Automated class schedule publishing to website and app

Purpose

1.1. Automate the seamless publishing of updated class schedules from internal management systems directly to studio websites and mobile apps in real time.
1.2. Automates reducing manual posting tasks and risk of human error by centralizing schedule updates across digital channels.
1.3. Automates consistency in displaying accurate and timely class availability for clients, instructors, and prospective members.
1.4. Supports automating staff workload, client communication, and booking workflows through real-time automation.
1.5. Enables automator actions for data integrity, instant distribution, and schedule synchronization across all touchpoints and booking software.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Automates publishing when new classes are created, modified, or canceled in the scheduling platform.
2.2. Automates publishing upon predefined time intervals or when an update is detected by schedule management software.
2.3. Allows for automation via user-initiated triggers (staff approval, manual publish button) or fully automated continuous sync.

Platform variants

3.1. Mindbody API
• Feature/Setting: Use v6 endpoints like ClassSchedule.get to extract up-to-date scheduled classes, combined with webhook triggers for real-time automation.

3.2. Google Calendar API
• Feature/Setting: Automates retrieval via Events.list for new/updated class events; uses webhook Push Notifications for real-time updates.

3.3. WordPress REST API
• Feature/Setting: Automator creates or updates schedule posts/pages using /wp-json/wp/v2/posts; triggers automated publishing workflows.

3.4. Wix Corvid API
• Feature/Setting: Uses wixData.insert() and wixData.update() in backend functions to automate class data updates on website components.

3.5. Squarespace API
• Feature/Setting: Automates modifying collection items and schedule blocks by using Collection Data API with put and patch methods.

3.6. Firebase Realtime Database
• Feature/Setting: Automator updates class schedule nodes; triggers real-time data sync for mobile/web app display.

3.7. Webflow CMS API
• Feature/Setting: Patch or post/update Items endpoints to automate schedule content in Schedule Collections.

3.8. Apple iOS Push Notifications (APNS)
• Feature/Setting: Automates sending updates for class changes to mobile users using createPushNotification() function.

3.9. Android FCM
• Feature/Setting: Automates broadcast of updated schedules via topics or direct device messages using send() or sendAll().

3.10. Zoho Creator API
• Feature/Setting: Automates Fetch Records and Update Record API calls to sync, display, and publish new schedules in custom apps.

3.11. Airtable API
• Feature/Setting: Automator uses listRecords and updateRecords to push real-time updates to embedded schedule pages.

3.12. Zapier Webhooks
• Feature/Setting: Automates trigger of multi-step workflows on schedule update POST/PUT requests from primary systems.

3.13. Shopify Storefront API
• Feature/Setting: Updates online schedule with mutation or updateStorefront queries driven by backend automation.

3.14. Notion API
• Feature/Setting: Pages API automates content and block updates in schedule databases for instant display.

3.15. Google Sheets API
• Feature/Setting: Automates reading, updating, and syncing worksheets as source for published schedules.

3.16. Joomla REST APIs
• Feature/Setting: Automates content and article updates within schedule modules using PUT/POST.

3.17. Drupal JSON:API
• Feature/Setting: Automates PATCH/POST node endpoints for schedule content type, ensuring published accuracy.

3.18. Microsoft Power Automate (with connectors)
• Feature/Setting: Automates trigger flows from schedule changes to website embed, Teams, or Outlook.

3.19. Trello API
• Feature/Setting: Automator updates Trello board lists/cards serving as visual class schedule widgets on web pages.

3.20. Custom RESTful Endpoint
• Feature/Setting: Automates POST of schedule JSON payload to proprietary site or app for customized display refresh.

Benefits

4.1. Automates entire publishing pipeline, ensuring that schedules are always accurate and up-to-date.
4.2. Automator reduces risk of human errors and schedule mismatches between platforms.
4.3. Automatedly increases staff productivity and refocuses effort on member experience, not data entry.
4.4. Scale multiple location/class updates without manual intervention through automatable workflows.
4.5. Automating end-to-end schedule delivery enhances branding, client trust, and operational transparency.