Is there an easy way to import birthdays from my friends in Facebook into my calendar in Google?
Bonus points if it's possible to keep the birthday events automatically in sync (e.g. when I add new friends on Facebook, etc.).
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You can get an iCal link for your Upcoming Events (or Birthdays) that you can import into Google Calendar which will automatically stay up to date.
In Facebook:
- Go to your Events.
- On the left sidebar, click Calendar
Go to the lower right portion of the page, where you'll see a message with two links:
Save the URL for the Upcoming Events link. (This will vary by browser/OS, but is generally something like right-click and Copy link address)
The URL should be similar to:
webcal://www.facebook.com/ical/u.php?uid=999999999&key=AbCDEf12345AAcd-f
(Your actual uid and key values will be different, of course.)
In Google Calendar:
Scroll down and open the Other calendars menu (on the left)
Choose Add by URL
Paste the webcal URL in the URL space then Add Calendar
You should now have a calendar {Your Name}'s Facebook Events listed under Other Calendars and can change the color, details, etc. as needed.
See also: Facebook Help - How do I export my events or friends' birthdays?
If you use Yahoo mail there is a way of doing this. In Yahoo Contacts you can import your Face Book Contacts. Once they are imported you will will have to go to each individual that you would like your birthday updates from and choose to "Get Updates" They will get a request to allow you to get the updates. once this is done you will get the updaes from a group of friends into your yahoo mailbox. If you don't use yahoo then you can set up a forwarding rule to forward the updates to your Email Address.
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Best Answer
Sign in to Facebook and go to your Birthday Events. Clicking on the button with the magnifying glass, you will see an option to “Export Birthdays...”
The Export Birthdays dialog will give you a URL which you can then add to Google Calendars, iCal, Outlook or whatever your favourite calendar application is.