https://github.com/bigpresh/ical-to-google-calendar

A script to sync an iCal/vcal calendar feed to a Google Calendar
https://github.com/bigpresh/ical-to-google-calendar

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A script to sync an iCal/vcal calendar feed to a Google Calendar

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bigpresh/ical-to-google-calendar
• Owner: bigpresh
• Created: 2012-09-17T19:54:18.000Z (over 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-02-27T11:37:39.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-03-10T23:27:43.971Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Language: Perl
• Size: 42 KB
• Stars: 12
• Watchers: 7
• Forks: 8
• Open Issues: 9
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  • Readme: README.pod

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=head1 ical-to-google-calendar

=head1 NOTICE

At present, this script WILL NOT WORK, as it relies on the CPAN module

L which

(at time of writing) uses an older API version which Google no longer support.

To get this working, either Net::Google::Calendar needs updating to use their

newer API, or this script needs to be switched to using

L but

I don't think it's a straightforward drop-in replacement, and I haven't had time

to do it (I no longer use this script myself.  However, pull requests welcome!)

=head1 DESCRIPTION

A simple Perl script to parse an iCal-format (.ics) file, and update a Google

Calendar with it, via the Google Calendar API.

=head1 WHY?

Why not just add the iCal feed URL to Google Calendar and let them handle it?

Because they update horribly slowly (expect about once every 24 hours).

Calendaring is a time-sensitive thing; I don't want to wait a full day for

updates to take effect (by the time Google re-fetch the feed and update my

calendar, it could be too late!).

=head1 CONFIGURATION

The script will read your Google account details from C<~/.netrc>, where you

should specify them as e.g.:

    machine calendar.google.com

    login yourgoogleusername

    password supersecretpassword

Of course, you'll want to ensure that file is well protected.

=head1 USAGE

    ./ical-to-gcal --calendar 'Calendar Name' --ical_url ical_url

The script will fetch the iCal calendar feed, then for each event in it,

add/update an event in your Google Calendar (the ID from the iCal feed is added

in the extra data of the event in the Google Calendar, so the script can match

them up next time).

The calendar name you provide must already exist in your Google Calendar

account.

The script adds a tag to each event's content to store the UID of the event

imported from the iCal feed so that events can be updated in future, or deleted

if they are no longer present in the source iCal feed.  If you remove this tag

from an event, a new (duplicate) event will be created next time the script runs

(and the old event will be "orphaned") - so don't do that.

=head1 AUTHOR

David Precious C<<  >>