Reads in computer’s iCal files (*.ics, Info.plist, *.calendar and *.group). Currently, this requires running this script on a Mac. Files are assumed to be in ~/Library/Calendars.
Outputs to console statistics such as average, min, max and total hours spent per calendar. Also creates a google chart image, ‘chart.png’.
Turns iCal calendars like
0. Create some iCal calendars. Be sure to have a “sleep” calendar that records when you are asleep.
1. Checkout the files from the GitHub repository at http://github.com/diN0bot/iCal-Analyzer/tree/master
git clone git://github.com/diN0bot/iCal-Analyzer.git
2. Execute the main python script
python main.py
3. Google graph creation depends on pygooglechart
- Defines a “day” as the time between waking up. This is better than a rigid 24 hr day because it shows all events before the “cycle” refreshes. Waking up, doing some work, and then going back to sleep will create a small “day”, but this is interesting, too.
Proof-of-concept
ToDo
- generalize by reading feeds from gCal and exported iCal?
- port to javascript or processing to get more extensible graph with horizontal scrolling and zooming, event summary mouse overs, etc
- populate groups (useful for grouping calendars in chart)
- handle timezones
hardcoded for berlin handle multi-line summaries
- The google chart legend is inflexibly in reverse order to the stacking of bars in the chart
I found this useful because I use a dozen iCal calendars to record how I spend my time. I wanted to quickly see whether I was putting in enough time to various projects, and how much exercise, socializing and time wasting I was doing each day.
I may add more features in the future. Feedback desirable: diN0bot@bilumi.org