---
title: "GET /event/{event_key}/simple"
method: GET
path: "/event/{event_key}/simple"
tags: ["event"]
---

# GET /event/{event_key}/simple

`GET /event/{event_key}/simple`

Gets a short-form Event.

## Path parameters

- `event_key` string, required

## Headers

- `If-None-Match` string

## Response `200`

Successful response

- EventSimple
  - `key` string, required — TBA event key with the format yyyy[EVENT_CODE], where yyyy is the year, and EVENT_CODE is the event code of the event.
  - `name` string, required — Official name of event on record either provided by FIRST or organizers of offseason event.
  - `event_code` string, required — Event short code, as provided by FIRST.
  - `event_type` 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 99 | 100 | -1, required — Event Type. See https://github.com/the-blue-alliance/the-blue-alliance/blob/main/src/backend/common/consts/event_type.py for definitions.
  - `district` District, required
    - `abbreviation` string, required — The short identifier for the district.
    - `display_name` string, required — The long name for the district.
    - `key` string, required — Key for this district, e.g. `2016ne`.
    - `year` integer, required — Year this district participated.
    - `official_advancement_counts` object, required — The number of teams advancing to DCMP and CMP from this district, as specified in the FIRST manual.
      - `dcmp` integer, required — Number of teams advancing to the District Championship.
      - `cmp` integer, required — Number of teams advancing to the Championship.
  - `city` string, nullable, required — City, town, village, etc. the event is located in.
  - `state_prov` string, nullable, required — State or Province the event is located in.
  - `country` string, nullable, required — Country the event is located in.
  - `start_date` string, date, required — Event start date in `yyyy-mm-dd` format.
  - `end_date` string, date, required — Event end date in `yyyy-mm-dd` format.
  - `year` integer, required — Year the event data is for.

## Other responses

- `304` — Not Modified - Use Local Cached Value
- `401` — Authorization information is missing or invalid.
- `404` — Not Found

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