/ics

iCalendar (ics) file generator for node.js

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ics

The iCalendar generator

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Install

npm install -S ics

Example Usage

  1. Create an iCalendar event:
import ics from 'ics'

const events = [{
  start: [2018, 5, 30, 6, 30],
  duration: { hours: 6, minutes: 30 },
  title: 'Bolder Boulder',
  description: 'Annual 10-kilometer run in Boulder, Colorado',
  location: 'Folsom Field, University of Colorado (finish line)',
  url: 'http://www.bolderboulder.com/',
  geo: { lat: 40.0095, lon: 105.2669 },
  categories: ['10k races', 'Memorial Day Weekend', 'Boulder CO'],
  status: 'CONFIRMED',
  organizer: { name: 'Admin', email: 'Race@BolderBOULDER.com' },
  attendees: [
    { name: 'Adam Gibbons', email: 'adam@example.com' },
    { name: 'Brittany Seaton', email: 'brittany@example2.org' }
  ],
  alarms:[{action: 'display', trigger: [2018,1,3,16,50]}]
}]

ics.createCalendar(events, {productId: "PRODID"}, (error, value) => {
  if (error) {
    console.log(error)
  }

  console.log(value)
  //  BEGIN:VCALENDAR
  //  VERSION:2.0
  //  CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
  //  PRODID:adamgibbons/ics
  //  BEGIN:VEVENT
  //  UID:070bbdd0-a6de-11e7-9552-4faa901a846b
  //  SUMMARY:Bolder Boulder
  //  DTSTAMP:20171002T012300Z
  //  DTSTART:20180530T125000Z
  //  DESCRIPTION:Annual 10-kilometer run in Boulder, Colorado
  //  URL:http://www.bolderboulder.com/
  //  GEO:40.0095;105.2669
  //  LOCATION:Folsom Field, University of Colorado (finish line)
  //  STATUS:CONFIRMED
  //  CATEGORIES:10k races,Memorial Day Weekend,Boulder CO
  //  ATTENDEE;CN=Adam Gibbons:mailto:adam@example.com
  //  ATTENDEE;CN=Brittany Seaton:mailto:brittany@example2.org
  //  BEGIN:VALARM
  //  ACTION:display
  //  DESCRIPTION:Reminder
  //  TRIGGER;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180530T020000Z
  //  END:VALARM
  //  DURATION:PT5H
  //  END:VEVENT
  //  END:VCALENDAR


})
  1. Write an iCalendar file:
import { writeFileSync } from 'fs'
import ics from 'ics'

ics.createEvent({
  title: 'Dinner',
  description: 'Nightly thing I do',
  start: [2018, 1, 15, 6, 30],
  duration: { minutes: 50 }
}, (error, value) => {
  if (error) {
    console.log(error)
  }

  fs.writeFileSync(`${__dirname}/event.ics`, value)
})
  1. Generate multiple events in one iCalendar:

ics.createEvents functionality is on the roadmap, but in the meanwhile, you can do this easily by following this example.

API

createEvent([attributes], {properties}, [callback])

Returns an iCal-compliant text string. If callback is provided, returns a Node-style callback. If callback is not provided, returns an object with error and value properties.

attributes

Object literal containing event information. Only the start property is required. The following properties are accepted:

Property Description Example
start Required. Date and time at which the event begins. [2000, 1, 5, 10, 0] (January 5, 2000 in my timezone)
end Time at which event ends. Either end or duration is required, but not both. [2000, 1, 5, 13, 5] (January 5, 2000 at 1pm)
duration How long the event lasts. Object literal having form { weeks, days, hours, minutes, seconds } Either end or duration is required, but not both. { hours: 1, minutes: 45 } (1 hour and 45 minutes)
title Title of event. 'Code review'
description Description of event. 'A constructive roasting of those seeking to merge into master branch'
location Intended venue Mountain Sun Pub and Brewery.
geo Geographic coordinates (lat/lon) { lat: 38.9072, lon: 77.0369 }
url URL associated with event 'http://www.mountainsunpub.com/'
status Three statuses are allowed: TENTATIVE, CONFIRMED, or CANCELLED` CONFIRMED
organizer Person organizing the event {name: 'Adam Gibbons', email: 'adam@example.com'}
attendees Persons invited to the event [{ name: 'Mo', email: 'mo@foo.com'}, { name: 'Bo', email: 'bo@bar.biz' }]
categories Categories associated with the event ['hacknight', 'stout month']
alarms Alerts that can be set to trigger before, during, or after the event [{ action: 'DISPLAY', trigger: [2000, 1, 4, 18, 30] }]
uid Universal unique id for event, produced by default with uuid/v1. Warning: This value must be globally unique. It is recommended that it follow the RFC 822 addr-spec (i.e. localpart@domain). Including the @domain half is a good way to ensure uniqueness. '28021620-be61-11e7-be87-5f3ab42f0785'

callback

Optional. Node-style callback.

function (err, value) {
  if (err) {
    // if iCal generation fails, err is an object containing the reason
    // if iCal generation succeeds, err is null
  }

  console.log(value) // iCal-compliant text string
}
  1. Write multiple iCalendar files:

in the above example each events are wrapped with calendar wrapper. Now its available just pass the array of events and ProdID

API

createEvent([attributes], {properties}, [callback])

Returns an iCal-compliant text string. If callback is provided, returns a Node-style callback. If callback is not provided, returns an object with error and value properties.

attributes

The same of the createEvent method attributes param.

properties

Property Description Example
productId Product which created ics, PRODID field 'adamgibbons/ics'

callback

The same of the createEvent method callback param.

Develop

Run mocha tests and watch for changes:

npm start

Run tests once and exit:

npm test

Build the project, compiling all ES6 files within the src directory into vanilla JavaScript in the dist directory.

npm run build

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