Add Quick Event with Google Calendar API

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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Add Quick Event with the Google Calendar API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Add Quick Event action
1. Connect your Google Calendar account
2. Select a Calendar ID
3. Configure Event Title
Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

Integrations#

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Details#

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Add Quick Event on Google Calendar

Description:Create an event to the Google Calendar. [See the docs here](https://googleapis.dev/nodejs/googleapis/latest/calendar/classes/Resource$Events.html#quickAdd)

Version:0.1.0

Key:google_calendar-quick-add-event

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Code#

import googleCalendar from "../../google_calendar.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "google_calendar-quick-add-event",
  name: "Add Quick Event",
  description: "Create an event to the Google Calendar. [See the docs here](https://googleapis.dev/nodejs/googleapis/latest/calendar/classes/Resource$Events.html#quickAdd)",
  version: "0.1.0",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    googleCalendar,
    calendarId: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleCalendar,
        "calendarId",
      ],
    },
    text: {
      label: "Event Title",
      type: "string",
      description: "Enter static text (e.g., `hello world`) for the event name",
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const response = await this.googleCalendar.quickAddEvent({
      calendarId: this.calendarId,
      text: this.text,
    });

    $.export("$summary", `Successfully quick added event ${response.id}`);

    return response;
  },
};

Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Google Calendar	`googleCalendar`	`app`	This component uses the Google Calendar app.
Calendar ID	`calendarId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Event Title	`text`	`string`	Enter static text (e.g., `hello world`) for the event name

Authentication#

Google Calendar uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your Google Calendar account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into Google Calendar and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any Google Calendar API.

Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account:

emailprofilehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.eventshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.readonlyhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.settings.readonly

About Google Calendar#

Scheduling calendar service developed by Google

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Triggers#

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Upcoming Event Alert from the Google Calendar API

Triggers based on a time interval before an upcoming event in the calendar. This source uses Pipedream's Task Scheduler. See here for more information and instructions for connecting your Pipedream account.

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New or Updated Event (Instant) from the Google Calendar API

Emit new calendar events when an event is created or updated (does not emit cancelled events)

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New Event from the Google Calendar API

Emits when an event is created

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Event Search from the Google Calendar API

Emit when an event is created that matches a search

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