Flask For Google Calendar (ffgl)

Description

ffgl is a simple web application that uses the Flask web framework to interact with Google Calendar API. This application provides basic OAuth2 flow and lets users view their upcoming Google Calendar events.

Features

OAuth2 Authorization with Google
Retrieves and displays the next 10 events from the primary Google Calendar
Session management with Flask sessions

Installation

To install the application, follow these steps:

Clone this repository to your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/przadka/ffgl.git

Go to the directory:

cd ffgl

Install the requirements using pip:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

Before running the application, you need to set up your Google Client ID and Client Secret:

Go to the Google Developer Console (https://console.developers.google.com/)
Create a new project
Enable the Google Calendar API for your project
Create credentials for a Web application and set the redirect URI to http://localhost:8080/oauth2callback
Save the Client ID and Client Secret

Create a .env file in the project root and add your Client ID, Client Secret and a secret key to secure your client-side session:

CLIENT_ID=<your-client-id>
CLIENT_SECRET=<your-client-secret>
SECRET_KEY=<a-random-string>

To run the application using Flask development server:

python main.py

To run the application using Nox, ensure you have Nox installed (you can install it with pip install nox). Then simply run:

nox

Visit http://localhost:8080 in your web browser, and you'll be greeted with a page that has a link to begin the authorization process. Once authorization is complete, you'll be able to see the next 10 events from your primary Google Calendar.

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