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GAppsScript that looks in Calendar to find all day event with keyword, on presence, turns on gmail autoresponder, otherwise turns off autoresponder
function autoReply() {
Logger.log('Script start');
var strCalendarOOFKey = 'OOF';
var strUserEmailToSetVacationOn = 'steve.midgley.mixrun@gmail.com';
// find calendar event
var today = new Date();
var msTodayStart = today.getTime();
var msTodayEnd = today.getTime()+60000; // adding 1 min, but in effect it means start and end on the same day
var unavailableToday = false;
Logger.log('Looking for Calendar trigger "'+strCalendarOOFKey+'" for today '+today.toDateString());
var events = CalendarApp.getDefaultCalendar().getEventsForDay(today, { search: 'OOF' });
for (var i = 0; i < events.length; i++) {
if(events[i].isAllDayEvent() && events[i].isOwnedByMe()) {
Logger.log("Setting vacation response to true due to event titled '"+events[i].getTitle()+"'")
unavailableToday = true;
break;
}
}
Logger.log("Setting Vacation response to: "+unavailableToday.toString());
var jsonVacationSettingsOn = {
"enableAutoReply": true,
"responseSubject": "I'm currently out of the office",
"responseBodyPlainText": "If you need any help while I'm gone contact x@y.com",
"responseBodyHtml": "If you need any help while I'm gone contact x@y.com",
"restrictToContacts": true,
"restrictToDomain": false,
"startTime": msTodayStart,
"endTime": msTodayEnd
};
var jsonVacationSettingsOff = {
"enableAutoReply": false,
};
if(unavailableToday == true){
Logger.log('Updating Vacation Responder to On');
var vacationSettings = Gmail.Users.Settings.updateVacation(
jsonVacationSettingsOn,
strUserEmailToSetVacationOn
);
} else {
Logger.log('Updating Vacation Responder to Off');
var vacationSettings = Gmail.Users.Settings.updateVacation(
jsonVacationSettingsOff,
strUserEmailToSetVacationOn
);
};
Logger.log('Finished updating vacation responder:'+today.toDateString());
}
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