Events Manager VS JSON API

I want to output events created with Events Manager, but so far i’ve only managed to output past events. The query seems to ignore future events:
https://localhost/wordpress/?json=get_recent_posts&post_type=event

How can i output future events?
Here: https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/json-api/other_notes/#5.1.-Plugin-hooks
I’ve found this hook, but I can’t get it working right:

// Allow queries of non-published content
add_action('json_api_query_args', 'my_query_args');

function my_query_args($args) {
  $args['post_status'] = array('draft', 'future', 'publish');
}

[ No bumping please. ]