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# ListTechEvents

> ListTechEvents retrieves tech events from Techmeme ICS, dev.events RSS, and curated sources.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api/ResearchService.openapi.yaml get /api/research/v1/list-tech-events
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: ResearchService API
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.worldmonitor.app
security:
  - WorldMonitorKey: []
  - ApiKeyHeader: []
paths:
  /api/research/v1/list-tech-events:
    get:
      tags:
        - ResearchService
      summary: ListTechEvents
      description: >-
        ListTechEvents retrieves tech events from Techmeme ICS, dev.events RSS,
        and curated sources.
      operationId: ListTechEvents
      parameters:
        - name: type
          in: query
          description: >-
            Event type filter: "all", "conference", "earnings", "ipo", "other".
            Empty = all.
          required: false
          example: all
          schema:
            type: string
            enum:
              - all
              - conference
              - earnings
              - ipo
              - other
        - name: mappable
          in: query
          description: Only events with non-virtual coordinates.
          required: false
          example: true
          schema:
            type: boolean
        - name: limit
          in: query
          description: >-
            Max events to return. The handler clamps this to the range 1-200 and
            defaults to 50
             when omitted; 0 is not unlimited (it clamps up to 1).
          required: false
          example: 25
          schema:
            type: integer
            format: int32
        - name: days
          in: query
          description: >-
            Events within N days from now. The handler clamps this to the range
            1-365 and defaults
             to 90 when omitted; 0 is not unlimited (it clamps up to 1).
          required: false
          example: 7
          schema:
            type: integer
            format: int32
        - name: jmespath
          in: query
          description: >-
            Optional JMESPath expression applied server-side to project or
            reduce the JSON response before it is returned (mirrors the MCP
            jmespath argument). Invalid expressions, expressions larger than
            1024 UTF-8 bytes, or projections that exceed the 256 KB output cap
            return HTTP 400 with a {_jmespath_error, original_keys} envelope.
            Grammar and worked examples:
            https://www.worldmonitor.app/docs/mcp-jmespath.
          required: false
          example: keys(@)
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                conferenceCount: 1
                count: 1
                error: example
                events:
                  - coords:
                      country: US
                      lat: 40.7128
                      lng: -74.006
                      original: example
                      virtual: true
                    description: Example WorldMonitor observation.
                    endDate: '2026-01-15'
                    id: example-id
                    location: example
                lastUpdated: '2026-01-15T12:00:00.000Z'
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ListTechEventsResponse'
        '400':
          description: Validation error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                oneOf:
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/JmespathProjectionError'
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedError'
        '403':
          description: >-
            API access requires an active subscription (the API key's
            subscription is inactive or expired).
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ForbiddenError'
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded.
          headers:
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              description: Maximum requests allowed in the active rate-limit window.
              schema:
                type: string
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              description: Requests remaining in the active rate-limit window.
              schema:
                type: string
            X-RateLimit-Reset:
              description: >-
                Unix epoch milliseconds when the active rate-limit window
                resets.
              schema:
                type: string
            Retry-After:
              description: Seconds to wait before retrying the request.
              schema:
                type: string
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                oneOf:
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/RateLimitError'
        default:
          description: Gateway or handler error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                oneOf:
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/GatewayError'
components:
  schemas:
    ListTechEventsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the request succeeded.
        count:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          description: Total event count in response.
        conferenceCount:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          description: Number of conference-type events.
        mappableCount:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          description: Number of mappable (non-virtual with coords) events.
        lastUpdated:
          type: string
          description: ISO 8601 timestamp of last update.
        events:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TechEvent'
        error:
          type: string
          description: Error message if success is false.
      description: ListTechEventsResponse contains tech events matching the request.
    ValidationError:
      type: object
      properties:
        violations:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/FieldViolation'
          description: List of validation violations
      required:
        - violations
      description: >-
        ValidationError is returned when request validation fails. It contains a
        list of field violations describing what went wrong.
    JmespathProjectionError:
      description: >-
        Returned when a REST jmespath projection is invalid or exceeds the
        expression/output byte limits.
      properties:
        _jmespath_error:
          description: Projection error discriminator and details.
          type: string
        original_keys:
          description: Top-level keys or shape of the unprojected response.
          items:
            type: string
          type: array
      required:
        - _jmespath_error
        - original_keys
      type: object
    UnauthorizedError:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message.
      required:
        - error
      description: >-
        Returned when the API key is missing, malformed, or lacks current API
        access.
    ForbiddenError:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable entitlement failure reason.
        requiredTier:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          description: Minimum entitlement tier required for this endpoint.
        currentTier:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          description: Caller entitlement tier when known.
        planKey:
          type: string
          description: Caller plan key when known.
      required:
        - error
      description: >-
        Returned when a PRO-gated endpoint denies access because the caller has
        no resolved authenticated user, entitlements cannot be verified, or the
        caller lacks the required entitlement tier.
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: Error message (e.g., 'user not found', 'database connection failed')
      description: >-
        Error is returned when a handler encounters an error. It contains a
        simple error message that the developer can customize.
    RateLimitError:
      type: object
      description: Returned when a gateway or handler rate limit rejects the request.
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable rate-limit failure reason.
      required:
        - error
    GatewayError:
      type: object
      description: >-
        Returned by gateway infrastructure errors before an RPC handler runs,
        such as origin, routing, method, authentication, or quota checks.
      properties:
        error:
          oneOf:
            - type: string
            - type: object
              additionalProperties: true
          description: Gateway error reason or structured gateway failure details.
      required:
        - error
    TechEvent:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Unique event identifier.
        title:
          type: string
          description: Event title.
        type:
          type: string
          description: 'Event type: "conference", "earnings", "ipo", "other".'
        location:
          type: string
          description: Location description.
        coords:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/TechEventCoords'
        startDate:
          type: string
          description: Start date (YYYY-MM-DD).
        endDate:
          type: string
          description: End date (YYYY-MM-DD).
        url:
          type: string
          description: Event URL.
        source:
          type: string
          description: 'Source: "techmeme", "dev.events", "curated".'
        description:
          type: string
          description: Event description.
      description: >-
        TechEvent represents a single tech event (conference, earnings, IPO,
        etc.).
    FieldViolation:
      type: object
      properties:
        field:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The field path that failed validation (e.g., 'user.email' for nested
            fields). For header validation, this will be the header name (e.g.,
            'X-API-Key')
        description:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Human-readable description of the validation violation (e.g., 'must
            be a valid email address', 'required field missing')
      required:
        - field
        - description
      description: FieldViolation describes a single validation error for a specific field.
    TechEventCoords:
      type: object
      properties:
        lat:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: Latitude.
        lng:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: Longitude.
        country:
          type: string
          description: Country name or code.
        original:
          type: string
          description: Original location string before normalization.
        virtual:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether this is a virtual/online event.
      description: TechEventCoords contains geocoded location data for a tech event.
  securitySchemes:
    WorldMonitorKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-WorldMonitor-Key
      description: User-issued WorldMonitor API key.
    ApiKeyHeader:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Api-Key
      description: Alias header for the WorldMonitor API key (X-WorldMonitor-Key).

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