---
title: "Create an event ticket level"
method: POST
path: "/api/v2/event_ticket_levels"
tags: ["Event Ticket Levels"]
---

# Create an event ticket level

`POST /api/v2/event_ticket_levels`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://yournation.nationbuilder.com`
- URL: `https://yournation.nationbuilder.com/api/v2/event_ticket_levels`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Creates an event ticket level. Ticket levels must be associated with an event, have a name, a number indicating how many tickets are included in a single purchase, a limit indicating the max number of tickets that can be sold, and an amount in cents indicating the cost of purchasing tickets at this ticket level.

## Request body

- EventTicketLevelCreateRequest: The JSON:API top-level document shape for create requests, whose data member carries the new resource's type and attributes.
  - `data` object, required
    - `type` 'event_ticket_levels', required: The JSON:API resource type of the resource being created.
    - `attributes` EventTicketLevelReadWriteAttributes: The attributes of a event_ticket_level that can be both read and written.
      - `amount_in_cents` integer, nullable: Price of the ticket in cents, must be positive.
      - `description` string, nullable: Optional description of the ticket level displayed on event pages.
      - `event_id` string, nullable: The ID of this ticket levels event
      - `limit` integer: The number of tickets that can be purchased for this ticket level for the associated event across all ticket buyers
      - `name` string, nullable: Name of the ticket level
      - `number` integer, nullable: This field indicates how many tickets a ticket level purchases. This is best used when you are giving a discounted rate for couples or group tickets.
      - `tickets_sold` integer, nullable: The number of tickets already sold for this ticket level for the associated event

## Response `201`

The newly created event ticket level.

- EventTicketLevelShowResponse: The JSON:API top-level document shape for responses returning a single resource under the data member.
  - `data` object, required: A JSON:API resource identifier object, the type/id pair that uniquely identifies a single resource.
    - `id` string, required: Unique identifier of the resource.
    - `type` 'event_ticket_levels', required: The JSON:API resource type.
    - `attributes` EventTicketLevelReadWriteAttributes: The attributes of a event_ticket_level that can be both read and written.
      - `amount_in_cents` integer, nullable: Price of the ticket in cents, must be positive.
      - `description` string, nullable: Optional description of the ticket level displayed on event pages.
      - `event_id` string, nullable: The ID of this ticket levels event
      - `limit` integer: The number of tickets that can be purchased for this ticket level for the associated event across all ticket buyers
      - `name` string, nullable: Name of the ticket level
      - `number` integer, nullable: This field indicates how many tickets a ticket level purchases. This is best used when you are giving a discounted rate for couples or group tickets.
      - `tickets_sold` integer, nullable: The number of tickets already sold for this ticket level for the associated event
  - `included` Resource[]: Sideloaded resources requested via the include query parameter. Each entry is a full resource object whose shape is documented under its own resource type.
    - `id` string, required: Unique identifier of the resource.
    - `type` string, required: The JSON:API resource type.
    - `attributes` object: The attributes of the resource, as documented for its resource type.
    - `relationships` object: References from this resource to other resources in the document.
  - `meta` object: Non-standard information about the document. Empty unless the endpoint has metadata to convey.

## Other responses

- `400`: The request body or query parameters are invalid, such as an unknown attribute, filter, filter operator, sort field, or sideload.
- `401`: The access token is missing, expired, or not authorized to access this resource.
- `422`: Model validations failed for the resource being created or updated. Unlike this API's other errors, validation failures are returned as a JSON:API errors document locating each invalid field.
- `429`: The access token has exceeded its request quota for the current rate-limit window.

## Changes

- **2026-11-05** `d5c88ca497ac`: 4 breaking, 1 warning, 7 info
  - added `#/components/schemas/create_request_document, subschema #2` to the request body `allOf` list
  - the request's body type changed from `object` to no type
  - the response's body type changed from `object` to no type for status `201`
  - removed the required property `data` from the response with the `201` status
  - …8 more

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/nationbuilder/apis/nationbuilder-v2-api/changes/api/v2/event_ticket_levels/post.md)

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/nationbuilder/apis/nationbuilder-v2-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/nationbuilder/apis/nationbuilder-v2-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/nationbuilder/apis/nationbuilder-v2-api/revisions/d5c88ca497ac?raw)