Welcome to iCalEvents’s documentation!

Simple Python 3 library to download, parse and query iCal sources.

Usage

iCloud:

from icalevents.icalevents import events

es  = events(<iCloud URL>, fix_apple=True)

Google:

from icalevents.icalevents import events

es  = events(<Google Calendar URL>)

Example

see main.py

from icalevents.icalevents import events_async, latest_events, all_done
from time import sleep

if __name__ == '__main__':
   keys = []

   with open('calendars.txt', mode='r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
      counter = 1

      while True:
            line = f.readline()
            if not line:
               break

            name, url = line.split(maxsplit=1)
            name = name.strip()
            url = url.strip()

            fix_apple = False
            if name == 'icloud':
               fix_apple = True

            key = "req_%d" % counter
            counter += 1
            keys.append(key)
            events_async(key, url, fix_apple=fix_apple)

   while keys:
      print("%d request running." % len(keys))

      for k in keys[:]:
            if all_done(k):
               print("Request %s finished." % k)
               keys.remove(k)

               es = latest_events(k)

               for e in es:
                  print(e)

      sleep(2)

API

Module contents

iCalEvents search all events occurring in a given time frame in an iCal file.

Submodules

icalevents.icaldownload module

Downloads an iCal url or reads an iCal file.

class icalevents.icaldownload.ICalDownload(http=None, encoding='utf-8')

Bases: object

Downloads or reads and decodes iCal sources.

data_from_file(file, apple_fix=False)

Read iCal data from file.

Parameters
  • file – file to read

  • apple_fix – fix wrong Apple tzdata in iCal

Returns

decoded (and fixed) iCal data

data_from_string(string_content, apple_fix=False)
data_from_url(url, apple_fix=False)

Download iCal data from URL.

Parameters
  • url – URL to download

  • apple_fix – fix Apple bugs (protocol type and tzdata in iCal)

Returns

decoded (and fixed) iCal data

decode(content, apple_fix=False)

Decode content using the set charset.

Parameters
  • content – content do decode

  • apple_fix – fix Apple txdata bug

Returns

decoded (and fixed) content

icalevents.icaldownload.apple_data_fix(content)

Fix Apple tzdata bug.

Parameters

content – content to fix

Returns

fixed content

icalevents.icaldownload.apple_url_fix(url)

Fix Apple URL.

Parameters

url – URL to fix

Returns

fixed URL

icalevents.icalevents module

icalevents.icalparser module

Parse iCal data to Events.

class icalevents.icalparser.Attendee(address)

Bases: str

property params
class icalevents.icalparser.Event

Bases: object

Represents one event (occurrence in case of reoccurring events).

astimezone(tzinfo)
copy_to(new_start=None, uid=None)

Create a new event equal to this with new start date.

Parameters
  • new_start – new start date

  • uid – UID of new event

Returns

new event

time_left(time=None)

timedelta form now to event.

Returns

timedelta from now

icalevents.icalparser.create_event(component, utc_default)

Create an event from its iCal representation.

Parameters

component – iCal component

Returns

event

icalevents.icalparser.encode(value: Optional[vText]) Optional[str]
icalevents.icalparser.extract_exdates(component)

Compile a list of all exception dates stored with a component.

Parameters

component – icalendar iCal component

Returns

list of exception dates

icalevents.icalparser.get_timezone(tz_name)
icalevents.icalparser.now()

Get current time.

Returns

now as datetime with timezone

icalevents.icalparser.parse_events(content, start=None, end=None, default_span=datetime.timedelta(days=7), tzinfo=None, sort=False, strict=False)

Query the events occurring in a given time range.

Parameters
  • content – iCal URL/file content as String

  • start – start date for search, default today (in UTC format)

  • end – end date for search (in UTC format)

  • default_span – default query length (one week)

Returns

events as list

icalevents.icalparser.parse_rrule(component)

Extract a dateutil.rrule object from an icalendar component. Also includes the component’s dtstart and exdate properties. The rdate and exrule properties are not yet supported.

Parameters

component – icalendar component

Returns

extracted rrule or rruleset or None