Calendar Colors

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How to use this script

1. Copy the below code
2. Go to Google App Script
3. Click "New Project"
4. Name it Calendar Colors
5. Paste the code from Code.gs in the file with the same name
6. Click run if it's working appropriately
7. Go to Triggers and set it to trigger every hour

Code.gs

function ColorEvents() {

  var today = new Date();
  var nextweek = new Date();
  nextweek.setDate(nextweek.getDate() + 14);

  var calendars = CalendarApp.getAllOwnedCalendars();

  for (var i=0; i<calendars.length; i++) {
    var calendar = calendars[i];
    var events = calendar.getEvents(today, nextweek);
    for (var j=0; j<events.length; j++) {
      var e = events[j];
      var title = e.getTitle().toLowerCase();
      var desc = e.getDescription().toLowerCase(); 
      
      // make 1-1s indigo
      if ((title.includes("x") || title.includes("/") || title.includes("1-1") || title.includes("<>"))
        && !(title.includes("company") || title.includes("sync") || title.includes("veed") )) {
          e.setColor('9'); // '9' corresponds to Indigo
      }

      // make to do tasks starting with [] green
      if (title[0] == "[") {
        e.setColor(CalendarApp.EventColor.GREEN);
      }

      // make tasks starting with ! red 
      if (title[0] == "!") {
        e.setColor(CalendarApp.EventColor.RED);
      }

      // make breaks starting with # orange
      if (title[0] == '#') {
        e.setColor(CalendarApp.EventColor.ORANGE);
      }

      // make interviews pale green
      if(desc.indexOf("candidate")>-1) {
        e.setColor(CalendarApp.EventColor.PALE_GREEN);
      }

      // make user interview sections purple 
      if(desc.indexOf("user interviews")>-1) {
        e.setColor(CalendarApp.EventColor.MAUVE);
      }

      // make calendly invites yellow 
      if(desc.indexOf("calendly")>-1) {
        e.setColor(CalendarApp.EventColor.YELLOW);
      }

    }
  }
}