Protect Ticket Inventory from Bots, Automation, and API Abuse

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Ticketing and event platforms are increasingly targeted by automated clients that bypass apps to scrape availability, pricing, and seating data, or unfairly purchase inventory at scale.

Approov enforces zero-trust access to your mobile APIs so only genuine app instances can interact with ticketing systems.

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Ticketing Data is High-Value and Increasingly Exposed

Modern ticketing platforms expose rich, structured data through mobile APIs to power fast searches, seat maps, and checkout flows. Automated clients can bypass the app entirely and interact directly with backend systems.

This enables abuse that traditional web defenses were never designed to stop.

If your backend can’t verify what is calling your API, scraping becomes invisible.

Common Threats Facing Ticketing and Events Apps

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Automated Ticket Purchasing

Bots and scripts acquire inventory faster than real users, distorting demand and harming fan trust.

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Availability & Seating Scraping

Continuous polling of seat maps and availability reveals inventory patterns and resale opportunities.

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Pricing Intelligence Harvesting

Automated access to pricing APIs enables undercutting, arbitrage, and retail optimization.

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Inventory Hoarding

Scripts simulate demand, reserve tickets, or probe release thresholds to game supply.

Retail & Affiliate Abuse

Unauthorized entities gain early or unfair access to inventory outside approved channels.

Account & Booking Abuse

Credential stuffing, scripted bookings, fraud

Verify App Authenticity Before Serving Event Data

The Approov Solution for Event and Booking Platforms

How it works:

App integrity is evaluated at runtime
Approov checks that the app and environment are genuine and untampered.

A short-lived JSON Web Token (JWT) is issued
The token represents the attestation result.

The token is added to API requests
Automatically included in headers for protected endpoints.

Your backend verifies the token
Using standard JWT verification libraries.

Policy is enforced
Valid requests proceed; invalid or missing tokens are blocked.

PROTECT THE ENDPOINTS THAT MATTER MOST

Defend What Drives Bookings

Approov provides the only comprehensive run-time security solution for mobile apps and their APIs, unified across Android, iOS, and HarmonyOS allowing you to protect: Ticket availability and seat map APIs, Pricing and fee calculation endpoints, Purchase and checkout flows, Event release and pre-sale endpoints, Account and loyalty APIs and more.

Fare & Availability Endpoints

Stop high-frequency scraping and aggregation

Search &
Quote
APIs

Prevent AI agents from harvesting demand signals

Booking & Checkout
flows

Reduce automated abuse and fraud

Partner & Distribution Integrity

Enforce who can access your inventory and how

Brand
Trust

Block repackaged or impersonating apps from connecting

Remove Third-Party API Keys From Mobile Apps

Approov Runtime Secrets Protection:

Removes secrets from the shipped app

Delivers them just-in-time only after app attestation

No backend changes required

SDK integrates at the networking layer

Works with existing auth (OAuth/JWT stays)

Result: No more leaked keys powering unauthorized access.

Deploy Without Disrupting Booking

Q: Will this block legitimate fans or increase checkout friction?

No. Attestation runs silently and only blocks automated or illegitimate clients.

Q: Does this stop resale platforms entirely?

It stops unauthorized access via your mobile APIs; approved partners remain unaffected.

Q: Can bots adapt around app attestation?

No. Cryptographic app verification cannot be reproduced by automated clients or scripts.

Q: Can we start with Android only?

Yes. Many ticketing platforms deploy Android first due to higher automation exposure.