Sync private iCloud calendar with MagicMirror

mr190e

@mr190e said in Sync private iCloud calendar with MagicMirror:

@ggfuzzy Where is that file? I’m too much of a noob to find it :D

Seems like I got to work again.

First of all, I installed vdirsyncer via
“sudo apt-get install vdirsyncer”,
and not using pip.

Second the command to start the systemd timer
systemctl --user enable vdirsyncer.timer
did not work at all. When typing
systemctl --user status vdirsyncer.timer
It always said the timer was dead. So I started it with its start command:
systemctl --user start vdirsyncer.timer

Third, I made the modification to vdirsyncer.service as suggested by @Beh
Run

which vdirsyncer

And remember the path. After, edit the vdirsyncer.service file

sudo nano /etc/systemd/user/vdirsyncer.service

Correct the right path after “ExecStart”. My .service file looks like this:

[Unit]
Description=Synchronize calendars and contacts
Documentation=https://vdirsyncer.readthedocs.org/

[Service]
ExecStart=/home/pi/.local/bin/vdirsyncer sync
RuntimeMaxSec=3m
Restart=on-failure

spor4

I get the the message:
Error in calendar module. Check logs for more details.

ERROR] Calendar Error. Could not fetch calendar: http://localhost:8080/modules/0505190Dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.ics Error: Not Found
at NodeHelper.checkFetchStatus (/home/pi/MagicMirror/js/node_helper.js:121:9)

it would be awesome if somebody can help me.

sdetweil

@spor4 said in Sync private iCloud calendar with MagicMirror:

modules/0505190Dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.ics

where did the syncher put the ics file… cause its not there
ps, on linux/raspina all filenames are case sensitive

cd ~/MagicMirror/modules

ls -laF
to see the file list

spor4

@sdetweil
thank you very much. I moved the file to /modules and not it is working. Unfortunately now it says “no upcoming events.”

sdetweil

@spor4 that file should just be text

u can edit it
it should look like this layout

BEGIN:VCALENDAR
BEGIN:VEVENT
...
END:VEVENT
repeat for all events
END:VCALENDAR

spor4

@sdetweil sorry for asking stupid (total noob), I should edit the .ics file with the text editor into this?
If I do so it says Error in calendar module. Check logs for more details. again

BEGIN:VCALENDAR
BEGIN:VEVENT
…
END:VEVENT
repeat for all events
END:VCALENDAR

sdetweil

@spor4 no. you are going to look at the generated ics file and see if it contains the format I described

spor4

@sdetweil no it’s empty

sdetweil

@spor4 then thats why no events on the calendar…

so the syncher didn’t work correctly

now you need someone elses help on that problem

Saabman

Just wanted to say thanks for posting these instructions just secured my calendar. Much apreciated