Ticket Tailor

How to integrate Ticket Tailor with Webflow

You can integrate Ticket Tailor with Webflow through five primary methods: embedding the Box Office Widget to display multiple events, embedding Single Event Widgets for individual events, using direct checkout links on buttons and text elements, implementing popup checkout experiences, or connecting through Zapier for automated data synchronization. Each method serves different use cases based on your technical requirements, the complexity of your event management needs, and your desire for real-time automation versus static embedding.

Direct widget embedding works best for single events or straightforward implementations where you want customers to purchase tickets without leaving your site. Zapier is the only active no-code automation platform connecting Ticket Tailor with Webflow, making it the primary solution for multi-event operations that need real-time CMS updates when events are created or tickets are sold. Custom API development enables enterprise-scale implementations with complex business logic like dynamic availability displays, custom check-in systems, or unified attendee databases.

Native features, direct embeds and widgets

Ticket Tailor provides three primary official embed methods that work directly with Webflow's custom code functionality: the Box Office Widget for displaying multiple events, the Single Event Widget for individual events, and a JavaScript Widget with configurable parameters. You generate embed codes from your Ticket Tailor dashboard and paste them into Webflow's Code Embed element. All widget styling happens through Ticket Tailor's Box Office Design Studio, which lets you customize colors, fonts, logos, and layouts to match your site design. For functional customization, you can use URL parameters like data-inline-minimal, data-inline-show-logo, and data-inline-bg-fill to control widget behavior, though CSS overrides from Webflow are not supported due to iframe isolation (where the widget runs in a separate security context that prevents external styling).

What you can embed

• Box Office Widget displaying multiple events
• Single Event Widget for individual events
• JavaScript Widget with configurable parameters
• Popup checkout overlays
• Direct checkout links on buttons

Implementation process

1. Navigate to your Ticket Tailor dashboard
2. Go to Promote → Website embed codes (for box office) or Event summary → Share (for single events)
3. Copy the generated HTML code
4. In Webflow Designer, add a Code Embed element where you want the widget
5. Paste the Ticket Tailor code and save
6. Publish your site to see the widget (it won't render in Designer preview mode)

Widget customization

Customize widget appearance through Box Office Settings → Box office design in your Ticket Tailor dashboard. You can filter which events appear using keyword and date filters, alphabetize event listings by adding ?sort=az to the widget URL, or display password-protected events with access code parameters.

Key constraint: Webflow's Code Embed element has a 50,000-character limit per embed. Widgets that load external JavaScript resources won't display in Designer preview mode due to Content Security Policy (CSP) restrictions, but they render correctly on published sites (Webflow CSP Documentation).

Use Zapier for automation

Zapier is the only currently viable no-code automation platform connecting Ticket Tailor with Webflow. This integration automatically syncs event data to your Webflow CMS collections when tickets are sold or events are created in Ticket Tailor, eliminating manual CMS updates.

Available triggers from Ticket Tailor

• ORDER.CREATED — Fires when a ticket purchase completes
• ISSUED_TICKET.CREATED — Triggers when attendee registration occurs

Available actions in Webflow

• Create Live Item — Adds items to Webflow CMS collections
• New Form Submission — Captures form data for email automation

Common workflows

Set up a Zap that creates Webflow CMS items when new orders are placed in Ticket Tailor. Connect the New Order trigger to update ticket availability fields in your CMS, showing real-time capacity or sold-out status. Use the New Attendee trigger to populate attendee directories for networking events or conferences.

Setup time: 2-3 minutes per workflow with no coding required according to Zapier's Ticket Tailor integration documentation.

Build with Webflow and Ticket Tailor APIs

Custom API integration enables advanced use cases beyond what widgets or Zapier automation provide, including real-time availability displays (with careful rate-limit management given the 5,000 requests per 30-minute constraint), custom check-in tracking interfaces using the issued tickets API, and unified customer databases across platforms through webhook-driven synchronization. However, these advanced implementations require development resources and careful architectural planning to stay within API rate limits and ensure data consistency.

The Ticket Tailor API is a REST API at https://api.tickettailor.com with JSON responses and HTTP Basic Authentication using your API key as the username with no password required. The Webflow Data API v2 provides REST endpoints for managing CMS collections and items with either site tokens (single-site access) or OAuth tokens (multi-site access), with authentication required via an Authorization: Bearer header.

Sync event data to Webflow CMS

Use GET /v1/events to retrieve event data from Ticket Tailor, then POST to Webflow's collection items endpoint to populate your CMS. This pattern works for initial data imports or scheduled syncs. For real-time updates, configure Ticket Tailor webhooks that trigger when events are created, updated, or deleted, then call Webflow's API to sync changes automatically.

Key endpoints

• Ticket Tailor: GET /v1/events, GET /v1/events/{event_id}
• Webflow: POST /v2/collections/:collection_id/items
• Webhooks: event.created, event.updated, event.deleted

Track ticket sales and availability

Configure the issued_ticket.created webhook to receive notifications when tickets are purchased. Extract the event ID from the webhook payload, query GET /v1/events/{event_id} for current capacity, then update the corresponding Webflow CMS item with remaining availability. This creates real-time capacity displays on your Webflow site.

Implementation pattern

1. Set up webhook endpoint to receive Ticket Tailor webhook POSTs
2. Verify webhook signatures using HMAC-SHA256 (a cryptographic signature method)
3. Extract event details from webhook payload
4. Update Webflow CMS via PATCH /v2/collections/:collection_id/items
5. Call POST /v2/sites/:site_id/publish to make changes live

Manage attendee data

Use GET /v1/issued_tickets to retrieve complete attendee records including holder names, ticket types, and check-in status. Populate a Webflow CMS collection with this data to create attendee directories, networking profiles, or check-in dashboards. Note that the Webflow API places items in a "staged" state by default and requires explicit publishing to become visible on the live site. Subscribe to the issued_ticket.created webhook to track real-time check-ins and ticket issuance as they happen at your event. Verify all webhook signatures using HMAC-SHA256 before processing to ensure authenticity and security.

Key endpoints

• Ticket Tailor: GET /v1/issued_tickets, GET /v1/check_ins
• Webflow: POST /v2/collections/:collection_id/items
• Webhooks: issued_ticket.created, issued_ticket.updated

Technical requirements

Both APIs implement rate limiting. Ticket Tailor allows 5,000 requests per 30-minute window according to the API documentation. Webflow's Data API v2 limits requests to 60 per minute (Starter/Basic plans) or 120 per minute (CMS/Business/Enterprise plans) per Webflow rate limit specifications. Use webhooks instead of polling to minimize API calls and stay within limits.

Webflow CMS items are staged by default and require calling the publish endpoint to appear on your live site, as documented in the Webflow Data API. This creates a two-phase commit pattern where you sync data first through the collection items endpoints, then publish changes to make them visible on the live site through the POST /v2/sites/:site_id/publish endpoint.