MMM-MyCalendar

[A Former User]

Hello everyone, do you know how i can add my google calender to my mirror please ??

[j.e.f.f]

@PCPAYN3 It works the same way you would do it for the default calendar module.

Config details here:
https://github.com/jclarke0000/MMM-MyCalendar

which are more or less identical to configuring the default calendar:
https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/tree/develop/modules/default/calendar

The only tricky part is getting the ics link for your google calendar. See here for instructions:
https://www.smsclientreminders.com/how_to_share_your_calendar_with_other_applications#google

I hope this helps!

• Jeff

[kruemel]

@j-e-f-f thank you :-)

[A Former User]

@j.e.f.f Thank you I will look into this.

[A Former User]

@j.e.f.f I have tried to set this up and all I’m getting on the screen is the time & date at the top and then calendar loading ??

[j.e.f.f]

@PCPAYN3 are you trying to set up up your google calendar? Do you have the .ics link for it?

[A Former User]

@j.e.f.f hi yes i am, and have the ics link.

[j.e.f.f]

@PCPAYN3 can your post your config? Hide your ics link, but post the rest.

[A Former User]

This post is deleted!

[j.e.f.f]

@PCPAYN3 Two things:

1. Your config is trying to configure the default calendar module, not MMM-MyCalendar. The config for MMM-MyCalendar looks something like this:

    {
      module: "MMM-MyCalendar",
      position: "top_left",
      classes: "default everyone",
      header: "Upcoming",
      disabled: false,
      config: {
        colored: true,
        maximumNumberOfDays: 30,
        maximumEntries: 5,
        fade: false,
        maxTitleLength: 500,
        useRelativeDates: false,
        dayOfWeekFormat: "dddd",
        timeFormat: "h:mm A",
        dateFormat: "MMMM D",
        joiningWord: "at",
        urgency: 1,
        calendars: [
          {
            url: "https://calendar.google.com/path/to/your/basic.ics",
            color: "#ffb350"
          },
          {
            url: "https://calendar.google.com/path/to/another/basic.ics",
            color: "#ff77d4"
          }
        ]
      }
    },    

2. You should delete your post above. It contains your private ICS link – this is what I meant for you to hide when I mentioned it above – as well as you app id for the weather module. That’s all information you should keep secret, and edit out before you post your config in the forum.

[A Former User]

@j.e.f.f Hi jeff I have replaced the code as you said in the config file and still nothing :/ its showing the clock but nothing else on the page. Not even the loading anymore. Any ideas? & I think ive deleted my other post, it shows as greyed out now.

[j.e.f.f]

@PCPAYN3 Can you confirm you installed the module by following these steps:

1. Navigate to the MagicMirror/modules directory
2. Execute git clone https://github.com/jclarke0000/MMM-MyCalendar.git
3. Add the relevant configuration to config.js
4. Restart Magic Mirror

And yes, your post shows as deleted.

[A Former User]

@j.e.f.f Thanks @j-e-f-f no I didn’t do that, I have done it now. And trying it out. Sorry im new to this, and really appreciate your help.

[A Former User]

@j.e.f.f After reboot it is now showing the second calendar i entered for UK holidays but not the top one which was my google calendar :( any ideas?

[A Former User]

@j.e.f.f Sorry to keep bothering you, i have everything on the screen now apart from the google calender. Can i embed in as an iframe on the html page? As i am familiar with html.

[j.e.f.f]

@PCPAYN3 google calendar should work – I’m using two separate google calendars with mine.

You can confirm that you got your ics link by following these instructions?

(full instructions here: https://www.smsclientreminders.com/how_to_share_your_calendar_with_other_applications#google)

[A Former User]

@j.e.f.f Hi jeff yes thats what ive done and got that link and still not showing. Do i edit the module to show this link? Or in the config file? As i tried to also edit the .js file in the MMM-Calendar module but it said permission denied when saving.

[A Former User]

As I know, private calendar sharing works only in Google Calendar. If you want to use calendar in other application, you should use public calendar. (I might be wrong.)

[j.e.f.f]

I worked with @PCPAYN3 over chat to figure out this issue. For anyone else this might help, the problem was as follows:

The following error came up in the log:
Error: dates lower than Thu Jan 01 1970 00:00:00 GMT-0500 (EST) are not supported

A bit of Googling pointed me to this thread:
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/2208/calendar-shows-no-entries-after-mm-update/29?page=3

Apparently the problem is that there is an entry in the calendar that has a date prior to Jan 1, 1970. The solution was to edit the following file:

/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/rrule-alt/lib/rrule.js

and change the ORDINAL_BASE property on line 56 to an earlier date.

example, I changed:
ORDINAL_BASE: new Date(1970, 0, 1),

to
ORDINAL_BASE: new Date(1900, 0, 1),

and then the calendar worked.

[zzaidi148]

@j.e.f.f Hi Jeff! I love your module and its been easily booting up nicely. However, I tried adding two of my google calendars on it, and as I booted the module it up, it loaded and said no upcoming events. While today I dont have any events, tomorrow I do. I set the max number of days in the future to a huge number but stilll nothing. Any ideas?