classes_find_resource
Find a venue, billing period, trainer, or pay rate
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Resolve a NAME the operator said into an id, for four kinds of company-level records. Pick kind:
place— venues. Returns{id, name, city, street, rooms: [{id, name, capacity}]}. Rooms are inlined because picking a venue is usually followed by picking a room. Filters: name, city.billing_period— term blocks (e.g. "Autumn 2026"). Returns{id, name, active, period_start, period_end}; either date may be null, an open-ended period is valid. Filter: name. Match on the DATES, not just the name — a period covering the term you want may be named anything.trainer— team members assignable to classes. Returns{id, full_name, email, active, virtual}. Filters: name, place_id, course_id. **Virtual trainers** are always included regardless of place/course filters — they are system-wide placeholders withvirtual: true, a synthetic id (>= 9000000000000) and no email. Pick one when the operator says "we'll decide later", "no trainer yet", "TBD", "unassigned", "guest", "external speaker". Three ship by default: 'To be decided', 'Trainer unassigned', 'Guest trainer'.trainer_rate_type— named pay rates (e.g. "Hourly", "Per class"). Returns{id, name, minutes, type}. This is the ONLY way to turn a rate the operator names into thetrainer_rate_type_idthat classes_update and sessions_update need — NEVER guess that id.
include_inactive (place: n/a) defaults false. Sending a filter that does not apply to the chosen kind returns the list of filters that do. For PROGRAMMES use classes_find_courses, for CLASSES classes_find_classes, for people enrolled use bookings_find — those are separate, richer tools.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| company_id | integer | no | Zooza company id to operate against. Optional: if the user has exactly one company, the server defaults to it — you can omit this field. With multiple companies, you MUST specify which; get the id list from `whoami.available_companies[].id`. If the user hasn't indicated which company they mean, ask them before guessing. |
| kind | string | yes | Which kind of record to resolve. 'place' = venue, 'billing_period' = term block, 'trainer' = team member, 'trainer_rate_type' = named pay rate. |
| name | string | no | Substring match on the record's name. Applies to every kind. |
| city | string | no | kind=place only. |
| place_id | integer | no | kind=trainer only — narrow to trainers associated with this venue. |
| course_id | integer | no | kind=trainer only — narrow to trainers associated with this programme. |
| include_inactive | boolean | no | kind=trainer or billing_period. Default false — include former staff / deactivated periods. |
| page | integer | no | kind=place or trainer. Default 0. |
| page_size | integer | no | kind=place or trainer. Default 25, max 200. billing_period and trainer_rate_type are small bounded sets and are returned in full. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"company_id": {
"type": "integer",
"exclusiveMinimum": 0,
"description": "Zooza company id to operate against. Optional: if the user has exactly one company, the server defaults to it — you can omit this field. With multiple companies, you MUST specify which; get the id list from `whoami.available_companies[].id`. If the user hasn't indicated which company they mean, ask them before guessing."
},
"kind": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"place",
"billing_period",
"trainer",
"trainer_rate_type"
],
"description": "Which kind of record to resolve. 'place' = venue, 'billing_period' = term block, 'trainer' = team member, 'trainer_rate_type' = named pay rate."
},
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Substring match on the record's name. Applies to every kind."
},
"city": {
"type": "string",
"description": "kind=place only."
},
"place_id": {
"type": "integer",
"exclusiveMinimum": 0,
"description": "kind=trainer only — narrow to trainers associated with this venue."
},
"course_id": {
"type": "integer",
"exclusiveMinimum": 0,
"description": "kind=trainer only — narrow to trainers associated with this programme."
},
"include_inactive": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "kind=trainer or billing_period. Default false — include former staff / deactivated periods."
},
"page": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"description": "kind=place or trainer. Default 0."
},
"page_size": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 200,
"description": "kind=place or trainer. Default 25, max 200. billing_period and trainer_rate_type are small bounded sets and are returned in full."
}
},
"required": [
"kind"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}