Planning Center API Documentation

This is the complete API documentation for connecting to the Planning Center API using MindCloud's Universal API. If you are new to MindCloud, start with the Introduction to see how one API can sit in front of many different apps.

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Meet Planning Center: Organize ministries, coordinate events, plan services, and connect your congregation. Keep reading to get started.

Quickstart

Before you run your first Planning Center request, you need three things:

1. A MindCloud account — sign in or create an account at MindCloud.
2. A MindCloud API Key — create one in API Keys. Keep it on your server.
3. At least one Planning Center connection — create or choose one in Connections. Note its connectionId.

Every Planning Center action uses the same URL pattern:

POST https://connect.mindcloud.co/v2/universal/apps/planningCenter/actions/{actionSlug}/run

You need a MindCloud API Key and a Planning Center connection. Then call an action such as List People:

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v2/universal/apps/planningCenter/actions/list-people/run" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_KEY" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
  "connectionId": "$CONNECTION_ID",
  "arguments": {}
}'

Every response comes back in the same envelope, with your rows in a data array:

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    { "id": "1042", "name": "Ava" }
  ],
  "meta": {}
}

After your first request works, use Shape your requests to control arguments, pagination, filtering, fields, and errors.

Authenticate with a MindCloud API Key plus a connectionId for your Planning Center account. See Planning Center API Authentication for the full flow and how to get your connection credentials.

Planning Center actions

All 23 published actions for this Planning Center version. Each page documents the endpoint, arguments, and response controls.

• POSTCreate Household
• POSTCreate Household Membership
• POSTCreate Person
• GETGet Household
• GETGet List
• GETGet Person
• GETGet Workflow
• GETList Campuses
• GETList Household People
• GETList Households
• GETList List Results
• GETList Lists
• GETList People
• GETList Person Addresses
• GETList Person Emails
• GETList Person Field Data
• GETList Person Households
• GETList Person Notes
• GETList Person Phone Numbers
• GETList Workflow Cards
• GETList Workflows
• PUTUpdate Household
• PUTUpdate Person

Related apps

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