ics
The iCalendar generator
Install
npm install -S ics
Example Usage
- Create an iCalendar event:
const ics = require('ics')
const event = {
start: [2018, 5, 30, 6, 30],
duration: { hours: 6, minutes: 30 },
title: 'Bolder Boulder',
description: 'Annual 10-kilometer run in Boulder, Colorado',
location: 'Folsom Field, University of Colorado (finish line)',
url: 'http://www.bolderboulder.com/',
geo: { lat: 40.0095, lon: 105.2669 },
categories: ['10k races', 'Memorial Day Weekend', 'Boulder CO'],
status: 'CONFIRMED',
busyStatus: 'BUSY',
organizer: { name: 'Admin', email: 'Race@BolderBOULDER.com' },
attendees: [
{ name: 'Adam Gibbons', email: 'adam@example.com', rsvp: true, partstat: 'ACCEPTED', role: 'REQ-PARTICIPANT' },
{ name: 'Brittany Seaton', email: 'brittany@example2.org', dir: 'https://linkedin.com/in/brittanyseaton', role: 'OPT-PARTICIPANT' }
]
}
ics.createEvent(event, (error, value) => {
if (error) {
console.log(error)
return
}
console.log(value)
// BEGIN:VCALENDAR
// VERSION:2.0
// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
// PRODID:adamgibbons/ics
// METHOD:PUBLISH
// X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
// BEGIN:VEVENT
// UID:d9e5e080-d25e-11e8-806a-e73a41d3e47b
// SUMMARY:Bolder Boulder
// DTSTAMP:20181017T204900Z
// DTSTART:20180530T043000Z
// DESCRIPTION:Annual 10-kilometer run in Boulder\, Colorado
// X-MICROSOFT-CDO-BUSYSTATUS:BUSY
// URL:http://www.bolderboulder.com/
// GEO:40.0095;105.2669
// LOCATION:Folsom Field, University of Colorado (finish line)
// STATUS:CONFIRMED
// CATEGORIES:10k races,Memorial Day Weekend,Boulder CO
// ORGANIZER;CN=Admin:mailto:Race@BolderBOULDER.com
// ATTENDEE;RSVP=TRUE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;CN=Adam Gibbons:mailto:adam@example.com
// ATTENDEE;RSVP=FALSE;ROLE=OPT-PARTICIPANT;DIR=https://linkedin.com/in/brittanyseaton;CN=Brittany
// Seaton:mailto:brittany@example2.org
// DURATION:PT6H30M
// END:VEVENT
// END:VCALENDAR
})
- Write an iCalendar file:
const { writeFileSync } = require('fs')
const ics = require('ics')
ics.createEvent({
title: 'Dinner',
description: 'Nightly thing I do',
busyStatus: 'FREE',
start: [2018, 1, 15, 6, 30],
duration: { minutes: 50 }
}, (error, value) => {
if (error) {
console.log(error)
}
writeFileSync(`${__dirname}/event.ics`, value)
})
- Create multiple iCalendar events:
const ics = require('./dist')
const { error, value } = ics.createEvents([
{
title: 'Lunch',
start: [2018, 1, 15, 12, 15],
duration: { minutes: 45 }
},
{
title: 'Dinner',
start: [2018, 1, 15, 12, 15],
duration: { hours: 1, minutes: 30 }
}
])
if (error) {
console.log(error)
return
}
console.log(value)
// BEGIN:VCALENDAR
// VERSION:2.0
// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
// PRODID:adamgibbons/ics
// BEGIN:VEVENT
// UID:3c6d44e8-79a7-428d-acac-9586c9e06e5c
// SUMMARY:Lunch
// DTSTAMP:20180210T093900Z
// DTSTART:20180115T191500Z
// DURATION:PT45M
// END:VEVENT
// BEGIN:VEVENT
// UID:253cc897-fc26-4f25-9a01-b6bb57fa174d
// SUMMARY:Dinner
// DTSTAMP:20180210T093900Z
// DTSTART:20180115T191500Z
// DURATION:PT1H30M
// END:VEVENT
// END:VCALENDAR
- Create iCalendar events with Audio (Mac):
let ics = require("ics")
let moment = require("moment")
let events = []
let alarms = []
let start = moment().format('YYYY-M-D-H-m').split("-")
let end = moment().add({'hours':2, "minutes":30}).format("YYYY-M-D-H-m").split("-")
alarms.push({
action: 'audio',
trigger: {hours:2,minutes:30,before:true},
repeat: 2,
attachType:'VALUE=URI',
attach: 'Glass'
})
let event = {
productId:"myCalendarId",
uid: "123"+"@ics.com",
startOutputType:"local",
start: start,
end: end,
title: "test here",
alarms: alarms
}
events.push(event)
console.log(ics.createEvents(events))
// BEGIN:VCALENDAR
// VERSION:2.0
// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
// PRODID:MyCalendarId
// METHOD:PUBLISH
// X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
// BEGIN:VEVENT
// UID:123@MyCalendarIdics.com
// SUMMARY:test here
// DTSTAMP:20180409T072100Z
// DTSTART:20180409
// DTEND:20180409
// BEGIN:VALARM
// ACTION:DISPLAY
// DESCRIPTION:Reminder
// TRIGGER:-PT2H30M
// END:VALARM
// BEGIN:VALARM
// ACTION:AUDIO
// REPEAT:2
// ATTACH;VALUE=URI:Glass
// TRIGGER:PT2H
// END:VALARM
// END:VEVENT
// END:VCALENDAR
API
createEvent(attributes[, callback])
Generates an iCal-compliant VCALENDAR string with one VEVENT.
If a callback is not provided, returns an object having the form { error, value },
where value contains an iCal-compliant string if there are no errors.
If a callback is provided, returns a Node-style callback.
attributes
Object literal containing event information.
Only the start property is required.
The following properties are accepted:, Property, Description, Example, -------------, -------------, ----------, start, Required. Date and time at which the event begins., [2000, 1, 5, 10, 0] (January 5, 2000), startInputType, Type of the date/time data in start:local (default): passed data is in local time.utc: passed data is UTC, startOutputType, Format of the start date/time in the output:utc (default): the start date will be sent in UTC format.local: the start date will be sent as "floating" (form #1 in RFC 5545), end, Time at which event ends. Either end or duration is required, but not both., [2000, 1, 5, 13, 5] (January 5, 2000 at 1pm), endInputType, Type of the date/time data in end:local: passed data is in local time.utc: passed data is UTC.The default is the value of startInputType, endOutputType, Format of the start date/time in the output:utc: the start date will be sent in UTC format.local: the start date will be sent as "floating" (form #1 in RFC 5545).The default is the value of startOutputType, duration, How long the event lasts. Object literal having form { weeks, days, hours, minutes, seconds } Either end or duration is required, but not both., { hours: 1, minutes: 45 } (1 hour and 45 minutes), title, Title of event., 'Code review', description, Description of event., 'A constructive roasting of those seeking to merge into master branch', location, Intended venue, Mountain Sun Pub and Brewery, geo, Geographic coordinates (lat/lon), { lat: 38.9072, lon: 77.0369 }, url, URL associated with event, 'http://www.mountainsunpub.com/', status, Three statuses are allowed: TENTATIVE, CONFIRMED, CANCELLED, CONFIRMED, organizer, Person organizing the event, { name: 'Adam Gibbons', email: 'adam@example.com', dir: 'https://linkedin.com/in/adamgibbons' }, attendees, Persons invited to the event, [{ name: 'Mo', email: 'mo@foo.com', rsvp: true }, { name: 'Bo', email: 'bo@bar.biz', dir: 'https://twitter.com/bo1234', partstat: 'ACCEPTED', role: 'REQ-PARTICIPANT' }], categories, Categories associated with the event, ['hacknight', 'stout month'], alarms, Alerts that can be set to trigger before, during, or after the event. The following attach properties work on Mac OS: Basso, Blow, Bottle, Frog, Funk, Glass, Hero, Morse, Ping, Pop, Purr, Sousumi, Submarine, Tink, { action: 'display', trigger: [2000, 1, 4, 18, 30] } OR { action: 'display', trigger: { hours: 2, minutes: 30, before: true } OR { action: 'display', trigger: { hours: 2, minutes: 30, before: false } OR { action: 'audio', trigger: { hours: 2, minutes: 30, before: true }, repeat: 2, attachType: 'VALUE=URI', attach: 'Glass' }, productId, Product which created ics, PRODID field, 'adamgibbons/ics', uid, Universal unique id for event, produced by default with uuid/v1. Warning: This value must be globally unique. It is recommended that it follow the RFC 822 addr-spec (i.e. localpart@domain). Including the @domain half is a good way to ensure uniqueness., '28021620-be61-11e7-be87-5f3ab42f0785', method, This property defines the iCalendar object method associated with the calendar object. When used in a MIME message entity, the value of this property MUST be the same as the Content-Type "method" parameter value. If either the "METHOD" property or the Content-Type "method" parameter is specified, then the other MUST also be specified., PUBLISH, recurrenceRule, A recurrence rule, commonly referred to as an RRULE, defines the repeat pattern or rule for to-dos, journal entries and events. If specified, RRULE can be used to compute the recurrence set (the complete set of recurrence instances in a calendar component). You can use a generator like this one, FREQ=DAILY, sequence, For sending an update for an event (with the same uid), defines the revision sequence number., 2, busyStatus, Used to specify busy status for Microsoft applications, like Outlook. See Microsoft spec., 'BUSY' OR 'FREE' OR 'TENTATIVE' OR 'OOF', created, Date-time representing event's creation date. Provide a date-time in UTC, [2000, 1, 5, 10, 0] (January 5, 2000 GMT +00:00), lastModified, Date-time representing date when event was last modified. Provide a date-time in UTC, [2000, 1, 5, 10, 0] (January 5, 2000 GMT +00:00), calName, Specifies the calendar (not event) name. Used by Apple iCal and Microsoft Outlook; see Open Specification, 'Example Calendar', To create an all-day event, pass only three values (year, month, and date) to the start and end properties.
The date of the end property should be the day after your all-day event.
For example, in order to create an all-day event occuring on October 15, 2018:
const eventAttributes = {
start: [2018, 10, 15],
end: [2018, 10, 16],
/* rest of attributes */
}
callback
Optional.
Node-style callback.
function (err, value) {
if (err) {
// if iCal generation fails, err is an object containing the reason
// if iCal generation succeeds, err is null
}
console.log(value) // iCal-compliant text string
}
createEvents(events[, callback])
Generates an iCal-compliant VCALENDAR string with multiple VEVENTS.
If a callback is not provided, returns an object having the form { error, value }, where value is an iCal-compliant text string
if error is null.
If a callback is provided, returns a Node-style callback.
events
Array of attributes objects (as described in createEvent).
callback
Optional.
Node-style callback.
function (err, value) {
if (err) {
// if iCal generation fails, err is an object containing the reason
// if iCal generation succeeds, err is null
}
console.log(value) // iCal-compliant text string
}
Develop
Run mocha tests and watch for changes:
npm start
Run tests once and exit:
npm test
Build the project, compiling all ES6 files within the src directory into vanilla JavaScript in the dist directory.
npm run build