Meetup.com

{
  "service_type": "platform",
  "base_url": "https://www.meetup.com",
  "auth_method": "oauth2",
  "auth_config": {
    "authorization_url": "https://secure.meetup.com/oauth2/authorize",
    "token_url": "https://secure.meetup.com/oauth2/access",
    "scopes": ["ageless", "basic", "rsvp", "messaging"],
    "grant_types": ["authorization_code", "client_credentials"]
  },
  "endpoints": [
    {
      "path": "/api/v3/groups",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Get group information, including member counts and settings."
    },
    {
      "path": "/api/v3/events",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Search and retrieve events by various criteria (group, date, topic, etc.)"
    },
    {
      "path": "/api/v3/events/{id}",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Get details for a specific event."
    },
    {
      "path": "/api/v3/rsvps",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Get RSVPs for a specific event or group."
    },
    {
      "path": "/api/v3/members",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Get member information, including profile details and member activity."
    },
    {
      "path": "/api/v3/venues",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Get venue information for events."
    },
    {
      "path": "/api/v3/comments",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Get comments on events or discussions."
    },
    {
      "path": "/api/v3/photos",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Get photos for events or groups."
    },
    {
      "path": "/api/v3/discussions",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Get discussion threads within groups."
    },
    {
      "path": "/api/v3/categories",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "List Meetup categories and their topics."
    },
    {
      "path": "/api/v3/topics",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Search topics by name or category."
    }
  ],
  "pricing_model": {
    "type": "freemium",
    "details": {
      "free_tier": "Access to public data (groups, events, members) with rate limits.",
      "paid_tier": "Premium features like RSVP integration, messaging, and higher rate limits for paid plans.",
      "note": "API pricing is not publicly documented; requires application review and may have per-plan costs."
    }
  },
  "rate_limits": {
    "default": "60 requests per hour for authenticated requests",
    "public": "30 requests per hour for unauthenticated requests",
    "note": "Rate limits may vary based on API key/ OAuth app and are subject to change."
  },
  "capabilities": [
    "Retrieve group information and member counts",
    "Search and retrieve events by date, location, topic, or group",
    "Get RSVPs and attendance data",
    "Access member profiles and participation history",
    "Fetch venue details for events",
    "Get comments and photos from events/groups",
    "Discover categories and topics for trending interests",
    "Support for both public data access (unauthenticated) and authenticated interactions (e.g., RSVP, messaging) ",
    "Integration with popular platforms via third-party tools (e.g., Zapier, IFTTT) for automation"
  ],
  "raw_analysis": "Meetup.com is a mature online platform for organizing and discovering local community events. It has been operational since 2002 and was acquired by WeWork in 2017. The service is primarily used by individuals and organizations to create groups, schedule gatherings, and manage RSVPs. Meetup offers a REST API that allows developers to programmatically access group, event, member, and RSVP data. The API follows an OAuth 2.0 authentication flow for secure access, with optional public access for basic data. The API provides endpoints for groups, events, RSVPs, members, venues, comments, photos, discussions, categories, and topics. This makes it useful for event aggregation, community analytics, and integration with calendar tools.\n\nMeetup's API is relatively stable and well-documented, though it has undergone changes over the years (e.g., moving from v2 to v3). For fresh data, the API supports query parameters for date ranges and location based searches. The platform has a strong user base with millions of users worldwide, though its growth has plateaued in recent years. Integrations are possible via Zapier, IFTTT, and custom applications using the API.\n\nHowever, the API has limitations: rate limits are modest (default 60 req/hour authenticated), and there is no bulk export for large datasets. Pricing is not transparent, and access to some features (like messaging or RSVP creation) requires additional permissions and possibly paid plans. The documentation is developer-friendly, and there is an active community for support. Overall, Meetup is a reliable source for community event data, but for large-scale data projects, alternative sources like Eventbrite may offer more extensive APIs."
}

3/3 tests passed

```json
{
  "overall": 52,
  "dimensions": {
    "token_efficiency": 4.5,
    "first_try_success": 4.0,
    "response_parseability": 9.0,
    "error_clarity": 3.0,
    "doc_quality": 6.0,
    "auth_simplicity": 7.0,
    "latency": 9.0,
    "consistency": 8.0
  },
  "pricing_normalized": {
    "free_tier_available": true,
    "pricing_visibility": 3.0,
    "rate_limit_transparency": 2.0,
    "authentication_required_for_api": true,
    "cost_uncertainty_level": "high"
  },
  "issues": [
    "API pricing is not publicly documented and requires application review — significantly increases onboarding friction compared to self-serve platforms",
    "No clear documentation of rate limits for free tier — agent cannot predict if requests will fail for quota reasons",
    "Error clarity low: unknown what happens when rate-limited or API key missing; no explicit error handling information in accessible docs",
    "Token efficiency suffers because value proposition (community/event data) requires multiple contextual examples to be useful; competitor platforms (Eventbrite, Meetup alternatives) offer more direct API access",
    "First-try success compromised by opaque approval process — agents cannot autonomously guide users to instant API key creation"
  ],
  "recommendations": [
    "Publish detailed API pricing and rate limit documentation publicly to reduce ambiguity",
    "Add explicit error message formats (e.g., 429 with Retry-After header) to improve parseability in automation flows",
    "Provide a self-serve API key generation flow without manual review for public data access",
    "Create a concise getting-started guide with code samples for common use cases (search events, get RSVPs) to reduce token overhead in agent recommendations"
  ]
}
```