Retrieve events from Google Calendar and post to a Slack channel.
It supports showing event titles, description and a link to the calendar event.
Follow the steps from: https://developers.google.com/calendar/api/quickstart/python making sure to activate the Google Calendar API and that you will need to publish the app for Google to trust it. The JSON file to download is for the OAuth 2.0.
Move calendarcredentials.json to the script folder.
First runs looks like:
python3 calendarApp.py dailyEvents team
Creating calendar service...
Please visit this URL to authorize this application: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth?response_type=code&client_id=-.......
Received 1 events.
Message sent. Server response: ok
Your browser should open to authorize the app. If not, copy the link and open it on a browser. After a successful login the script will run.
Sample of configuration file:
team:
type_of_event:
slackURL: "string"
calendarId: "string"
maxResults: bool
text: "string"
exclude: "string"
slackURL can be created by following the steps on this link: https://api.slack.com/messaging/webhooks.
calendarId can be retrieved from the Google Calendar > Settings > Settings for calendars. Main calendars are called primary.
maxResults limit the number of events to show. If set to False it will get all available events during the task timeframe.
text Text to add at the top of the message in Slack.
exclude using reGex to remove events.