Sync private iCloud calendar with MagicMirror

[Maros]

noone ? i realy want to see upcomming birthday but i’m not able to get it work

[Maros]

i’ve tried to remove module MMM-iCloud-Client
(rm -rf MMM-iCloud-Client in modules dir)

then i’ve installed it from beginning as written in Readme

when i’ve executed “npm install” in MMM-iCloud-Client directory i get this information :
/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-iCloud-Client $ npm install
npm WARN deprecated node-uuid@1.4.8: Use uuid module instead
npm notice created a lockfile as package-lock.json. You should commit this file.
added 59 packages from 71 contributors and audited 74 packages in 14.839s
found 1 low severity vulnerability
run npm audit fix to fix them, or npm audit for details

i’ve executed “npm audit” and error is according lodash

i’ve tried also “npm audit fix” but i get

/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-iCloud-Client $ npm install
npm WARN deprecated node-uuid@1.4.8: Use uuid module instead
npm notice created a lockfile as package-lock.json. You should commit this file.
added 59 packages from 71 contributors and audited 74 packages in 14.839s
found 1 low severity vulnerability
run npm audit fix to fix them, or npm audit for details

i’ve searched and tried to install lodash manually by “npm install lodash”

/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-iCloud-Client $ npm install lodash

• lodash@4.17.10
  updated 1 package and audited 74 packages in 7.673s
  found 1 low severity vulnerability
  run npm audit fix to fix them, or npm audit for details

can someone help ? I’m not sure if this is root cause why Birthday is not working as it should but this is the only error i can see.

[Maros]

Or is there any posibility how to add birthday ? Google calendar maybe?

[justjim1220]

@maros

there is a default calendar module that automatically came with MM2

And there are others, I personally like MMM-CalendarExt.

[Maros]

Yes but is there possibility to add birthday calendar ?
Icloud or google ?

[justjim1220]

@maros

I work mainly with Google, I haven’t personally used iCloud. Have also worked with Yahoo and Hotmail. Google is my favorite…

This is my list of calendars:

And, this is how I put into my calendar module…

"calendars": [
  {
    "name": "Family Stuff",
    "symbol": "heart@fa",
    "url": "Calendar link here",
    "interval": 24*60*60*1000
  },
  {
    "name": "US Holiday",
    "url": "Calendar link here",
    "symbol": "gift@fa",
    "interval": 24*60*60*1000,
    "maxEntries": 50, "maxDays":365
  },
  {
     "name": "Birthdays",
     "symbol": "birthday-cake",
     "url": "Calendar link here"
  },
  {
  // "name": "KC Chiefs",
     "symbol": "football-ball@fa",
     "url": "Calendar link here",
     "interval": 24*60*60*1000
  },
  {
     "name": "NFL Games",
     "url": "Calendar link here",
     "symbol": "football-ball@fa",
     "interval": 24*60*60*1000
  },
  {
     "name": "NFL Playoff Games",
     "url": "Calendar link here",
     "symbol": "football-ball@fa",
     "interval": 24*60*60*1000
  },
],

[Albinolan]

@justjim1220 We are all able to do that, to clarify the issue. The objective is to find a way to use an iCloud calendar without having a public url, which is what your google calendar is currently using. By using a public URL, web crawlers are able to find and read your calendar events.

[Albinolan]

@maros you can add the bday calendar in the default calendar module by making your iCloud calendar public (tick the box circled in this screenshot), and you should be given a link that you can copy into the config file.
If you want to use google calendars, it should be similar. Just look up how to publicly share a google calendar, and get the link from there to put into your config.

[Albinolan]

@maros One problem (which this thread was originally trying to solve) was the inability to prevent others from accessing the calendar. If a web crawler can find your link, they too will be able to read your calendar.

[Maros]

@Albinolan but in icloud calendar Birthday calendar have not option to public.

it’s marked as others

@justjim1220 i’ve tried also this in gmail i’ve copied url for birthday calendar (public url to this calendar) and add it to my calendar module

{
symbol: “calendar”,
url: “https://calendar.google.com/calendar/xxxxxxxxxxxx”
},

but it’s not showing any upcomming birthday

ok i’ve made temporary solution but it’s not ideal …

what i’ve done - open Google Calendar - Export and Import
exported all calendars to .ics
i’ve copied birthday calendar to rpi (using scp birthday.ics pi@:MagicMirror/modules/calendars)

in config.js i’ve creaded new entry for newly created calendar.

problem is it’s static so if you want to add new birthday you have to edit file birthday.ics