Ok. Thanks, Chris. My scenario is that in some cases, I'm getting artist names from disk, so was hoping to avoid performing a lookup on each artist for the spid to search for events from those artists. The performer: search domain works great in this case, except for the undesired ones mentioned below. Mike
---------------------------------------- > Subject: Re: [api-developers] Exact Match with the Performer Search Domain > From: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:34:45 -0800 > CC: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Hi Mike, > > There isn't a way to specify an exact match for the performer name. When > searching for a specific performer, it's best to use the performer's ID with > the spid: prefix. For example: > > http://api.eventful.com/rest/events/search?app_key=test_key&keywords=spid:P0-001-000000067-4 > > Cheers, > ~chris > > On Nov 15, 2010, at 1:13 PM, Mike Battista wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I was wondering if there is a way in the /events/search API to specify that > > a search for events using the performer: search domain should perform an > > exact match on the performer name. > > > > This search typically works really well, but in cases where the performer > > name is something generic like "Live", I can get back a lot of undesirable > > results. > > > > With the case of the band "Live", I will get back things like "Video Games > > Live" or any other performer with the word "Live" in the name. > > > > I really would only like events to come back with a performer name matching > > exactly "Live". > > > > Is there a way to specify this with the /events/search API? > > > > Mike > > >
