Family events API — public Bay Area event data
What is a family events API? FindKobi provides licensed Bay Area kid-friendly event data (JSON, RSS, CSV) for apps and publishers — hyperlocal community calendar API vs scrapers and search proxies.
FindKobi family events API — quick links
- API quickstart — Keys, demo feed, integration snippets
- Events API v1 reference — JSON, CSV, RSS, JSON Feed
- Data feed for publishers — Newsletters, media, influencers
A family events API is a programmatic interface for public, family-friendly event listings — storytimes, museum days, city festivals, classes, and free municipal programs — so your app, newsletter, or article pipeline can pull structured, up-to-date data instead of hand-curating HTML or running fragile scrapers.
Not the same as a personal calendar API
Search results sometimes mix in family calendar or screen-time products (household scheduling, invitations). FindKobi is in the other bucket: public event data for publishers and integrators in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.
FindKobi Events API — public event data
Licensed hyperlocal community calendar data: normalized JSON (plus CSV, RSS, and JSON Feed) built from library systems, city calendars, museums, schools, and partner feeds — deduped, age-tagged, and refreshed on ingest. Built for newsletters, local media, influencers, relocation apps, and directories that need enriched fields (venue, categories, plain-text description, free/paid), not a raw scrape of a single aggregator site.
- Formats: REST JSON, CSV export, RSS 2.0, JSON Feed
- Coverage: Bay Area metros (SF, Oakland, San Jose, East Bay, Peninsula, North Bay)
- Trial: Community tier with API key — get access
- Docs: Quickstart, API v1 reference
How teams usually compare options
Names below are common search results; choose based on coverage, licensing, and field quality — not logos in this table.
| Approach | Typical use | Tradeoff |
|---|---|---|
| FindKobi Events API | Bay Area family events for apps & media | Regional depth; licensed normalized feed |
| Marketplace scrapers (e.g. Apify actors) | One-off extracts from listing sites | Break when HTML changes; unclear rights |
| Search-engine event APIs (e.g. SerpApi) | Query “family friendly events” + city | Indirect Google results; not a canonical calendar |
| Hyperlocal calendar APIs (e.g. Seeker-style networks) | Neighborhood & civic programming JSON | Varies by vendor coverage and fields |