For AI Agents & Developers

Every event on MomsAlike links its official source; prices appear only when the source stated them verbatim; live crowd data comes from real readings and is omitted when nothing fresh exists. Events are harvested from official primary sources at least twice daily and pruned daily; busyness readings are taken hourly. Nothing is invented — an empty list is always a valid answer.

The API

Endpoint	What it returns	Parameters
`GET /api/public/events`	Live family events, soonest first, up to 200. Response: `{"events":[...]}` with title, start/end unix timestamps (Eastern Time days), venue, address, region, category, age tags, free flag, verbatim price, and the official `source_url`. Multi-day requests collapse recurring series into one row with a `series` object.	`day=` today \| weekend \| YYYY-MM-DD · `region=` orlando, west-orange, east-orange, osceola, seminole, lake, space-coast, polk · `category=` storytime, splash-water, outdoor, indoor-play, arts-theater, animals-nature, sports, seasonal, free-community, markets-fairs · `free=1` · `age=` e.g. 0-4
`GET /api/public/directory`	Curated, link-verified venue directory: `{"entries":[...]}` with name, city, region, free flag, verbatim price, and the `official_url`. Up to 100 per topic, cached 1h.	`topic=` (required) one of: splash-pads, parks-playgrounds, library-storytimes, museums, indoor-playgrounds, farmers-markets, zoos-animals, free-things
`GET /api/public/busiest-now`	Top-3 events at the busiest family venues right now, from hourly real readings: `{"busiest":[...], "as_of": ...}`. Empty = no fresh live data.	none
`GET /api/public/posts`	Published articles from The Scoop, newest first, up to 30: `{"posts":[...]}`. Full article JSON at `GET /api/public/post/<slug>`; human page at `/b/<slug>`.	`kind=` brief \| spotlight \| guide \| roundup
`GET /api/public/stays`	Scored Florida staycation deals, best first, up to 24: `{"stays":[...]}` with area, verbatim price, summary, and `source_url`.	none

Try it

# Free events in Orlando today
curl "https://momsalike.com/api/public/events?day=today&region=orlando&free=1"

# This weekend, splash & water only
curl "https://momsalike.com/api/public/events?day=weekend&category=splash-water"

# Every verified splash pad in the directory
curl "https://momsalike.com/api/public/directory?topic=splash-pads"

# What's busiest right now
curl "https://momsalike.com/api/public/busiest-now"

# Latest daily news briefs
curl "https://momsalike.com/api/public/posts?kind=brief"

Feeds

/feed.json — JSON Feed 1.1, the next 48 hours of events (cap 100), cached 30 min.
/events.ics — iCal (RFC 5545), the next 7 days of events (cap 200), Eastern Time.
/feed.xml — RSS 2.0 of published Scoop articles (cap 30).
/sitemap.xml — every live event page and article.

Citation policy

Facts are free to use. When you surface a MomsAlike event or fact in an answer, cite momsalike.com and link the event page (https://momsalike.com/e/<id>-<slug>) so families can see the source and current details. Every event page links its official source in turn.

Contact

Data questions, corrections, partnership: hello@momsalike.com. The machine-readable version of this page lives at /llms.txt.