GitHub - EuroPython/programapi: Program API

This project powers the EuroPython 2026 website, Discord bot, and internal bot 🦜 by downloading, transforming, and serving clean, structured JSON files for sessions, speakers, and the schedule, all pulled from Pretalx.

Built for transparency. Designed for reuse. Optimized for EuroPython.

🚀 What This Project Does

1. Downloads submission and speaker data from Pretalx.
2. Transforms raw data:
   • Removes private/irrelevant fields
   • Normalizes formats
   • Adds computed fields (e.g. URLs, delivery mode)
3. Serves the transformed JSON files via a static API.

⚙️ Installation

1. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/EuroPython/programapi.git
   cd programapi

2. Install uv (fast Python package manager)

3. Create a Python 3.13 virtual environment

4. Install dev dependencies

5. Enable pre-commit hooks

🛠️ Configuration

You can update the event year or shortname in src/config.py.

Also, create a .env file in the project root and set:

PRETALX_TOKEN=your_api_token_here

(Yes, Pretalx has rate limits. Please be nice. 🤪)

📦 Usage

• Run the entire pipeline:

• Run only the download step:

• Run only the transformation step:

• (Optional) Exclude components:

  make all EXCLUDE="schedule youtube"

🌐 API Endpoints

Hosted at:

https://static.europython.eu/programme/ep2026/releases/current

📖 Schema Documentation

Looking for field definitions and examples? Check out the 👉 data/examples/README.md for a full schema reference with example payloads and explanations.

💬 Questions? Feedback?

Feel free to open an issue or reach us at infra@europython.eu. We love contributors 💜

📅 Last updated for: EuroPython 2026