# Vendors

Vendors are partner companies (sponsors and exhibitors). Lectures can have an optional associated partner identified by their vendor ID.

### Vendor Data

```javascript
{
    "address": null,
    "backgroundImage": "https://path/to/image.png",
    "booth": null,
    "country": null,
    "ctime": 1587067562992,
    "customData": {
        "data": []
    },
    "description": {
        "EN_US": "*bold* description"
    },
    "descriptionHtml": {
        "EN_US": "<div>\n<p><b>bold</b> description</p>\n</div>"
    },
    "email": "vendor@example.com",
    "exhibitor": null,
    "extId": null,
    "facebook": "",
    "gallery": {
        "config": {
            "embed": 0,
            "image": 20,
            "limit": 0,
            "video": 0
        },
        "items": []
    },
    "instagram": "",
    "isPublished": true,
    "linkedin": "",
    "locale": "EN_US",
    "main": ["9YmzYw6ds69LT9D1Z8uf"],
    "mtime": 1587067562992,
    "name": {
        "EN_US": "Partner Name"
    },
    "phone": null,
    "photo": "https://path/to/photo.png",
    "photoMedium": "https://path/to/photo-medium.png",
    "portfolio": {
        "config": {
            "document": 0,
            "limit": 0
        },
        "items": []
    },
    "sponsor": "partner",
    "subjects": [],
    "twitter": "https://twitter.com/example",
    "vendorId": "ZaZOqly9jKfdzHVYZdOw",
    "website": "vendor.example.com",
    "xing": ""
},
```

#### General Data

* `main`(array of string) the talque vendor ids of the super-exhibitors, that is, the returned vendor is a sub-exhibitor of all of the vendors listed here. Sub-exhibitor usually means that their show booth is contained in a larger company booth.&#x20;
* `vendorId` (string) is the unique talque identifier for this vendor
* `extId` (optional string) can be used to store the ID of this vendor in external (i.e. outside of talque) systems.&#x20;


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