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Google App Script code to import events from a Calendar (.ics) file into Google Sheets.
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function onOpen() { | |
SpreadsheetApp.getUi().createAddonMenu().addItem('Upload', 'upload').addToUi(); | |
} | |
function upload() { | |
SpreadsheetApp.getUi().showModalDialog(HtmlService.createHtmlOutput( | |
'<form><input type="file" name="file" onchange="var reader = new FileReader(); reader.onloadend = (e) => google.script.run.withSuccessHandler(google.script.host.close).importICS(e.target.result); reader.readAsText(this.parentNode.file.files[0]);"></form>' | |
), 'Select .ics file'); | |
} | |
function importICS(form) { | |
var inputFields = ['DTSTART', 'DTEND', 'SUMMARY'], // add to this to add more fields | |
data = [['Start', 'End', 'Summary']], // should correspond to inputFields | |
reDateForDateFunction = /^(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{2})T(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2})Z$/g, | |
lines = form.split(/\r\n|\n|\r/); | |
for (i in lines) { | |
var lineData = lines[i].split(':'), col = inputFields.indexOf(lineData[0]) | |
if(lines[i] === "BEGIN:VEVENT") { | |
data[data.length] = []; | |
} | |
else if(col !== -1) { // exists in inputFields | |
data[data.length - 1][col] = (lineData[0].substr(0, 2) === 'DT') ? new Date(lineData[1].replace(reDateForDateFunction, "$1-$2-$3T$4:$5:$6Z")) : lineData[1] | |
} | |
} | |
SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getActiveSheet().getRange(1, 1, data.length, data[0].length).setValues(data) | |
} |
Another version that avoid usage of set values to allow the output to be inserted into the context of the command.
usage: =insertICS(".../basic.ics")
:
function icsToTable(icsString) {
var inputFields = ['DTSTART', 'SUMMARY', 'DESCRIPTION'], // add to this to add more FIELDs
data = [['Start', 'Summary', 'Description']], // should correspond to inputFields
lines = icsString.split(/\r\n|\n|\r/);
for (i in lines) {
var lineData = lines[i].split(':'), col = inputFields.indexOf(lineData[0].split(';', 1)[0])
if (lines[i] === "BEGIN:VEVENT") { //Adds a new row and initialize it to avoid issues when not found
data[data.length] = ["", "", ""]; //If a FIELD is not present on the file, it makes an error: Better to initialize!
// Its length should correspond to inputFields. Eg: for 7 read fiels --> = ["","","","","","",""];
}
else if (lines[i].substr(0, 1) === ' ') {
//If row starts with just SPACE instead of a FIELD, it must be added to previous line as it belows to a multiple line FIELD
// https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5545#section-3.3.11
data[data.length - 1][previous_col] = data[data.length - 1][previous_col] + lines[i]
}
else if (col !== -1 && data.length > 1) { // exists in inputFields, and BEGIN:VEVENT found
//Browser.msgBox("Dealing with: /////////0:" + lineData[0] + " //////////////1: " + lineData[1] )
// Date (YYYY,MM,DD) Thus: lineData[1].substr(0, 4) is YYYY, lineData[1].substr(4, 2)-1 is MM (from 0-11) and the other is DD. And last, lineData[1] is the text DATA to import when it is not a Date (DTStart or DTend)
data[data.length - 1][col] = (lineData[0].substr(0, 2) === 'DT') ? new Date(lineData[1].substr(0, 4), lineData[1].substr(4, 2) - 1, lineData[1].substr(6, 2)) : lineData[1]
for (var j = 2; j < lineData.length; j = j + 1) { //It might happen that someone added ':' to the FIELD and therefore it was split too
data[data.length - 1][col] = data[data.length - 1][col] + ":" + lineData[j]
}
var previous_col = col //To remember the last FIELD saved
}
}
return data
}
async function download(fileURL) {
let response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(fileURL, { muteHttpExceptions: true });
let rc = await response.getResponseCode()
console.log(rc)
if (rc == 200) {
return response.getContentText()
}
}
async function insertICS(url) {
let content = await download(url)
return icsToTable(content)
}
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There where some errors in the code above, like for example when date is including TimeZone or when a FIELD is not existing on the ics file.
I have done some corrections and this is my working code. It allows not only to upload a .ics file from your computer but also import it from a URL (that has to be obtained from your Google calendar private url).
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