POST Event?SystemAPIKey={SystemAPIKey}&SiteAPIKey={SiteAPIKey}

Adds or updates an event

Request Information

URI Parameters

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
SystemAPIKey	API Key provided by Wesley to identify your event management system	string	Required
SiteAPIKey	API Key specific to the site in which your event management system is being used	string	Required

Body Parameters

Complete Event Object

Event

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
ExternalID	External system unique identifier	string	Required Max length: 255
Site	Single site object	Site	Required
Location	Single location object	Location	Required
Organiser	Single contact object e.g Funeral Director	Contact	Required
DateTime	The date and time of the event e.g. YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM	date	Required
AllowDoubleBooking	Specifies that the external system allows an overlapping booking	boolean	Required
Description	e.g. Name of deceased	string	Required Max length: 255
WesleyEventNo	Wesley Event No	integer	None.

Request Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:

{
  "ExternalID": "sample string 1",
  "Site": {
    "ExternalID": "sample string 1",
    "Name": "sample string 2",
    "Type": "sample string 3"
  },
  "Location": {
    "ExternalID": "sample string 1",
    "Name": "sample string 2",
    "TrackEmailAddress": "sample string 3"
  },
  "Organiser": {
    "ExternalID": "sample string 1",
    "Name": "sample string 2",
    "CompanyName": "sample string 3",
    "Phone": "sample string 4",
    "Email": "sample string 5"
  },
  "DateTime": "2025-11-02T14:54:36.6793039+00:00",
  "AllowDoubleBooking": true,
  "Description": "sample string 4",
  "WesleyEventNo": 1
}

application/xml, text/xml

Sample:

<Event xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/WesleyAPI.Models">
  <AllowDoubleBooking>true</AllowDoubleBooking>
  <DateTime>2025-11-02T14:54:36.6793039+00:00</DateTime>
  <Description>sample string 4</Description>
  <ExternalID>sample string 1</ExternalID>
  <Location>
    <ExternalID>sample string 1</ExternalID>
    <Name>sample string 2</Name>
    <TrackEmailAddress>sample string 3</TrackEmailAddress>
  </Location>
  <Organiser>
    <CompanyName>sample string 3</CompanyName>
    <Email>sample string 5</Email>
    <ExternalID>sample string 1</ExternalID>
    <Name>sample string 2</Name>
    <Phone>sample string 4</Phone>
  </Organiser>
  <Site>
    <ExternalID>sample string 1</ExternalID>
    <Name>sample string 2</Name>
    <Type>sample string 3</Type>
  </Site>
  <WesleyEventNo>1</WesleyEventNo>
</Event>

application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Sample:

ExternalID=value&Site=value&Location=value&Organiser=value&DateTime=value&AllowDoubleBooking=value&Description=value&WesleyEventNo=value

Response Information

Resource Description

CreateEventResponse

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
WesleyEventNo	The Wesley EventNo. This can be null if the location has not been allocated within the wesley system.	integer	None.
Successful	False = API Call failed, True = API was called successfully and data passed validation	boolean	None.
ErrorMessage	Contains the description of the error e.g. Invalid API Key	string	None.

Response Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:

{
  "WesleyEventNo": 1,
  "Successful": true,
  "ErrorMessage": "sample string 2"
}

application/xml, text/xml

Sample:

<CreateEventResponse xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/WesleyAPI.Models">
  <ErrorMessage>sample string 2</ErrorMessage>
  <Successful>true</Successful>
  <WesleyEventNo>1</WesleyEventNo>
</CreateEventResponse>