Events API v1 Reference — Structured Bay Area Kids Event Data

V 1.0

Search family-friendly events in the Bay Area with normalized venues, categories, ages, and plain-text descriptions.

Authentication

Pass your API key as api_key or Authorization: Bearer fk_live_…. Create a key from your account.

Root URL

https://api.findkobi.com/v1/events

Sample feed (no key): https://api.findkobi.com/v1/demo/events

Alternate exports: CSV https://api.findkobi.com/v1/events.csv, RSS https://api.findkobi.com/v1/feed.rss, JSON Feed https://api.findkobi.com/v1/feed.json

Copy-paste integration

Plain HTTP GET — no SDK. Demo needs no key; live calls use Authorization: Bearer fk_live_… (or api_key=).

Data:

GET https://www.findkobi.com/api/v1/demo/events?city=oakland&age_min=2&age_max=4&week=current&limit=10

const url = "https://www.findkobi.com/api/v1/demo/events?city=oakland&age_min=2&age_max=4&week=current&limit=10";

const res = await fetch(url, {
  headers: {
    "Accept": "application/json"
  },
});
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(await res.text());
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data.events.map((e) => e.title));

Copy-paste integration

Plain HTTP GET — no SDK. Demo needs no key; live calls use Authorization: Bearer fk_live_… (or api_key=).

Data:

Format:

Auth:

GET https://www.findkobi.com/api/v1/events?city=oakland&age_min=2&age_max=4&week=current&limit=10

const url = "https://www.findkobi.com/api/v1/events?city=oakland&age_min=2&age_max=4&week=current&limit=10";

const res = await fetch(url, {
  headers: {
    "Accept": "application/json",
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_KEY"
  },
});
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(await res.text());
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data.events.map((e) => e.title));

Common parameters

city, lat, lng, radius_km — geo filter
age_min, age_max — child age in years
category, q, is_free, start_date, end_date
limit, offset — pagination

Fields

Name	Type	Description
id	string	Stable FindKobi event identifier (bsc_evt_…).
title	string	Event name.
description	string \| null	Plain-text description (HTML stripped when present).
summary	string \| null	Short plain-text blurb; falls back to truncated description.
start_datetime	string (ISO 8601)	Start time with timezone offset.
end_datetime	string (ISO 8601)	End time when known.
venue.name	string	Venue or place name.
venue.address	string	Single-line street address.
venue.lat	number	Latitude (WGS84).
venue.lng	number	Longitude (WGS84).
organizer	string \| null	Host organization when known (e.g. Oakland Public Library); venue.name is the branch/room.
organizer_url	string \| null	Host site (library, museum, city org) when safe to share — not upstream feeds.
categories	string[]	Normalized category slugs.
tags	string[]	Additional topical tags.
image_url	string \| null	Primary cover image URL.
is_free	boolean	True when admission is free.
price	object \| null	min, max, note when pricing is known.
ticket_url	string \| null	Host registration URL when on-library/civic site; otherwise use event_url.
source	string \| null	Optional host domain for attribution (library/museum/gov) — never ingest pipeline ids.
source_url	null	Omitted — use event_url and organizer_url so partners cannot re-ingest upstream feeds.
destination	string	Destination slug (metro / city cluster).
age_range	object \| null	min_months, max_months (canonical storage units).
age_range_years	object \| null	min_years, max_years — mirrors friendly age_min/age_max filters.
is_canceled	boolean	Cancellation flag.
event_url	string \| null	FindKobi canonical event page — may require a paid API tier when billing is enabled.

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Events API v1 — structured feed reference

Authentication

Root URL

Copy-paste integration

Copy-paste integration

Common parameters

Fields