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Person

A person is a user of Planning Center. They can be a member of a group, a leader of a group, or an administrator.

Example Request

curl https://api.planningcenteronline.com/groups/v2/people

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Example Object

{
  "type": "Person",
  "id": "1",
  "attributes": {
    "addresses": [],
    "avatar_url": "string",
    "child": true,
    "created_at": "2000-01-01T12:00:00Z",
    "email_addresses": [],
    "first_name": "string",
    "gender": "string",
    "last_name": "string",
    "permissions": "string",
    "phone_numbers": []
  },
  "relationships": {}
}

Attributes

Name Type Description
addresses array

Returns all the addresses associated with this person.

avatar_url string

The URL of the person's avatar.

child boolean

Whether or not the person is under 13 years old. This is false if a birthdate is not set.

Only available when requested with the ?fields param

created_at date_time

Date and time this person was first created in Planning Center

email_addresses array

Returns all the email addresses associated with this person.

[{
  "address": "sam@example.com",
  "location": "Home",
  "primary": true
}]
first_name string

The person's first name.

gender string

The person's gender (e.g. Male, Female).

id primary_key
last_name string

The person's last name.

permissions string

Can be administrator, group_type_manager, leader, member, or no access.

phone_numbers array

Returns all the phone numbers associated with this person.

[{
  "number": "(800) 123-4567",
  "carrier": null,
  "location": "Mobile",
  "primary": true
}]

Order By

Parameter Value Type Description
order first_name string

prefix with a hyphen (-first_name) to reverse the order

order last_name string

prefix with a hyphen (-last_name) to reverse the order

Query By

Name Parameter Type Description Example
first_name where[first_name] string

Query on a specific first_name

?where[first_name]=string
last_name where[last_name] string

Query on a specific last_name

?where[last_name]=string

Pagination

Name Parameter Type Description
per_page per_page integer

how many records to return per page (min=1, max=100, default=25)

offset offset integer

get results from given offset

Endpoints

Listing

HTTP Method Endpoint
GET /groups/v2/people

Reading

HTTP Method Endpoint
GET /groups/v2/people/{id}

Associations

HTTP Method Endpoint Returns Details Filter By
GET https://api.planningcenteronline.com/groups/v2/people/{person_id}/events Event

events of groups which this person is a member

  • canceled

    has a canceled_at date and time

  • not_canceled

    does not have a canceled_at date and time

GET https://api.planningcenteronline.com/groups/v2/people/{person_id}/groups Group

groups of which this person is a member

GET https://api.planningcenteronline.com/groups/v2/people/{person_id}/memberships Membership

memberships for this person

Belongs To

HTTP Method Endpoint Association Details Filter By
GET https://api.planningcenteronline.com/groups/v2/events/{event_id}/attendances/{attendance_id}/person Attendance

person belonging to this attendance

GET https://api.planningcenteronline.com/groups/v2/group_applications/{group_application_id}/person GroupApplication

person who applied

GET https://api.planningcenteronline.com/groups/v2/groups/{group_id}/people Group

people who have memberships for this group

GET https://api.planningcenteronline.com/groups/v2/groups/{group_id}/memberships/{membership_id}/person Membership
GET https://api.planningcenteronline.com/groups/v2/people Organization

people for this organization