I am using ICS email attachments to create events and sync google calendar.
the events are created fine, But if I delete them and enter the gmail inbox, it is recreating the events.
the only workaround that works for me is to delete the emails with the attachments from inbox and trash.
Is that a known google calendar bug, or there is something I can change with my ICS file to solve this?
This is the ICS file I use:
BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:test-62fa4e2def6bf246cd4a3e52
METHOD:REQUEST
UID:cal-order-62fa4e2def6bf246cd4a3e52
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:test test
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Jerusalem;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20220816T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Jerusalem;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20220816T113000
UID:order-62fa4e2def6bf246cd4a3e52
SEQUENCE:0
ATTENDEE;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:MAILTO:test#gmail.com
DESCRIPTION:Number of persons: 2\nDuration: 1hr 30min\nPrice: 750 \n
\nFirst name: \nLast name: \nEmail: test#gmail.com\nPho
ne: 0543098138
LOCATION:Test Harbor
NAME:Test Glass - 62fa4e2def6bf246cd4a3e52
ORGANIZER;CN=Test:MAILTO:test2#gmail.com
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR
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I am trying to create an .ics for Google Calendar, but when I try to add this event to my Google Calendar using the file, there isn't anyone the event's attendee list.
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20191205T041804Z - 44748#odoo-vagrant
DTSTART:20200103T140000Z
DTEND:20200103T150000Z
ATTENDEE:MAILTO:dang.nguyen#novobi.com
ATTENDEE:MAILTO:admin#yourcompany.example.com
CREATED:20191205T041803Z
DESCRIPTION:Phone: (098) 159-4793\nEmail: dang.nguyen#novobi.com\n
DTSTAMP:20191205T041804Z
LOCATION:https://zoom.us/j/308566271
ORGANIZER:MAILTO:admin#yourcompany.example.com
SUMMARY:Odoo Accounting with Dang Nguyen
BEGIN:VALARM
ACTION:AUDIO
DESCRIPTION:15 Minute(s)\, by e-mail
TRIGGER;RELATED=START:PT15M
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR
Can anyone help me with this issue ?
Here is the ICS file content:
BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//Test//Test 1.0//EN
VERSION:2.0
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Asia/Tokyo
X-LIC-LOCATION:Asia/Tokyo
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20190108T154626
UID:a0K1I000007ljAxUAI-a0D1I000007daO4UAI
RELATED-TO:a0K1I000007ljAxUAI
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20190123T080000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20190123T200000
SUMMARY:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX2
LOCATION:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX2
DESCRIPTION:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX2
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20190108T154626
UID:a0K1I000007ljAxUAI-a0D1I000007daNzUAI
RELATED-TO:a0K1I000007ljAxUAI
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20190110T080000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20190110T200000
SUMMARY:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX1
LOCATION:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX1
DESCRIPTION:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX1
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR
In Thunderbird and Gmail I able to see only first (by order) event. Is this normal behaviour for mail clients, should I create separate .ics file for each VEVENT then and send it with single mail? Thanks in advance for help!
Separate them. I don't know a calendar app that allows one to 'invite' someone to multiple events at the same time. One can of course send a multi event file and ask the user to import it (but for multi events sometimes subscribe is better). If one sends an ics file generated by google calendar, it does the same thing (along with option to download ics file), so nothing to do with your file.
If the need is to have a person see multiple events at a time, a better approach would be to offer them a personal subscribeable ics url. That way they see it separately in their calendar app and it will update/refresh when there are changes.
I am trying to create a ics feed for users to subscribe via webcal. The feed's content comes from database and looks like the following.
When the database is updated, the feed changes and updates the subscribers' calendars. It works fine with google calendar and some calendar apps. However, I never observe updates in outlook.com (the web calendar) or Yahoo calendar. Is there something wrong in the feed so update fail?
The feed is provided through webcal://example.com/subscribe.php
and I put header('Content-Type: text/calendar; charset=UTF-8');
as the first PHP line
ics:
BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//Organisation//Roster//EN
VERSION:2.0
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:Duty Arrangement
X-WR-CALDESC:Duty Arrangement
X-WR-TIMEZONE:Asia/Hong_Kong
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT6H
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT6H
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20180218T020000Z
DTEND:20180218T033000Z
DTSTAMP:20180602T144036Z
UID:228Mip5LyZ5JqY5#organisation.com
DESCRIPTION:Task A
LOCATION:Office
SUMMARY:On Duty
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20180304T020000Z
DTEND:20180304T033000Z
DTSTAMP:20180602T144036Z
UID:230Mip5LyZ5JqY5#organisation.com
DESCRIPTION:Task B
LOCATION:Office
SUMMARY:On Duty
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR
You have the UID but ICS file events need a SEQUENCE number to indicate which update/version of the event is the latest.
See the specification https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5545#section-3.8.7.4
For recurring event instances, they also need a RECURRENCE-ID of the instance being modified.
I'm trying to create an ICS file to add events to a Google calendar via email. In the end, the calendar will be sent to multiple users, from a desktop app. Ideally I'd like to be able to modify the calendar if the events change (just event times, I'm ignoring cancelled events)
Here is my ICS file
BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//MY COMPANY//Calendar//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:shift-439-emp-128#mycompany.com
DTSTART:20180604T090000
DTEND:20180604T153000
DTSTAMP:20180519T081800
SUMMARY:Morning shfit
LOCATION:Morning Location
DESCRIPTION:Morning shift
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:shift-446-emp-128#mycompany.com
DTSTART:20180605T153000
DTEND:20180605T233000
DTSTAMP:20180519T081800
SUMMARY:Night shift
LOCATION:
DESCRIPTION:Night
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR
When I email that file to my gmail account, I can see a "Add to Google calendar" button which I can use to add the events to my prinary calendar.
Now, say the events times changed.
Question : How can I create a new ICS file with the new times so that existing events will be modified in google calendar?
I used UIDs for events so that google does not create duplicate entries. But when I email a second ics file with modified events (with uids), the "add to google calendar" button does not appear. If I try to manually import the ics file from google calendar Import feature, then I get this error message
Could not upload your events because you do not have sufficient access on the target calendar.
If I set different UIDs each time, the import process will work but duplicate entries will be created.
I also tried using REQUEST instead of PUBLISH method
Thanks
I was able to get this working with Gmail using the following:
METHOD: set to REQUEST
SEQUENCE: Set to 0 on first request and increment by 1 each time
ATTENDEE: Identify the Gmail user that is receiving the email by email address
Other variations would have non-desirable effects:
Only seeing 1 of the two events
Not updating existing event
Office 365 sends ICS files to Gmail that can be updated so it can be used to reference a commercial implementation. You can see the requests Outlook 365 sends by using "Show Original" in Gmail to retrieve the base64 encoded calendar body. Outlook 365 uses many other fields so it's instructive to examine.
I have a test script in Go using SparkPost so if you have any questions or would like to use it, just let me know. SparkPost has a free tier but you still need to configure your outbound sending domain to use it.
Here is an example modified request. I just increment the SEQUENCE and change the time to update the request in Gmail.
BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//MY COMPANY//Calendar//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:REQUEST
BEGIN:VEVENT
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;CN=example#gmail.com:MAILTO:example#gmail.com
UID:shift-1807-emp-128#mycompany.com
DTSTART:20180807T010000
DTEND:20180807T020000
DTSTAMP:20180601T033455
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Morning shift
LOCATION:Morning Location
DESCRIPTION:Morning shift
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;CN=example#gmail.com:MAILTO:example#gmail.com
UID:shift-1808-emp-128#mycompany.com
DTSTART:20180807T130000
DTEND:20180807T140000
DTSTAMP:20180601T033455
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Night shift
LOCATION:Night Location
DESCRIPTION:Night
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR
Of note, when sending multiple events in a single ICS file, sometimes it takes Gmail a second or so to show both events with the correct time in my testing.
I'm generating an ics file from calendar information and google calendar can show these. But a few events doesn't show up, for example this one: (one event extracted from the full file)
BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//tt.megy.se//CalendarExporter V0.1//SE
VERSION:2.0
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:Tick-Tack
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20120116T095000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120116T095000Z
CREATED:20120116T095000Z
SEQUENCE:1
DTSTART:20120116T095000Z
DTEND:20120116T104000Z
UID:Lesson20120116T095000ZLu111D#tt.megy.se
SUMMARY:Lunch
LOCATION:.
URL:http://tt.megy.se
DESCRIPTION:.
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR
I have checked the above at http://severinghaus.org/projects/icv/ and it validates. Does anyone have any idea why this specific event wouldn't show up in an iCal consumer, for example google calendar.
Any help is appreciated.
I was able to "import" it into a test google calendar with no problem.
In my experience, "subscribing" via google calendar can be slow - ie it may not show up for a while.