CalDAV

magicsunday

If you are using the baikal calendar server (https://github.com/fruux/Baikal/releases) you could specify “?export” in you caldav calendar url to get the stuff exported as ICS which will work with the MagicMirror calendar module.

poekel

Hi,
I am using Baikal on my Synology and want to create an ics file of the data.
Can you explain the ?export principle

Thanx!

Beh

@poekel You just add ?export to your calendar URL like this (example for baikal):

https://dav.example.org/dav.php/calendars/[username]/[calendarname]?export

Note, that [calendarname] is the internal name of your calendar in baikal. You can look it up in the baikal admin interface.

In addition: You can use digest authentication instead of basic auth for the calendar module, if you set the sendImmediately option to false.

poekel

Hi,
I have tried this -> https://dav.example.org/dav.php/calendars/[username]/[calendarname]?export already and it ask for a login and password.
When i try this on my mac i get this:

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 296 bytes) in /volume1/web/baikal/vendor/sabre/vobject/lib/Parser/MimeDir.php on line 633

Its the calendar op my wife and she holds a lot of entries (4000)in the calendar and I think that is the problem (memory exhausted) . I does not work…

Any ideas welcome

Beh

Hey @poekel,

You can limit the export with some options. Since baikal uses sabre/dav you can use the options provided on the sabre/dav website here.

Maybe it is helpful for you, if you limit the export with the start and/or end options. You have to use unix timestamps for this. Converters can be found easily via a google search.

Here’s an example:

http://dav.example.org/calendars/user1/mycalendar?export&start=1391707119&end=1391707215

Maybe you just want to use the start option with today’s value. This would suffice for now I think…

poekel

Hi,
Thanx for all the help. It looks like a short workshop Baikal :)
I dont know if i am on the right track. I want to automate it. That is that items in the calendar show up on the mirror.
Is’nt there a simple way ? ( Export to some ics file ?)

Thanx!
Poekel

Beh

@poekel I don’t know, if I understand this right. But the ?export option already triggers a download for an .ics file (with all calendar events). I’m using this on my mirror with baikal and it works fine…

poekel

Hi,
The command works fine and i converted the time/datestamps. I think there is something wrong with the stamps, because
i get a file of 146 bytes whatever i do…
I have to play with it. :)
How do you keep the calendar up-to-date on the mirror ?
( my wife holds the calendars for all the family members so …)

poekel

Hi,
How do you append the username and password ?
I think it works but it gives me a Authorization failed.

Poekel

poekel

Beh,
I think i have got the right syntax to retrieve the ics files from baikal.
Can you explain how you did it on the mirror?