Launch WorkDay application automaticaly

README.md

Launch work applications only on workdays

This guide will help you configure the necessary scripts and services so that when you turn on your computer it will automatically check if it is a working day or not, if so it will verify if it is a local holiday to be able to launch the applications and services needed to work comfortably.

Requirements

• Create an API app (Google Calendar API) in the google developer account
• Have systemd installer (or other if you know how manage services)

Instalation

IMPORTANT: Read each step of this guide

• From the "Credentials" tab you can create an API key, you get something like this AIzaSyBcOT_DpEQysiwFmmmZXupKpnrOdJYAhhM
• Set your API Key into enviroment variables

GOOGLE_CALENDAR_APIKEY=<Your API Key>
# Add these other variables as well, or you can place them as variables in the script below,
# either in the sh or in the service
CAL_BASE_URL=https://www.googleapis.com/calendar/v3/calendars
BASE_CALENDAR_ID_FOR_PUBLIC_HOLIDAY=holiday@group.v.calendar.google.com

• Create the files in this gist and read their head comments where they indicate the path where they should be and also some recommendations
• Change the working day start-end in sh script
• Make the sh script as excecutable with this command chmod +x ~/.config/script/init-workspace.sh
• Enable service with command systemctl --user enable workapps.service

init-workspace.sh

#
# Make it script as excecutable
# chmod +x ~/.config/script/init-workspace.sh
# $HOME/.config/script/init-workspace.sh
#
#
#!/bin/env bash

START_WORK_DAY="monday" # Change this
END_WORK_DAY="friday" # Change this
CAL_REGIONS=("es.en" "es.bo") # On here add your regions of work, like lang.country, example: es.bo, es.es, en.uk

#
# Necesary variable, not touch
#
U=$2
DOW=$(date +%u)
START_WD=$(date -d $START_WORK_DAY +%u)
END_WD=$(date -d $END_WORK_DAY +%u)
TODAY_AM=$(date -d "00:01" -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
TODAY_PM=$(date -d "11:59pm" -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")

function launch_work_day {
    #
    # EDIT THIS
    #
    # Launch Slack
    slack -u -s $U &
    # Enable and start your VPN if needed
    # systemctl start vpnclient &
    # Start Email Client
    mailspring --background $U &
    # Show Welcome Notification to amazing work :D 
    sleep 2m && notify-send -u NORMAL "System Notification" "Have a good work day"
}

function stop_work_day {
    #
    # EDIT THIS
    #
    # Stop all your work services or daemons
    # It is for not have trash on not working days XD
    systemctl stop vpnclient &
    exit 0
}

if [ "$1" = "end" ]; then
    stop_work_day
fi

if [[ $DOW -lt $END_WD && $DOW -gt $START_WD ]]; then
    HOLIDAY=0
    for region in $CAL_REGIONS; do
        url="${CAL_BASE_URL}/${region}%23${BASE_CALENDAR_ID_FOR_PUBLIC_HOLIDAY}/events?key=${GOOGLE_CALENDAR_APIKEY}&timeMax=${TODAY_PM}&timeMin=${TODAY_AM}&timeZone=UTC"
        res_json=$(curl -s $url)
        if echo $res_json | jq -e '.items[]'; then
            HOLIDAY=$(echo $res_json | jq -r '.items[] | .summary,.start.date')
            break
        fi
    done
    if [ "$HOLIDAY" = "0" ]; then
        launch_work_day
    else
        sleep 2m && notify-send -u NORMAL "${HOLIDAY[0]}" "${HOLIDAY[1]}"
    fi
fi

workapps.service

#
# $HOME/.config/systemd/user/workapps.service
# For enable you need run `systemctl --user enable workapps.service`
#
[Unit]
Description=Launch apps use in work only if not holiday

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=%h/.config/scripts/init-workapps.sh start %U
ExecStop=%h/.config/scripts/init-workapps.sh end %U
Restart=always
RemainAfterExit=yes
Environment="DISPLAY=:0" "XAUTHORITY=%h/.Xauthority"

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target