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Important: When referencing this page outside of Knowledge Base, use this link: http://knowledge.domo.com?cid=meetup

Intro

Meetup is an online social networking portal that facilitates offline group meetings in various localities around the world. Use Domo's Meetup connector to retrieve data about all aspects of Meetup meetings, including groups, ratings, topics, events, and so on. To learn more about the Meetup API, visit their page (http://www.meetup.com/meetup_api/).

The Meetup connector is a "Cloud App" connector, meaning it retrieves data stored in the cloud. In the Data Center, you can access the connector page for this and other Cloud App connectors by clicking Cloud App in the toolbar at the top of the window.

You connect to your Meetup account in the Data Center. This topic discusses the fields and menus that are specific to the Meetup connector user interface. General information for adding DataSets, setting update schedules, and editing DataSet information is discussed in Adding a DataSet Using a Data Connector.

Primary Use Cases

This connector helps you facilitate group meetings in various locations and find and join groups.

Primary Metrics

  • Events

  • Ratings

  • Followers

  • Engagements

Primary Company Roles

  • Public relations

  • Social media reps

  • Recruiting

Average Implementation Time

2 hours

Ease of Use (on a 1-to-10 scale with 1 being easiest)

3

Best Practices

This connector works best with the "Replace" update method if you are interested in recent data.

Prerequisites

To connect to your Meetup account and create a DataSet, you must have the following:

  • The email address you entered when you signed up for Meetup

  • Your Meetup password

Alternatively, you can log into your Meetup account using your Facebook or Google credentials.  

Connecting to Your Meetup Account

This section enumerates the options in the Credentials and Details panes in the Meetup Connector page. The components of the other panes in this page, Scheduling and Name & Describe Your DataSet, are universal across most connector types and are discussed in greater length in Adding a DataSet Using a Data Connector.

Credentials Pane

The Domo Meetup connector uses OAuth to connect, so there is no need to enter credentials within Domo. Click Connect (or select Add Account if you have existing Meetup accounts in Domo) to open the Meetup OAuth screen where you can enter the email address you entered when you signed up for Meetup, along with your Meetup password. You can also connect using Facebook or Google credentials. Once you have entered valid credentials, you can use the same account any time you go to create a new Meetup DataSet. You can manage connector accounts in the Accounts tab in the  Data Center . For more information about this tab, see Managing User Accounts for Connectors.

Note: If you are already logged into Meetup when you connect in Domo, you are authenticated automatically when you click Add account. If you want to connect to an account that is different from the one you are logged into, you must first log out of Meetup.

Details Pane

This pane contains a primary Reports menu, along with various other menus which may or may not appear depending on the report type you select.

Menu

Description

Report

Select a Meetup report. The following reports are available:

Activity Feed

Retrieves the activity feed for the user's groups. All parameters are optional.

Categories

Returns a list of Meetup group categories.

Cities

Returns a list of Meetup cities. All parameters are optional. If you run this report without entering location information, it returns information about the authenticated user's location.

  • Latitude and Longitude parameters must be used in combination, with or without Radius.

  • If a State is entered, you must also enter a Country.   

Comments

Returns comments for a group. One of the two parameters is required.

Dashboard

Returns a dashboard of aggregated Meetup information for the authenticated user.

Discussion Boards

Returns discussion board information for a given group. The GroupURL parameter is required.

Events

Returns a list of events. One of the following parameters is required:

  • Event ID

  • Group ID

  • Group URLName

  • Member ID

  • RSVP

  • Venue ID 

Group Venues

Returns venues a group has recently hosted events at. The Group URL parameter is required.

Groups

Returns a list of groups based on specified criteria. At least one of the following parameters or combinations of parameters is required:

  • Country, City, State

  • Group ID

  • Group URLName

  • Latitude and Longitude (with Radius optional)

  • Member ID

  • Organizer ID

  • Zip

Members

Returns members of a specified group. At least one of the following parameters is required:

  • Group ID

  • Group URLName

  • Member ID

  • Service

Open Events 

Returns recent and upcoming public events hosted by Meetup groups. The search window is the past month through the next three months. Only Meetups with three or more RSVPs are included. At least one of the following parameters or combinations of parameters is required:

  • Category

  • Country, City, State

  • Latitude and Longitude (with Radius optional)

  • Text

  • Topic

  • Zip 

Open Venues

Returns a list of open venues matching the specified criteria. At least one of the following parameters or combinations of parameters is required:

  • Country, City, State

  • Group URLName

  • Latitude and Longitude (with Radius optional) 

  • Text

  • Zip

Photo Albums

Returns photo albums associated with Meetup groups. At least one of the following parameters is required:

  • Event ID

  • Group ID

  • Photo Album ID 

Photo Comments

Returns comments on Meetup photos. The Photo ID parameter is required.

Photos

Returns photos matching the specified criteria. At least one of the following parameters is required:

  • Event ID

  • Group ID

  • Group URLName

  • Member ID

  • Photo Album ID

  • Photo ID

  • Tagged 

Profiles

Returns member profile information. At least one of the following parameters or combinations of parameters is required:

  • Group ID

  • Group URLName

  • Member ID

Ratings

Returns event ratings. The Event ID parameter is required.

Recommended Group Topics

Returns recommended topics based on a text search or other topics. At least one of the following parameters is required:

  • Text

  • Other Topics 

Recommended Venues

Returns venues Meetup finds relevant to you. All parameters are optional. If you run this report without entering location information, it returns information about the authenticated user's location.

The Latitude and Longitude parameters must be used in combination, with or without Radius.

RSVPs

Returns RSVPs by event. The Event ID parameter is required.

Topics

Returns Meetup topics. All parameters are optional.

Venues

Returns a list of venues matching specified criteria. At least one of the following parameters is required:

  • Event ID

  • Group ID

  • Group URLName

  • Venue ID 

 

Country

Enter the two-letter ISO code for the country you want to retrieve information for. For a list of current ISO codes, see https://countrycode.org/.

Event ID 

Enter the ID numbers of events you want to retrieve information for, separated by commas. You can find the ID for a specific event by running the Events report.

Group ID 

Enter the ID numbers for groups you want to retrieve data for, separated by commas. You can find the ID for a specific group by running the Groups report.   

Group URLName 

Enter the URLName for the group you want to retrieve data for. This is the name of the group as it appears in its Meetup URL. For example, for the Meetup URL www.meetup.com/Fiction-Writers-Group/, the Group URLName is "Fiction-Writers-Group." You can pull data for multiple groups by entering all of the URLNames separated by commas.

Latitude

Enter the latitude of the location you want to retrieve data for. The latitude must be in signed degrees format: DDD.dddd. Example: 40.63. Compass directions and degree symbols (º) are not allowed. This parameter must be combined with a longitude (in the Longitude field) to work.

When you enter latitude and longitude coordinates, by default all locations within 50 miles are returned. For example, if you entered the coordinates for Washington, D.C. (38.91 and -77.02), the search would also return results for Baltimore, Maryland (39.29 and -76.62). You can change this default behavior by entering the desired number of miles in the Radius field.

Limited Events 

Select true to include limited event information for private groups that wish to expose only a small amount of information about their events. Otherwise select false. 

Longitude 

Enter the longitude of the location you want to retrieve data for. The longitude must be in signed degrees format: DDD.dddd. Example: -77.02. Compass directions and degree symbols (º) are not allowed. This parameter must be combined with a latitude (in the Latitude field) to work.

When you enter latitude and longitude coordinates, all locations within 50 miles are returned. For example, if you entered the coordinates for Washington, D.C. (38.91 and -77.02), the search would also return results for Baltimore, Maryland (39.29 and -76.62). You can change this default behavior by entering the desired number of miles in the Radius field.

Min Groups 

Enter the minimum number of groups that have hosted locations at this venue.  

Member ID

Enter the IDs of the members you wish to retrieve information for, separated by commas. You can find this by clicking the member's username in the member list. The long number that appears at the end of the URL is the user ID. For example, in the URL http://www.meetup.com/Fiction-Writer...rs/1304972618/, the member ID is "1304972618."

Organizer ID 

Enter the organizer ID number of the group you want to retrieve information for. 

Other Topics 

Enter a comma-separated list of other topics to inform recommendations. 

Photo Album ID 

Enter the ID numbers of photo albums you want to retrieve information for, separated by commas.  You can find this by opening the photo album in Meetup. The long number that appears at the end of the URL is the photo album ID. For example, in the URL www.meetup.com/Fiction-Writers-Group/photos/1208034, the photo album ID is "1208034." 

Photo ID 

Enter the ID numbers of photos you want to retrieve information for, separated by commas. You can find this ID number by opening a photo in Meetup. The long number that appears at the end of the URL is the photo ID. For example, in the URL http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/phot..._20619228.jpeg , the photo ID is "20619223."   

Query

Enter a search term to retrieve filtered data for that search term. For example, if you entered Phoenix, the report would retrieve data that includes the term Phoenix.

Radius 

Enter the number of miles from a specified latitude-longitude location to retrieve data for. For example, if you specified the coordinates for Dallas, Texas in the Latitude and Longitude fields, then entered 75 for Radius, your report would return data for all locations within 75 miles of Dallas. If you leave this field blank, a default radius of 50 miles is used.

Role 

Select Leaders if you want to return only profiles for leaders; otherwise select All. 

RSVP 

Select the RSVP status of events you want to retrieve information for.

Search 

Enter a search string to return topics related to that search string. Separate search keywords with +.   

Service 

Enter the name of a service, specified as servicename:identifier. This matches users by the external services they've linked to their member accounts. For example, service=twitter:@MeetupAPI locates any member account that lists @MeetupAPI as its Twitter name. You can enter multiple services separated by commas. Facebook identifiers should be provided as numeric values. 

Status 

For the Events report, select the event status to retrieve information for. For the Profiles report, select the member status to retrieve information for.

Subdivision

Enter the ISO 3166-2 country subdivision code for the region you want to retrieve data for. For the United States, states are the subdivision, so 2-letter state codes would be used (such as TX for Texas); for Canada, two-letter province codes are used (i.e. ON for Ontario; and so on.

For listings of ISO 3166-2 codes for all countries, go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166 then click the link for the desired country in the ISO 3166-2 section near the bottom of the topic.    

Tagged 

Enter the ID numbers of tagged members you want to retrieve information for, separated by commas. You can find a member's ID number by clicking his or her username in the member list. The long number that appears at the end of the URL is the member ID. For example, in the URL http://www.meetup.com/Fiction-Writer...rs/1304972618/, the member ID is "1304972618." 

Text 

Enter text to retrieve results containing that text. By default, text strings are separated by OR. For groups with combined terms, use AND. For example: Fiction AND Writers to return groups containing the term "Fiction Writers."

Text Format 

Select the desired text format, either plain or HTML. 

Topic 

Enter the topic you want to retrieve data for. 

Topic Name 

Enter a topic name to return topics that match that name (e.g. Digital Photography).  

Venue ID 

Enter the ID numbers of venues you want to retrieve information for, separated by commas. You can find the ID for a specific venue by running the Venues report.  

Zip 

Enter a zip code to retrieve data for that area.  

Other Panes

For information about the remaining sections of the connector interface, including how to configure scheduling, retry, and update options, see Adding a DataSet Using a Data Connector.

Troubleshooting

Check your authentication and configuration settings.