anyone syncing orgmode calendar with google cal, and if so how?

anyone syncing orgmode calendar with google cal, and if so how?

[Xebar Saram]

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Hi all

i was wondering if anyone was syncing orgmode calendar with google cal, and
if so how? i tried this

https://github.com/myuhe/org-gcal.el/issues

which gave errors all the time and thus stopped being usable

im looking for a robust solution. any ideas?

best

Z

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Re: anyone syncing orgmode calendar with google cal, and if so how?

[Eric S Fraga]

On Monday,  5 Oct 2015 at 09:46, Xebar Saram wrote:
> Hi all
>
> i was wondering if anyone was syncing orgmode calendar with google cal, and
> if so how? i tried this

I sync org with Google's calendar using MobileOrg on my phone as the
intermediary.  Generally works quite well.  I would be using MobileOrg
regardless so calendar synchronisation is a very nice bonus.
-- 
: Eric S Fraga (0xFFFCF67D), Emacs 24.5.1, Org release_8.3.1-203-g4ca3d3

Re: anyone syncing orgmode calendar with google cal, and if so how?

[Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo]

Xebar Saram writes:

> i was wondering if anyone was syncing orgmode calendar with 
> google cal, and if so how? i tried this 
> 
> https://github.com/myuhe/org-gcal.el/issues 
> 
> which gave errors all the time and thus stopped being usable 
> 
> im looking for a robust solution. any ideas?

I export the agenda using org-icalendar-combine-agenda-files. If 
you have access to a server, it is enough to point 
org-icalendar-combined-agenda-file to the right location in your 
server and then adding the ics file location in google calendar 
(Other calendars/Add by URL). You can automate this with a timer:

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
  (org-icalendar-combined-agenda-file 
  "~/public_html/calendar.ics")
  (run-with-idle-timer (* 60 60) t 
  'org-icalendar-combine-agenda-files) 
#+END_SRC

If you do not have access to a server, you could use github 
(https://pages.github.com/) or bitbucket 
(https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucket/publishing-a-website-on-bitbucket-221449776.html) 
to create a website for your account. Then you can point 
org-icalendar-combined-agenda-file to the repo of your website and 
commit and push every time that you export the agenda to the ics 
file. In this case change org-icalendar-combined-agenda-file 
accordingly.

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
  (org-icalendar-combined-agenda-file 
  "/path/to/personal/website/repo/calendar.ics")
#+END_SRC

If you do not like timers, you can also automate the process 
creating an sh file:

#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
  #!/bin/bash
  emacsclient -a '' -e "(org-icalendar-combine-agenda-files nil)"
  cd /path/to/personal/website/repo
  git add calendar.ics
  git commit -m "Update calendar"
  git push
#+END_EXAMPLE

And then using a cronjob.

Best,

-- 
Jorge.

Re: anyone syncing orgmode calendar with google cal, and if so how?

[Rainer M Krug]

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Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:

> On Monday,  5 Oct 2015 at 09:46, Xebar Saram wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> i was wondering if anyone was syncing orgmode calendar with google cal, and
>> if so how? i tried this
>
> I sync org with Google's calendar using MobileOrg on my phone as the
> intermediary.  Generally works quite well.  I would be using MobileOrg
> regardless so calendar synchronisation is a very nice bonus.

Interesting - Android or iOS? if iOS - I would like to know how you do
it.

Cheers,

Rainer

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Re: anyone syncing orgmode calendar with google cal, and if so how?

[Fabrice Popineau]

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I have build a merge of elisp code from 2 people (org-gcal and
google-calendar) and enhanced it a little bit.
I can sync both ways from Emacs.
The code is ugly, so I won't publish it. But if anybody wants to clean it
up and make it more solid, I'll send it.

Fabrice

2015-10-05 19:45 GMT+02:00 Rainer M Krug <Rainer@krugs.de>:

> Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:
>
> > On Monday,  5 Oct 2015 at 09:46, Xebar Saram wrote:
> >> Hi all
> >>
> >> i was wondering if anyone was syncing orgmode calendar with google cal,
> and
> >> if so how? i tried this
> >
> > I sync org with Google's calendar using MobileOrg on my phone as the
> > intermediary.  Generally works quite well.  I would be using MobileOrg
> > regardless so calendar synchronisation is a very nice bonus.
>
> Interesting - Android or iOS? if iOS - I would like to know how you do
> it.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rainer
>
> --
> Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation
> Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)
>
> Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology
> Stellenbosch University
> South Africa
>
> Tel :       +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44
> Cell:       +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98
> Fax :       +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44
>
> Fax (D):    +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44
>
> email:      Rainer@krugs.de
>
> Skype:      RMkrug
>
> PGP: 0x0F52F982
>



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Re: anyone syncing orgmode calendar with google cal, and if so how?

[James Richardson]

Fabrice Popineau writes:

> I have build a merge of elisp code from 2 people (org-gcal and
> google-calendar) and enhanced it a little bit.
> I can sync both ways from Emacs.
> The code is ugly, so I won't publish it. But if anybody wants to clean it
> up and make it more solid, I'll send it.
>

I would like to see the code, perhaps we can make something usable.

-- 
James

Re: anyone syncing orgmode calendar with google cal, and if so how?

[Julien Cubizolles]

Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi all
>
> i was wondering if anyone was syncing orgmode calendar with google cal, and
> if so how? i tried this
>
> https://github.com/myuhe/org-gcal.el/issues
>
> which gave errors all the time and thus stopped being usable
>
> im looking for a robust solution. any ideas?

I'm using org-caldav, it's working fine for me.

Julien.

Re: anyone syncing orgmode calendar with google cal, and if so how?

[Julien Cubizolles]

Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi all
>
> i was wondering if anyone was syncing orgmode calendar with google cal, and
> if so how? i tried this
>
> https://github.com/myuhe/org-gcal.el/issues
>
> which gave errors all the time and thus stopped being usable
>
> im looking for a robust solution. any ideas?

I'm using org-caldav, it's working fine for me.

Julien.

Re: anyone syncing orgmode calendar with google cal, and if so how?

[Julien Cubizolles]

Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi all
>
> i was wondering if anyone was syncing orgmode calendar with google cal, and
> if so how? i tried this
>
> https://github.com/myuhe/org-gcal.el/issues
>
> which gave errors all the time and thus stopped being usable
>
> im looking for a robust solution. any ideas?

I'm using org-caldav, it's working fine for me.

Julien.

Re: anyone syncing orgmode calendar with google cal, and if so how?

[Eric S Fraga]

On Tuesday,  6 Oct 2015 at 12:21, Julien Cubizolles wrote:
> I'm using org-caldav, it's working fine for me.

How do you have this working with Google?  It quit working for me due to
authentication changes at the Google end.  I cannot remember the details
unfortunately.

-- 
: Eric S Fraga (0xFFFCF67D), Emacs 25.0.50.2, Org release_8.3.1-270-g256fef

Re: anyone syncing orgmode calendar with google cal, and if so how?

[Julien Cubizolles]

Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:

> On Tuesday,  6 Oct 2015 at 12:21, Julien Cubizolles wrote:
>> I'm using org-caldav, it's working fine for me.
>
> How do you have this working with Google?  It quit working for me due to
> authentication changes at the Google end.  I cannot remember the details
> unfortunately.

Just followed the instructions on the github README page. I've not
looked this authentification problem in Google but from what I gathered
it's still working using the old endpoint for the time being. I'll
reconsider when it won't.

Re: anyone syncing orgmode calendar with google cal, and if so how?

[Eric S Fraga]

On Tuesday,  6 Oct 2015 at 16:45, Julien Cubizolles wrote:
> Just followed the instructions on the github README page. I've not
> looked this authentification problem in Google but from what I gathered
> it's still working using the old endpoint for the time being. I'll
> reconsider when it won't.

Interesting.  I cannot remember what happened but org-caldav stopped
working and so I went back to using MobileOrg.  I'll stick to what I
have for now but it's good to know that there still exist alternative
approaches, especially for the OP.

-- 
: Eric S Fraga (0xFFFCF67D), Emacs 25.0.50.2, Org release_8.3.1-270-g256fef

Re: anyone syncing orgmode calendar with google cal, and if so how?

[Guido Van Hoecke]

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Eric,

Am I correct to assume that you're speaking about MobileOrg on an Android
phone?

I can't see how my iPhone's MobileOrg would allow me to sync with Google,
or am I completely missing out on such an important functionality?

Guido

On 5 October 2015 at 17:09, Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> wrote:

> On Monday,  5 Oct 2015 at 09:46, Xebar Saram wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > i was wondering if anyone was syncing orgmode calendar with google cal,
> and
> > if so how? i tried this
>
> I sync org with Google's calendar using MobileOrg on my phone as the
> intermediary.  Generally works quite well.  I would be using MobileOrg
> regardless so calendar synchronisation is a very nice bonus.
> --
> : Eric S Fraga (0xFFFCF67D), Emacs 24.5.1, Org release_8.3.1-203-g4ca3d3
>
>

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Re: anyone syncing orgmode calendar with google cal, and if so how?

[Eric S Fraga]

On Wednesday,  7 Oct 2015 at 13:46, Guido Van Hoecke wrote:
> Eric,
>
> Am I correct to assume that you're speaking about MobileOrg on an Android
> phone?

yes, sorry, I should have been more clear.  Android version of
MobileOrg.  I know nothing about the iOS version.
-- 
: Eric S Fraga (0xFFFCF67D), Emacs 25.0.50.2, Org release_8.3.2-161-gd2ac25

Re: anyone syncing orgmode calendar with google cal, and if so how?

[Guido Van Hoecke]

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On 7 October 2015 at 13:56, Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> wrote:

> On Wednesday,  7 Oct 2015 at 13:46, Guido Van Hoecke wrote:
> > Eric,
> >
> > Am I correct to assume that you're speaking about MobileOrg on an Android
> > phone?
>
> yes, sorry, I should have been more clear.

​​
​​


> Android version of
> ​ ​
> MobileOrg.


​No prob, thanks for the answer,

Guido​

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