UiTinVlaanderen Scraper

Pull structured event data from UiTinVlaanderen.be — Flanders' official cultural agenda, powered by the UiTdatabank.

This actor talks directly to the UiTdatabank GraphQL API (api.uit.be), so it's fast and doesn't need a browser. You get back clean JSON with event titles, dates, venues, ticket prices, booking links, organizer info, and more.

What you can search for

The UiTdatabank covers everything from neighborhood flea markets to Gentse Feesten. You can filter by:

• Keyword — jazz, kindertheater, brocante, whatever
• City — Gent, Antwerpen, Brugge, Leuven
• Postal code — 9000, 2000, etc.
• Category — UiTdatabank type IDs like 0.50.4.0.0 (Concert) or 0.55.0.0.0 (Tentoonstelling)
• Date range — ISO format, e.g. 2026-06-01T00:00:00+02:00 to 2026-06-30T23:59:59+02:00

Leave everything blank and it returns whatever is currently listed.

Input

Field	Type	Description
searchQuery	String	Free text search (e.g. festival, comedy)
city	String	City name — uses the UiTdatabank addressLocality filter
postalCode	String	Belgian postal code
category	String	UiTdatabank event type ID
dateFrom	String	ISO datetime, start of date window
dateTo	String	ISO datetime, end of date window
maxResults	Integer	Cap on returned events (default: 100)
proxyConfiguration	Object	Optional proxy settings

What comes back

Each event includes the fields below. Optional fields are omitted when the event doesn't have that data (e.g. not every event lists a booking URL or price).

Field	Example
title	"Gentse Feesten 2026 — Openingsconcert"
description	Full text, HTML stripped
startDate	"2026-07-15T20:00:00+02:00"
endDate	"2026-07-15T23:00:00+02:00"
location	"Korenmarkt"
city	"Gent"
address	"Korenmarkt, 9000, Gent"
organizer	"Stad Gent"
category	"Concert"
theme	"Pop en rock"
imageUrl	Main event image
price	"Basistarief: Gratis" or "Basistarief: €15.00"
accessibility	"All ages" or "Age from 12"
bookingUrl	Direct ticket link
status	"Available"
attendanceMode	"offline" / "online" / "mixed"
url	"https://www.uitinvlaanderen.be/agenda/e/gentse-feesten-2026/abc123"
scrapedAt	ISO timestamp

{
    "title": "Nacht van de Geschiedenis",
    "description": "Ontdek het verleden van Antwerpen tijdens deze nachtelijke wandeling...",
    "startDate": "2026-04-12T19:00:00+02:00",
    "endDate": "2026-04-13T01:00:00+02:00",
    "location": "MAS - Museum aan de Stroom",
    "city": "Antwerpen",
    "address": "Hanzestedenplaats 1, 2000, Antwerpen",
    "organizer": "MAS Antwerpen",
    "category": "Cursus of workshop",
    "theme": "Geschiedenis",
    "imageUrl": "https://io.uitdatabank.be/images/abc123.jpeg",
    "price": "Basistarief: €8.00 | Studenten: €5.00",
    "bookingUrl": "https://www.mas.be/tickets",
    "url": "https://www.uitinvlaanderen.be/agenda/e/nacht-van-de-geschiedenis/abc123",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-03-16T10:00:00.000Z"
}

How it works

The actor sends paginated GraphQL queries to api.uit.be, fetching 50 events per request. No browser, no Playwright, no Cheerio — just HTTP calls. This makes it cheap to run and reliable.

Cost

Roughly $0.25 per 1,000 events. A typical run pulling 500 events finishes in under 30 seconds.

Good to know

• The UiTdatabank is Flanders-only. Brussels events appear when they're listed by Flemish organizers, but don't expect full coverage of French-speaking events.
• Event descriptions come back as HTML from the API — the actor strips tags and decodes entities before output.
• Category IDs come from UiTdatabank's taxonomy. You can find them on UiT's developer docs. Common ones: 0.50.4.0.0 (Concert), 0.55.0.0.0 (Tentoonstelling), 0.50.6.0.0 (Festival).
• The price field is a formatted string, not a number — events can have multiple price tiers (base, student, child, etc.).