API

Gather API

The API is HTTP only for now. Websockets in development. Subscribe to the form in the docs below to be kept in the loop.

Official Docs: https://support.gather.town/help/api-integration

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What can I do through the API?

• Create new spaces by copying over old spaces.
• Pull down the map file from Gather (a JSON file containing links to background/foreground pngs, objects, collisions, etc).
• Update a map file on Gather.
• Pull down from Gather the email guestlist associated with a space.
• Update the email guestlist on Gather.

What can I not do through the API?

• Pull down or update the roles assigned to each of the users on the guestlist.

Community Showcase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh1Ey-5l7qM

Github Resources

• https://github.com/gathertown/door-by-api
• https://github.com/gathertown/api-examples
• https://github.com/silvester-pari/gather-radio
• https://github.com/Crew-VZW/PyGather