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

[anhanyoung]

@Beh Okay, I apologize because I’m sure this is a very basic question but how do you create an array in the config? I tried doing [], [] but that didn’t work.

Also, I keep getting this error when discovering and press y.

Should vdirsyncer attempt to create it? [y/N]: y
error: Unknown error occurred: [Errno 13] Permission denied: ‘/home/pi’

How can I bypass this?

[anhanyoung]

@sdetweil Any idea why I’m getting an error when running discover and saying yes to sync?

error: Unknown error occurred: [Errno 13] Permission denied: ‘/home/pi’
error: Use -vdebug to see the full traceback.

[sdetweil]

@anhanyoung I do not know anything about this syncing tool, never had to use it

[anhanyoung91]

@Saabman do you know how to get the syncer to work? I keep getting an error saying I don’t have permissions to /home/pi

[sdetweil]

@anhanyoung91 please don’t double post, all posts from users w reputation below 2 are reviewed

[sdetweil]

@anhanyoung how to create array

 name_of_field: [],

you are not just creating an array. you are creating a field that IS an array

[anhanyoung91]

@sdetweil sounds good. Sorry about that. New to this forum and I wanted to tag him too. I suppose I could have just used @

[Saabman]

@anhanyoung91 Hi, I just followed the instructions on the first page.
I did have an issue at one point and it was just because I didn’t follow the instructions exactly as written.
If your getting an error Permission denied: /home/pi to me that sounds like you may not have the path to the vdirsyncer status folder set right. It appears it is trying to write to the /home/pi folder rather than ~/.vdirsyncer/status/

Id go through the steps again and make sure you don’t skip anything.

As for the array issue in the vdirsyncer config I have 2 calendars I sync and the line looks something like this
where home is my main calendar and the random number string is my birthdays calendar.

collections = ["home","57B7E3E-AB79-4DC3-9CF1-A63EB181DB"]

hope that helps

[anhanyoung91]

@Saabman thank you so much for the reply. I’ll trace my steps and give it a shot!

[anhanyoung91]

@Saabman I’ve literally re-done the steps over and over and I keep getting the permissions error. Have any other ideas what might be causing this or how to fix it? Thanks in advance