Dynamically Set Countdown Via API or External Data Source

[mikewoodld]

Perhaps there's a way that I'm missing, but I would love to be able to set the target date/time for a countdown timer block using the API or by having the countdown timer referencing an external/JSON source.

My specific use case is a room status board, I'd like to display a minutes countdown to when the room will be available, where the data for the time will be based on a room's calendar events. Every time a new event starts, I would inject the event's end time into the countdown block.

[richardqhill]

+1 for updating countdown date via API

I'm currently using the API to update a text block with a time (e.g. last diaper change). Would be nice be able to update a countdown block in a similar manner