Gmail – Can Google Calendar still automatically detect events in Gmail

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I seem to recall a few years ago when Google Calendar first came out, that it regularly detected events in your email, and proposed turning them into Calendar items. It would look for words like "when: tomorrow" etc, and parse them.

These days it doesn't do that. Is there a way to get this functionality back? Did Google ditch it for some reason?

Best Answer

While it won't automatically turn email data into a calendar event, Google Calendar will still detect 'event information' and display an 'Add to calendar' option.

To keep the full email text in the event item you can also forward the email to yourself and choose 'Add Event Invitation'. More information about this option is available on the Google Calendar forums.

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Werner,

Using Google Calendar's API with JSON-C or ATOM seems to be a clean way to add events to your calendar. You may have to read up on how the authentication is processed, but the JSON code could be as simple as the following:


POST /calendar/feeds/default/private/full HTTP/1.1
Host: www.google.com 
Authorization: ... 
Content-Type: application/json
GData-Version: 2.0 
Content-Length: 233

{
 "data": {
   "title": "Tennis with Beth",
   "details": "Meet for a quick lesson.",
   "transparency": "opaque",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "location": "Rolling Lawn Courts",
   "when": [
     {
       "start": "2010-04-17T15:00:00.000Z",
       "end": "2010-04-17T17:00:00.000Z"
     }
   ]
 }
}

Here's the blog post that will help you to do just that.

Google Calendar – How to Hide Events

It is not possible to do any change if the calendar is in 'Other Calendars' and read only (looks like it is from your screenshot). In such situation I use right click on the event and 'copy to my calendar' link which creates duplicate of event in my calendar of choice. Then I change color and add e.g. 'DONE' keyword. It is not ideal workaround but at least I can visually distinguish between TODO and finished items.

Other option (especially in case the schedule is stable) would be to import calendar from iCal or CSV instead of adding it to 'Other Calendars'. If imported, the calendar belongs to you and you can change individual item properties/delete or move items.

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