Where LiveCal gets its data
For each kind of tracker, LiveCal prefers a small set of authoritative public sources. We’re cataloging the best source for every category so updates come from the same trusted places each time rather than a fresh open-web search per query. The table below shows where today’s data comes from and how often it refreshes.
| Category | Primary sources | Update cadence |
|---|---|---|
| FlightsReal-time | ✗ Cataloging in progress | Real-time |
| Earnings CallsDaily (announcement) + real-time (day-of) | SEC EDGAR filings + investor-relations pages of the tracked ticker | Daily (announcement) + real-time (day-of) |
| Professional SportsReal-time during games | ESPN and official league schedules + score feeds | Real-time during games |
| Concerts & MusicDaily | Venue calendars, Bandsintown, Songkick | Daily |
| Corporate ConferencesWeekly + day-of | Official conference sites + investor-relations pages | Weekly + day-of |
| Youth SportsPer-team | TeamSnap / GameChanger / AYSO when you provide a team URL; public web fallback otherwise | Per-team |
| School CalendarsTerm-start | District and university public academic calendars | Term-start |
| Sales AlertsDaily | Retailer announcements + promotions pages | Daily |
| Wingfoil / Surfing / WaterskiComing soonHourly | Open-Meteo forecast API (api.open-meteo.com — wind speed, direction, and gusts) | Hourly |
“Cataloging in progress” means we haven’t yet pinned a single authoritative feed for that category — LiveCal still finds the data, it just isn’t drawing from a fixed source list yet. We’d rather say that than name a feed we don’t actually use.