=== Ank ticket master integration ===
Contributors: ankgne
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Tags: ticketmaster, ticketmaster events, ticketmaster shortcode
Requires at least: 4.9.7
Tested up to: 4.9.7
Stable tag: 1.0.1
Requires PHP: 5.5.12
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

This plugin will enable a simple shortcode that you can use for embedding ticket master events in any WordPress post or page. The shortcode uses the ticket master <a href="https://developer.ticketmaster.com/products-and-docs/apis/discovery-api/v2/">Discovery API</a> to search for events, their timings, venue and ticket price details.

== Description ==

This plugin will enable a simple shortcode that you can use for embedding ticket master events in any WordPress post or page. The shortcode uses the ticket master <a href="https://developer.ticketmaster.com/products-and-docs/apis/discovery-api/v2/">Discovery API</a> to search for events, their timings, venue and ticket price details.

Event are displayed with the [ank_wp_ticket_get_event_shortcode] shortcode:


<pre><code>[ank_wp_get_events genre="music" event_count="12" dmaid="324"]
</code></pre>

Ticketmaster requires an API key to access discovery API to fetch event details. You can <a href="https://developer-acct.ticketmaster.com/user/register">register for an API here</a>.


The "Debug Mode" on "Ticket Master Settings" page is used for enabling logging of plugin. By enabling logging, a custom type named "Logs" is created in admin section where logs created can be viewed

== Installation ==

1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/plugin-name` directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
1. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' screen in WordPress
1. Obtain an API key <a href="https://developer-acct.ticketmaster.com/user/register">here</a>
1. Use "Ticket Master Settings" on admin screen to configure the plugin
1. Enter your ticketmaster consumer key details in "Consumer Key" field of plugin's setting page
1. Enter "https://app.ticketmaster.com/" as API URL in "Api URL" field of plugin's setting page


== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= What is dmaid ? =

DMA stands for Designated Market Areas. Ticket master identifies areas using dmaids. 
Designated Market Area (DMA) can be used to segment and target events to a specific audience. Each DMA groups several zipcodes into a specific market segmentation based on population demographics.

You can checkout the complete list of DMAids supported by ticketmaster <a href="https://developer.ticketmaster.com/products-and-docs/apis/discovery-api/v2/#supported-dma">here </a>


= What are the various values of dmaids? =


You can checkout the complete list of DMAids supported by ticketmaster <a href="https://developer.ticketmaster.com/products-and-docs/apis/discovery-api/v2/#supported-dma">here </a>

= What are the supported country codes? =
You can checkout the complete list of supported country codes <a href="https://developer.ticketmaster.com/products-and-docs/apis/discovery-api/v2/#supported-country-codes">here </a>



You can checkout the complete list of DMAids supported by ticketmaster <a href="https://developer.ticketmaster.com/products-and-docs/apis/discovery-api/v2/#supported-dma">here </a>

== Screenshots ==

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the /assets directory or the directory that contains the stable readme.txt (tags or trunk). Screenshots in the /assets
directory take precedence. For example, `/assets/screenshot-1.png` would win over `/tags/4.3/screenshot-1.png`
(or jpg, jpeg, gif).
2. This is the second screen shot

== Changelog ==

= 1.0 =
First release!