Our requirement was to add an invitee to an EKEvent.
As written in the Apple EventKit documentation it is not allowed to add meeting invitees programmatically since those properties of an EKEvent are read-only.
We tried another way to create an .ics file and add it the calendar programtically. But with this approach we are not able to create attendees to an event hosted in an Exchange account. Where as other accounts like GMail are working fine.
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I want to create event via google calendar api using Go. I found out that the sender (From) is whoever responsible in client_id I provide in the google API, in this case me. Can I edit this sender, so that it is not sent from me? At least I can edit the display name of the sender, the email I think will always be my email
Also about editing the organizer, I tried to use move action but it only moves the event, not change the organizer. Is there other way to edit organizer?
To address your questions:
1. Can I create an event from another address?
What you want can be done by creating a service account and performing domain-wide-delegation
What is a service account?
A service account is a special type of Google account intended to represent a non-human user that needs to authenticate and be authorized to access data in Google APIs - in your situation the Calendar API.
After creating the above mentioned service account, you will have to perform domain-wide-delegation and impersonate a user in your domain in order to be able to create the event wanted.
Now, when writing the code for your application, you will have the use the credentials that were created for this account in order to authorize the requests.
OR
If you want to specifically edit only the display name of the creator of the event, you can perform an update request:
PUT https://www.googleapis.com/calendar/v3/calendars/calendarId/events/eventId
And add in the request body this:
"creator": {
"displayName": "UPDATED DISPLAY NAME"
}
2. Can I edit the organizer?
According to the Calendar API Documentation:
organizer > The organizer of the event. If the organizer is also an attendee, this is indicated with a separate entry in attendees with the organizer field set to True. To change the organizer, use the move operation. Read-only, except when importing an event.
Therefore, the organizer can be changed/updated only when importing the event in question.
Reference
Authorizing Requests to the Google Calendar API
;
Creating A Service Account;
Calendar API Events Resource;
Calendar API Events:Update.
Background
I'm trying to create an appointment calendar using GSuite and Google Calendar API. When a user (no Google account and outside the GSuite organization) creates an appointment, I'm trying to create a Calendar event on the Calendar of an organization member via the Google Calendar API and generate a Hangouts meeting link.
Problem
I can create the event and the Hangouts meeting link, but I cannot create a custom label for the video link. I was able to make it slightly unique by adding an attendee with a fake email xczczf#example.com to John Doe's calendar to get a label of doe-j-xcz, but I would like full control over the label if possible.
Attempted Solutions That Didn't Work
Create the event and provide a conferenceData.createRequest and an entryPoint with the desired label.
Create the event first and then send a patch with the information described in 1
Changing the conferenceId
After messing around with the API Explorer, a custom label can be made by:
Creating the Cal event and adding a meeting link using a createRequest
Send a Patch with conferenceData.conferenceId set to the unique label value
I'm developing an integration with Outlook in Office 365 using the latest office.js api for add-ins.
What I have currently is an add-in, which displays a side pane on the appointment compose form. Inside that pane I have the functionality to create an object in our external based on the appointment, taking the start/end times, subject, location etc.
So I have appointment A in the calendar of an O365 account, and object A in an external system.
Is there a way to keep those in sync? I don't see it could be possible using the Outlook Add-In Javascript API, but maybe using ics files, or the Outlook REST API, or Exchange EWS? I see here plenty of issues with the credentials, as the user has separate credentials in our system.
Any tips? I tried to send from our system an ICS file with same iCal UID, but Outlook ignores it.
You would want to to use the Outlook Push Notifications REST API in your web service to get polled when users make changes to their Calendar. Then use the Outlook Calendar REST API to sync changes from your system to their Calendar.
I'm using the Google Calendar Api to create events, I'm trying to pass the parameter organizer with the email of the person that I want to be the owner but it is not working and the organizer it is always the same creator.
I am trying to write an application that can manage meetings, I want to be able to send an vcal/ical event via email and have the recipient be the organizer. I have populated the organizer field with the recipients email address which does not have the required result. (in outlook 2010 at least) It appears in their calendar but it does not acknowledge them as the organizer so when trying to move the event a message is displayed notifying them that they are not the organizer.
You could try the solution in the answer found here:
Change organizer of outlook AppointmentItem via VSTO
You could also create appointments directly into the intended organizer's calendar using the GetSharedDefaultFolder method, as long as you have delegate access to their mailbox.
Otherwise I do not believe there is any way to remotely set the organizer of a meeting.