The iCalendar generator
npm install -S ics
- 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',
organizer: { name: 'Admin', email: '[email protected]' },
attendees: [
{ name: 'Adam Gibbons', email: '[email protected]', rsvp: true },
{ name: 'Brittany Seaton', email: '[email protected]' }
]
}
ics.createEvent(event, (error, value) => {
if (error) {
console.log(error)
}
console.log(value)
// BEGIN:VCALENDAR
// VERSION:2.0
// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
// PRODID:adamgibbons/ics
// BEGIN:VEVENT
// UID:070bbdd0-a6de-11e7-9552-4faa901a846b
// SUMMARY:Bolder Boulder
// DTSTAMP:20171002T012300Z
// DTSTART:20180530T125000Z
// DESCRIPTION:Annual 10-kilometer run in Boulder, Colorado
// 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
// ATTENDEE;RSVP=TRUE;CN=Adam Gibbons:mailto:[email protected]
// ATTENDEE;RSVP=FALSE;CN=Brittany Seaton:mailto:[email protected]
// BEGIN:VALARM
// ACTION:DISPLAY
// DESCRIPTION:Reminder
// TRIGGER;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180530T020000Z
// END:VALARM
// DURATION:PT5H
// 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',
start: [2018, 1, 15, 6, 30],
duration: { minutes: 50 }
}, (error, value) => {
if (error) {
console.log(error)
}
fs.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 }
}
])
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').split("-")
let end = moment().add({'hours':2, "minutes":30}).format("YYYY-M-D").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",
startType:"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:[email protected]
// 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
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.
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 in my timezone) |
| 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) |
| 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: '[email protected]' } |
| attendees | Persons invited to the event | [{ name: 'Mo', email: '[email protected]', rsvp: true }, { name: 'Bo', email: '[email protected]' }] |
| 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 |
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 */
}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
}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.
Array of attributes objects (as described in createEvent).
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
}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