.g., "7:30 PM")
Is TBD	Boolean: true if date/time is still "To Be Determined"
Is Date Confirmed	Boolean: true if the date has been officially confirmed
Is Time Confirmed	Boolean: true if the start time is confirmed
Formatted Rescheduled From Date	Original date if the event was rescheduled
Is Multiday Event	Boolean: true if the event spans multiple days

Venue Information

Field	Description
Venue ID	Unique identifier for the venue/location
Venue Name	Name of the venue (e.g., "Madison Square Garden")
Formatted Venue Location	Full venue address and location string
Venue City	City where the venue is located
Country Code	ISO country code (e.g., "US", "GB")
Country Name	Full country name
User Distance From Venue	Distance from user's location (if available)
Formatted Distance In Miles	Distance to venue in miles format

Ticket Availability & Status

Field	Description
Has Active Listings	Boolean: true if tickets are currently for sale by sellers
Event Availability State	Status of ticket availability (e.g., "available", "sold_out", "upcoming")
Sold Out Message	Message displayed if event is sold out
Allow Public Purchase	Boolean: whether tickets can be publicly purchased
Event State	Overall event state (e.g., "active", "completed", "cancelled")
Event Countdown Message	Dynamic message showing time until event (e.g., "3 days left")
Notification Signup Link Message	Call-to-action text for waitlist signup
Notification Signup Modal Message	Modal message encouraging ticket alerts
Notification Modal Content	Full content of notification/alert modal

User & Preference Data

Field	Description
Is Favorite	Boolean: true if the event is in user's favorites
Aggregate Favorites	Total number of users who favorited this event

Special Event Flags

Field	Description
Is Parking Event	Boolean: true if this is a parking/transportation event listing
Is Refetched Global Event	Internal flag indicating data freshness
Is Under Hundred	Boolean: true if fewer than 100 listings available

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How to Use

1. Identify search pages — Browse Viagogo.com and find search result pages matching your criteria (genre, location, artist, sport). Copy the full URLs including pagination parameters.

2. Configure the scraper — Paste URLs into the urls array. Example:

{
     "urls": [
       "https://www.viagogo.com/Concert-Tickets/Pop-Rock/Pop?restPage=1",
       "https://www.viagogo.com/Concert-Tickets/Pop-Rock/Pop?restPage=2"
     ],
     "max_items_per_url": 200,
     "ignore_url_failures": true
   }

3. Set extraction limits — Adjust max_items_per_url based on your needs:

   • 20–50 for quick samples
   • 100–200 for comprehensive analysis
   • Higher values for full-scale aggregation (slower processing)

4. Run the scraper — Start the actor and monitor progress in the run log. Failed URLs are skipped if ignore_url_failures: true.

5. Export & analyze — Download results as JSON, CSV, or Excel. Import into spreadsheets, databases, or visualization tools.

Best practices:

• Use pagination (?restPage=N) to split large searches into smaller, faster runs
• Set ignore_url_failures: true to prevent timeouts from blocking entire runs
• Filter URLs by genre or location to reduce dataset size and improve relevance

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Use Cases & Business Value

• Ticket aggregators: Build real-time event inventories across multiple categories and regions
• Price monitoring: Track average ticket prices and availability trends over time
• Event discovery apps: Power search and recommendation engines with live Viagogo data
• Market analysis: Study demand patterns by genre, venue, or geography
• Competitive intelligence: Monitor competitor pricing and event selection
• Automated alerts: Notify users when favorite artists or events are listed

By automating data collection, the scraper eliminates manual browsing and delivers insights that inform business decisions in minutes instead of hours.

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Conclusion

The Viagogo Events Search Scraper is a powerful tool for anyone needing structured event and ticket data at scale. Whether you're building a ticket aggregator, analyzing market trends, or powering an event discovery platform, this scraper delivers 33+ fields of actionable intelligence per event. Start scraping today and unlock the full potential of Viagogo's event marketplace data.