New Upcoming Calendar Event from Microsoft Outlook Calendar API

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Getting Started#

Trigger a workflow on New Upcoming Calendar Event with Microsoft Outlook Calendar API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the New Upcoming Calendar Event trigger
1. Connect your Microsoft Outlook Calendar account
2. Configure Webhook renewal timer
3. Connect your Microsoft Outlook Calendar account
Add steps to connect to 2,400+ APIs using code and no-code building blocks
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

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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.

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New Upcoming Calendar Event on Microsoft Outlook Calendar

Description:Emit new event when a Calendar event is upcoming, this source is using `reminderMinutesBeforeStart` property of the event to determine the time it should emit.

Version:0.0.3

Key:microsoft_outlook_calendar-new-upcoming-event

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Code#

import common from "../common.mjs";
import taskScheduler from "../../../pipedream/sources/new-scheduled-tasks/new-scheduled-tasks.mjs";

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "microsoft_outlook_calendar-new-upcoming-event",
  name: "New Upcoming Calendar Event",
  description: "Emit new event when a Calendar event is upcoming, this source is using `reminderMinutesBeforeStart` property of the event to determine the time it should emit.",
  version: "0.0.3",
  type: "source",
  props: {
    ...common.props,
    pipedream: taskScheduler.props.pipedream,
  },
  hooks: {
    ...common.hooks,
    async activate() {
      await this.activate({
        changeType: "updated",
        resource: "/me/events",
      });
    },
    async deactivate() {
      await this.deactivate();
    },
  },
  methods: {
    ...taskScheduler.methods,
    ...common.methods,
    _hasDeployed() {
      const result = this.db.get("hasDeployed");
      this.db.set("hasDeployed", true);
      return result;
    },
    subtractMinutes(date, minutes) {
      return date.getTime() - minutes * 60000;
    },
    async getSampleEvents({ pageSize }) {
      return this.microsoftOutlook.listCalendarEvents({
        params: {
          $top: pageSize,
          $orderby: "lastModifiedDateTime desc",
        },
      });
    },
    emitEvent(item) {
      this.$emit({
        message: item,
      }, this.generateMeta(item));
    },
    generateMeta(item) {
      return {
        id: item.id,
        summary: `Upcoming event - ${item.subject}`,
        ts: +Date.parse(item.createdDateTime),
      };
    },
  },
  async run(event) {
    if (event.$channel === this.selfChannel()) {
      const item = await this.microsoftOutlook.getCalendarEvent({
        eventId: event.eventId,
      });
      // checking if the event was modified after this scheduling
      if (item.lastModifiedDateTime === event.lastModifiedControl) {
        this.emitEvent(item);
      }
      return;
    }
    await this.run({
      event,
      emitFn: async ({ resourceId } = {}) => {
        if (!this._hasDeployed()) {
          await this.selfSubscribe();
        }
        const item = await this.microsoftOutlook.getCalendarEvent({
          eventId: resourceId,
        });
        if (event.$channel !== this.selfChannel()) {
          const startTime = new Date(item.start.dateTime || item.start.date);
          const reminderMinutesBeforeStart = item.reminderMinutesBeforeStart || 15;
          const later = new Date(this.subtractMinutes(startTime, reminderMinutesBeforeStart));
          const newEvent = {
            lastModifiedControl: item.lastModifiedDateTime,
            eventId: resourceId,
          };
          this.emitScheduleEvent(newEvent, later);
        }
      },
    });
  },
};

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
Microsoft Outlook Calendar	`microsoftOutlook`	`app`	This component uses the Microsoft Outlook Calendar app.
N/A	`http`	`$.interface.http`	This component uses `$.interface.http` to generate a unique URL when the component is first instantiated. Each request to the URL will trigger the `run()` method of the component.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
Webhook renewal timer	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`	Graph API expires Outlook notifications in 3 days, we auto-renew them in 2 days, see
Microsoft Outlook Calendar	`pipedream`	`app`	This component uses the Microsoft Outlook Calendar app.

Authentication#

Microsoft Outlook Calendar uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your Microsoft Outlook Calendar account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into Microsoft Outlook 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 Microsoft Outlook Calendar API.

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

User.Reademailoffline_accessopenidprofileCalendars.ReadWrite