Result recording and online posting automation

Purpose

1. Automate the recording, storage, update, and posting of hockey field event or tournament results online.

2. Serves corporate sports event organizers, automating data flows from scorekeepers/referees to official digital channels.

3. Enables automated, real-time results publishing across web, social, and communications networks.

4. Reduces manual data entry/timing errors, automates information visibility, and optimizes audience engagement.

Trigger Conditions

1. Completion of a hockey field match with available result data.

2. Referee or scorekeeper submits final score via digital form, system, or data upload.

3. Results confirmed/approved for public posting by event admin.

4. Automated schedule-based result collection (e.g., at match end time).

Platform Variants

1. Google Sheets

• Feature/Setting: Automate row creation via Google Sheets API `/spreadsheets.values.append` for results input.
  

2. Airtable

• Feature/Setting: Automator triggers new base record via Airtable API `POST /v0/{baseId}/{tableName}` for result data.
  

3. Microsoft Excel/Office 365

• Feature/Setting: Automate Excel row update with Microsoft Graph API `/me/drive/items/{id}/workbook/worksheets/{id|name}/range` post-match.
  

4. Salesforce

• Feature/Setting: Automate creation of custom object "MatchResult" via Salesforce REST API `POST /services/data/vXX.X/sobjects/MatchResult__c/`.
  

5. Slack

• Feature/Setting: Automated posting of formatted score update to channel using Slack Web API method `chat.postMessage`.
  

6. Discord

• Feature/Setting: Automate bot message with results using Discord API method `POST /channels/{channel.id}/messages`.
  

7. Twitter/X

• Feature/Setting: Automator posts match outcome via Twitter API v2 `POST /2/tweets`.
  

8. Facebook

• Feature/Setting: Automated Page post using Facebook Graph API `POST /{page-id}/feed`.
  

9. WordPress

• Feature/Setting: Automate publishing of result articles via WordPress REST API `POST /wp/v2/posts`.
  

10. Wix

• Feature/Setting: Automated additions to news feed or data collections using Wix Data API `wixData.insert()` or Wix HTTP Functions.
  

11. Squarespace

• Feature/Setting: Automator uses Squarespace API to inject summary blocks for latest results.
  

12. Mailchimp

• Feature/Setting: Automate results campaign email using Mailchimp API `POST /campaigns` and trigger email send.
  

13. Twilio SMS

• Feature/Setting: Automatedly sends match summaries directly via Twilio API `POST /2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Messages.json`.
  

14. Telegram

• Feature/Setting: Automate score broadcasting to a group via Telegram Bot API `sendMessage`.
  

15. Zapier

• Feature/Setting: Automates workflow connections between event trigger and publishing endpoints via Zapier triggers/actions.
  

16. Notion

• Feature/Setting: Automate creation of new page/database entry for match results via Notion API `POST /v1/pages`.
  

17. Trello

• Feature/Setting: Automate card creation in "Results" board via Trello API `POST /1/cards`.
  

18. Google Calendar

• Feature/Setting: Automate updating event with results notes using Google Calendar API `PATCH /calendars/calendarId/events/eventId`.
  

19. YouTube

• Feature/Setting: Automatedly post video highlights with result description via YouTube Data API `POST /youtube/v3/videos`.
  

20. LinkedIn

• Feature/Setting: Automate organizational post sharing results using LinkedIn API `POST /ugcPosts`.
  

21. SendGrid

• Feature/Setting: Automator triggers transactional email update for subscribers with SendGrid Mail Send API `POST /mail/send`.
  

22. Drupal

• Feature/Setting: Automated content node creation for results via Drupal JSON:API `POST /jsonapi/node/article`.
  

Benefits

1. Reduces manual errors and human delays in results reporting through full automation.

2. Automates workflow for real-time, multi-channel publishing, amplifying fan engagement.

3. Automator synchronizes all result data ensuring consistency across digital presence.

4. Automatable systems free event staff to focus on core management tasks.

5. Enables automated archiving and auditability via digital logs and notifications.

6. Automated notifications keep participants, fans, and sponsors informed instantly.