thanks so much... exactly what I was looking for. Peter
On Jun 28, 12:43 pm, Trevor Johns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jun 28, 12:20 pm, sfpeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > is there a way to send an event to a user's google calendar with a > > simple GET request? Upcoming.org does this (or used to do this) with a > > url like this: > > >https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=cl&passive=true&;... > > > (you can see this by clicking on the 'send to calendar' link when > > logged in and when viewing an event). I don't work for upcoming.org, > > but want to do something similar. > > > However, this link currently displays a BAD REQUEST error page. Has > > this feature been changed or discontinued? > > > Is this HTTP GET API currently supported by Google, and if so, where > > could I find the specifications for how to construct a 'add to > > calendar' url? I don't think I can use the xml api with POST since our > > webapp can't authenticate the user. (I assume the GET request would > > handle authentication through a browser cookie or by passing the user > > through the Google login page first. ) > > > any pointers would be much appreciated? > > thanks > > Peter > > Hi Peter, > Yes, this is definitely possible. The specifications you're looking > for are located at these two URLs: > > http://www.google.com/googlecalendar/event_publisher_guide.html > http://www.google.com/googlecalendar/event_publisher_guide_detail.html > > And yes, if you construct a link as described above Google Calendar > will take care of authenticating the user for you, redirecting them to > a login page if necessary. > > I'm not sure exactly what's causing the Bad Request error in the link > you posted. However, that link points to the Google Calendar login > page (notice the "/accounts/ServiceLogin" part of the URL) rather than > the normal event reminder creation page ("/calendar/event"), so I > suspect that might have something to do with it. > > Let me know if that helps! > > -- > Trevor Johnshttp://tjohns.net --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Calendar Data API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-calendar-help-dataapi?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
