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Is there a way to create a trigger that is based on a calendar feed (a calendar feed is a URL that responds with a calendar, often referred to as an iCal or ICS feed)?
I know you can create a trigger based on Google Calendar (create and update events), but I’d prefer to avoid using Google Calendar and instead use a raw calendar feed.
Hi , may I ask which server do you host your calendar on? Because Pipedream needs to connect to it to get the information
Hi I’m using https://mergecal.org
but it should/could be irrelevant
A calendar feed is one the follows the standard icalendar spec
the trigger would run on a cron job and pares the calendar and check for updates - something like that
simular to the rss trigger
Hi , in MergeCal, is your calendar feed public to the internet? Or is it require some kind of authentication (username/password)?
Public
Thanks, could you share your calendar link with me so I can create a ticket?
But I want to emphasize again that IMO there is a need for a general calendar based trigger
independent of any platform
similar to a rss trigger
The link you sent is just one event, it’s not your whole calendar. One rss link contains all of the news, not just one. That’s difference
Could you share the link to the whole calendar? It should be public url
Sorry
i added more events to the calendar
Could you share the sources you need? For example, new event added, up comming events?
In my use case
i would like the trigger to be when the calendar has a new event added
or if an existing event is changed/updated
events have a UID which can be used as a id
(you can visualize the calendar at mergecal | Code & Coffee NY )
Thanks, I’ll create the ticket for the team to check
Amazing!
Thank so much