Pending Scheduled Events and Creating Meeting Polls via API

Hey @tanner I wish I had a more exciting response to share with you, however both of these items are currently features we’ve gotten feedback on but aren’t currently available. I can certainly see how these would be beneficial but our API doesn’t currently provide responses that include pending events (which include meeting polls). 

The pooling_type attribute represents how the hosts are assigned in an event type. The value indicates if the event type is "round robin" (alternates between hosts) or "collective" (invitees pick a time when all participants are available) or “multi-pool” (considers availability delineated by pools of participants) or "null" (the event type doesn’t consider the availability of a group participants)

Allowed values:

• round_robin
• collective
• multi_pool
• null

Hello,

Regarding your questions:

Querying Pending Events: Currently, Calendly's API does not support querying for scheduled events specifically in a 'pending' state, such as meeting polls.

Creating Meeting Polls via API: The API does not offer functionality to create meeting polls directly. The polling_type attribute in event types is not designed for this purpose.

For more detailed information, you might need to refer to the official API documentation or contact Calendly support.

Thank you!

Hi! Are there any updates on Creating Meeting Polls via API feature? Any chances for it to be released within the next 3-6 months? 

I’m interested in Creating Meeting Polls via API, would be a great way to automate our workflow

After working extensively with the Calendly API and evaluating its current limitations, I can confirm that querying "pending" events (such as meeting polls) and programmatically creating meeting polls via API are not yet supported functionalities. The pooling_type attribute, often misunderstood, is primarily used to define the host distribution logic (e.g., round_robin, collective, multi_pool) and does not enable poll creation directly.

However, a practical workaround we've been exploring in our own integration stack is to track invitee engagement using webhooks (e.g., https://boitinhyeu.net.vn/) and correlate them with known poll invites manually issued through the UI. While not ideal, it helps bridge the gap until Calendly exposes full polling capabilities via API.

Calendly’s developer roadmap seems to be community-driven, so I highly recommend upvoting or submitting this feature via their official feedback channels. More developer engagement could help prioritize this functionality.

Happy to share more on our webhook handling logic if anyone's interested.

+1 on this — and extending the request to full Meeting Polls CRUD via API.

I integrate Calendly's API into my daily workflows via the MCP connector with Anthropic's Claude, and I've hit the same limitation: Meeting Polls are not available through the API.

My use case: I'm a lawyer coordinating multi-party meetings across time zones (Paris / Mauritius). I need participants to vote on proposed slots rather than book on a first-come-first-served basis. I can create Meeting Polls manually in the UI, but I can't automate this through the API, which breaks my workflow.

Endpoints for creating, sharing, and reading results of Meeting Polls would be a valuable addition for any user running automated scheduling pipelines.

— Grégoire Loustalet, LWM Avocats

If you're working with the API, it's worth checking whether pending scheduled events and meeting polls are supported by your account type and API version, as some features have limited availability. Reviewing the official API documentation and required permissions can also help avoid unexpected issues during implementation. You can also check here for more insights on app integrations, automation, and API workflows.

I ran into a similar question when looking into Calendly’s API. As far as I understand, meeting polls are handled differently from regular scheduled events, so I don’t think the API currently provides a way to query them specifically by a “pending” status.

Regarding pooling_type, I wouldn’t assume that it can be used to create a meeting poll. Having the attribute on the event type object doesn’t necessarily mean the API supports creating or modifying that type of event through the public API.

If Calendly doesn’t expose a dedicated endpoint for meeting polls, it looks like this may currently be limited to the Calendly UI rather than being available through the API. I’d also check the latest API documentation or ask Calendly support, since these capabilities can change over time.