Calendly API

Read scheduling data, list event types, retrieve scheduled meetings, and access invitee information via the Calendly API v2.

Official docs: https://developer.calendly.com/api-docs/

When to Use

List available event types (e.g., 30-min intro call, 60-min interview)
Retrieve scheduled meetings for a user or organization
Get invitee details for a specific event
Set up webhook subscriptions to receive real-time booking notifications
Look up user and organization details

Prerequisites

Alternatively, generate a Personal Access Token from your Calendly account under Integrations > API & Webhooks, then export it:

export CALENDLY_TOKEN=your_personal_access_token

Note: Calendly's API is primarily read-only — you can retrieve scheduling data but cannot directly create bookings via API. Share Calendly scheduling links to let users self-book.

Important: When using $CALENDLY_TOKEN in commands that contain a pipe (|), always wrap the curl command in bash -c '...' to avoid silent variable clearing — a known Claude Code issue.

Core APIs

Get Current User

Returns the authenticated user's URI and organization URI — needed for subsequent calls:

bash -c 'curl -s "https://api.calendly.com/users/me" --header "Authorization: Bearer $CALENDLY_TOKEN"' | jq '{uri, name, email, organization: .current_organization}'

List Event Types

List all event types for the current user. First get your user URI from the step above.

Replace <user-uri> with the full URI from GET /users/me (e.g., https://api.calendly.com/users/AAAAAAA):

bash -c 'curl -s "https://api.calendly.com/event_types?user=<user-uri>" --header "Authorization: Bearer $CALENDLY_TOKEN"' | jq '[.collection[] | {uri, name, duration, active, scheduling_url}]'

List Scheduled Events

List upcoming scheduled events for a user. Replace <user-uri> with your user URI:

bash -c 'curl -s "https://api.calendly.com/scheduled_events?user=<user-uri>&status=active&count=20" --header "Authorization: Bearer $CALENDLY_TOKEN"' | jq '[.collection[] | {uri, name, status, start_time, end_time, location: .location.type}]'

List Past Scheduled Events

Replace <user-uri> with your user URI:

bash -c 'curl -s "https://api.calendly.com/scheduled_events?user=<user-uri>&status=canceled&count=20" --header "Authorization: Bearer $CALENDLY_TOKEN"' | jq '[.collection[] | {uri, name, status, start_time}]'

Get a Scheduled Event

Replace <event-uuid> with the UUID portion from a scheduled event URI:

bash -c 'curl -s "https://api.calendly.com/scheduled_events/<event-uuid>" --header "Authorization: Bearer $CALENDLY_TOKEN"' | jq '{uri, name, status, start_time, end_time, invitees_counter}'

List Invitees for an Event

Get all invitees (attendees) for a specific scheduled event. Replace <event-uuid>:

bash -c 'curl -s "https://api.calendly.com/scheduled_events/<event-uuid>/invitees" --header "Authorization: Bearer $CALENDLY_TOKEN"' | jq '[.collection[] | {uri, name, email, status, created_at}]'

Create Webhook Subscription

Receive real-time notifications when events are booked or canceled. Replace <organization-uri> with your org URI from GET /users/me.

Write to /tmp/calendly_request.json:

{
  "url": "https://your-server.com/webhooks/calendly",
  "events": ["invitee.created", "invitee.canceled"],
  "organization": "<organization-uri>",
  "scope": "organization"
}

bash -c 'curl -s -X POST "https://api.calendly.com/webhook_subscriptions" --header "Authorization: Bearer $CALENDLY_TOKEN" --header "Content-Type: application/json" -d @/tmp/calendly_request.json' | jq '{uri, callback_url: .resource.callback_url, events: .resource.events}'

List Webhook Subscriptions

bash -c 'curl -s "https://api.calendly.com/webhook_subscriptions?organization=<organization-uri>&scope=organization" --header "Authorization: Bearer $CALENDLY_TOKEN"' | jq '[.collection[] | {uri, callback_url, events, state}]'

Delete Webhook Subscription

Replace <webhook-uuid> with the UUID from the webhook URI:

bash -c 'curl -s -X DELETE "https://api.calendly.com/webhook_subscriptions/<webhook-uuid>" --header "Authorization: Bearer $CALENDLY_TOKEN"' -w "\nHTTP Status: %{http_code}\n"

Guidelines

URIs as identifiers: Calendly uses full URIs (e.g., https://api.calendly.com/users/XXXXX) as identifiers — not bare IDs. Always use the full URI in filter parameters.
Read-only API: You cannot create bookings or force-schedule meetings via API. Direct users to a Calendly scheduling link (scheduling_url in event types) for self-booking.
Webhooks require paid plan: Webhook subscriptions are only available on Standard plan and above.
Scope: Use user scope for individual events; organization scope for team-wide data.
Pagination: Use page_token from pagination.next_page_token to fetch subsequent pages.
Event status: active = upcoming/confirmed; canceled = canceled events.