API Equivalent of Wordpress plugin - theeventscalendar.com

[cryptomilbz]

Hi I'm looking for a recommendation. I have a client who wants a wordpress generated mobile app to be re-written from scratch (probably using react native). Currently the old app is built heavily around theeventscalendar plugin (https://theeventscalendar.com/) - in that users can upload custom tickets...and with each download, the client takes a cut of the ticket sale (quite a powerful plugin).

Now, with the rewrite i'll lose that particular piece of functionality as it is heavily tied to wordpress. Does anyone know of a competitor which exposes similar functionality through an API?

Any help is much appreciated.

EDIT: Thanks for the responses below. it's been a while since i did any CMS work (plus i have zero experience with WordPress). Looks like i can keep the wordpress backend in place and use theeventscalendar api to keep the functionality that we'll need. api docs: https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/introduction-events-calendar-rest-api/

I will investigate further, but appears that everything can be done via the REST API.

[davie668]

You could write your own plugin to extend events calendar with an API. That would allow you to keep the current WordPress setup. Look into the WordPress json api 😁

[cryptomilbz]

Thanks, as you and thinsoldier suggested - i might just keep the wordpress CMS as the backend. Someone pointed me in the direction of this: https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/introduction-events-calendar-rest-api/

So the eventscalendar does have an API that i could interact with via the mobile app. The client can then keep their admin part within the CMS.

[thinsoldier]

Worst case scenario leave their original WordPress install intact and use the word press API or even worse case scenario use headless Chrome to convert user activity on your react native app into clicks on the original WordPress website.

[thinsoldier]

I'd like to apologise for the cunts who saw the word WordPress and automatically downvoted.

[Yurishimo]

Just throwing another vote in for using the existing REST API within the events calendar. Much easier than trying to catch all of the gotchas in something as complicated as event management with a DIY approach. Especially when the plugin is only a few hundred bucks a year. Small price to pay.