/csv-to-ics

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CSV to ICS Converter

This repository contains a script to convert a CSV file with event details into an ICS file.

Prerequisites

  • Python 3.7 or higher
  • pandas library
  • icalendar library
  • pytz library

Installation

  1. Create and activate a new Conda environment:

    conda create --name calendar_env python=3.7
conda activate calendar_env

  2. Install the required packages:

    conda install -c conda-forge pandas pytz
pip install icalendar

Usage

  1. Prepare your CSV file with the following headers:

    • Subject
    • Start Date
    • Start Time
    • End Date
    • End Time
    • All Day
    • Description
    • Location

  2. Run the script:

    python csv_to_ics.py input.csv output.ics --timezone 'US/Eastern'

    Replace input.csv with the path to your CSV file and output.ics with the desired path for the ICS file. The time zone is set to 'US/Eastern' by default.

Example

An example CSV file (test_data.csv) is provided in this repository. You can use it to test the script:

python csv_to_ics.py test_data.csv output.ics --timezone 'US/Eastern'