Calendar feed

Every user can subscribe to a private iCalendar (.ics) feed with their pets’ upcoming care. It needs no SMTP and no extra configuration.

Create your link

1. Go to My account → Calendar.
2. Click Create calendar link.
3. Copy the link (Copy link), or click Open in my calendar to hand it to your calendar app directly (webcal://).

The link looks like http://192.168.1.50:3000/api/calendar/<long-random-token>.ics.

Add it to your calendar

• Apple Calendar (macOS/iOS): use Open in my calendar, or File → New Calendar Subscription… and paste the link. Your device fetches the feed itself, so it works on your home network or through your VPN.
• Thunderbird and other desktop calendar apps that fetch subscriptions from your computer work the same way.

Google Calendar and Outlook.com

Google and Outlook.com fetch subscribed calendars from their own servers on the internet. They can only sync if PetHealth is publicly reachable, which isn’t recommended: PetHealth hasn’t been through a security audit or penetration testing. Prefer a calendar app that fetches the feed from your own device.

What’s in the feed

• Next vet visits (from each pet’s most recent checkup)
• Vaccine boosters (latest dose of each vaccine)
• Parasite treatments (latest of each type)
• Ongoing treatments, as multi-day events from the checkup date to the last day

Visits, boosters and treatments are all-day events with an alert at 9:00 the day before. The feed includes everything overdue plus the next 365 days, for every pet you own or that’s shared with you. Event titles are in your language, e.g. Milo: Vaccine booster — Rabies.

Calendar apps refresh subscriptions on their own schedule, usually every few hours.

Keep it private

The link works without signing in: anyone who has it can see your pets’ upcoming care. That’s why it’s long and random.

• Change link: creates a new URL; the old one stops working immediately. Re-add the new one to your calendars.
• Turn off: disables the feed completely.