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Create google calendar event for sunset appreciation each day
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/** | |
* Creates an event in the user's default calendar. | |
* @see https://developers.google.com/calendar/api/v3/reference/events/insert | |
*/ | |
function createEvent(start) { | |
const calendarId = 'primary'; | |
// make end time 15 minutes after start | |
var m = 15; // minutes | |
var end = new Date(); | |
end = new Date(end.setTime(start.getTime() + (m*60*1000))); | |
console.log('start:', start, 'end:', end) | |
// event details for creating event. | |
let event = { | |
summary: 'Sunset Appreciation', | |
//location: '', | |
//description: '', | |
start: { dateTime: start.toISOString() }, | |
end: { dateTime: end.toISOString() }, | |
attendees: [ | |
// {email: 'myself'}, | |
], | |
// yellow background. Use Calendar.Colors.get() for the full list. | |
colorId: 5 | |
}; | |
try { | |
// call method to insert/create new event in provided calandar | |
event = Calendar.Events.insert(event, calendarId); | |
console.log('Event ID: ' + event.id); | |
} catch (err) { | |
console.log('Failed with error %s', err.message); | |
} | |
} | |
function main() { | |
// create daily calendar events at sunset time between this date range | |
var start = '2023-12-18' | |
var end = '2023-12-31' | |
// get sunset times from API (max 1 year) | |
var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(`https://api.sunrisesunset.io/json?lat=34.12704556724034&lng=-116.03681613849004&date_start=${start}&date_end=${end}`); | |
var json = response.getContentText(); | |
var data = JSON.parse(json); | |
// iterate through each day | |
data.results.forEach((obj) => { | |
//console.log(obj); | |
var sunset = obj.sunset; | |
// parse string result | |
var h = parseInt(sunset.split(':')[0]); | |
var m = sunset.split(':')[1]; | |
var s = sunset.split(':')[2].split(' ')[0]; | |
var ampm = sunset.split(':')[2].split(' ')[1]; | |
// convert AM/PM to 24 hour time | |
if (ampm == 'PM') { h += 12 }; | |
h = h.toString().padStart(2, '0'); | |
event_start = new Date(`${obj.date}T${h}:${m}:${s}`); | |
createEvent(event_start); | |
}); | |
} |
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