Create Event
action_network.create_event
ActionCRM & salesconnection required
Calls the Action Network API with the connection's credentials.
Create an event with its title, schedule and venue details.
Connection
- Required
- Yes — the node will not save without one
- Auth type
- API key
- Providers
- Action Network
- Secret shape
- the API key, or {"api_key": "…"}
- Config it needs
- base_url
- Resolved by
- config.connection_id, else node.connection_id
Configuration
10 fields, 2 required. A dotted path is a nested object and name[] an array of objects — the editor renders the same tree.
| Field | Type | Required | Default | Constraints | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
title The event's public title, shown to everyone who RSVPs. | string | Yes | — | — | Volunteer training |
origin_system A human-readable name for the system creating this resource; Action Network requires it on every create. | string | Yes | — | — | Mantle |
name An administrative title for the event, seen only by organisers. | string | No | — | — | — |
description The event's description, which may contain HTML. | string | No | — | — | — |
instructions Instructions shown to people only after they RSVP to the event. | string | No | — | — | — |
start_date When the event starts, as an ISO-8601 timestamp. | string | No | — | iso8601 format | 2026-10-01T18:00:00Z |
end_date When the event ends, as an ISO-8601 timestamp. | string | No | — | iso8601 format | 2026-10-01T20:00:00Z |
location The venue and address hash, with keys such as venue, address_lines and postal_code. | object | No | — | — | {"postal_code":"20009","venue":"Town Hall"} |
status Whether the event is confirmed, tentative, cancelled or awaiting approval. | string | No | — | one of "confirmed", "tentative", "cancelled", "pending_approval" | — |
tag_list Names of existing tags to apply; a name with no matching tag is ignored. | array | No | — | array of string | ["volunteer"] |
Example configuration
Every value below is the contract’s own example or default — nothing invented.
{
"end_date": "2026-10-01T20:00:00Z",
"location": {
"postal_code": "20009",
"venue": "Town Hall"
},
"origin_system": "Mantle",
"start_date": "2026-10-01T18:00:00Z",
"tag_list": [
"volunteer"
],
"title": "Volunteer training"
}Output
One shape.
result
| Field | Type | Example |
|---|---|---|
identifiers Namespaced ids, the first being action_network:<uuid>. | array | — |
title The event's public title. | string | — |
name The event's administrative title. | string | — |
description The event description, which may contain HTML. | string | — |
start_date When the event starts, as returned by Action Network. | string | — |
end_date When the event ends, as returned by Action Network. | string | — |
location The venue and address hash for the event. | object | — |
status One of confirmed, tentative, cancelled or pending_approval. | string | — |
total_accepted How many RSVPs the event has collected. | number | — |
browser_url The public URL of the event's page. | string | — |
{
"browser_url": "",
"description": "",
"end_date": "",
"identifiers": [],
"location": {},
"name": "",
"start_date": "",
"status": "",
"title": "",
"total_accepted": 0
}Related Action Network nodes
See Create Event run in a workflow.
In a technical demo we add the Action Network connection, drop the node on the canvas and let Workflow Health pre-flight it before the first real run.