Google-calendar – Workarounds for quick add in Google Calendar

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I often get event information in Text format like this:

Fri 7:30 Live From the Spanish Ballroom: Gretchen Midgley
Fri 8pm Evelyn and her New Orleans Jazz Band - LIVE from NOLA
Sat 6:30 Movin' & Groovin'! Featuring Amy Johnson & Todd Yanacone
Sat 7pm The Salon: Quarantine Speakeasy (Oct 24th)
Sun noon Solo Jazz with Nils Andren!
Sun 2pm Performance and Fundraiser for Furloughed Knoxville Symphony Musicians

Entering this info into my Google Calendar by hand is onerous to say the least. There used to be a quick add but there is apparently a patent issue around this with Microsoft (?) so this was removed from Google Calendar and Gmail?

Workaround 1: Mac Calendar / Mac Mail (partial solution)

I have my Mac Calendar synced with Google Calendar. If I email myself this data there is partial detection of the event, and when I hover over the time I get an arrow I can click to add to my Mac Calendar, but it doesn't get the title right (it's) blank.

Any other ideas?

Best Answer

Learn how to use Google Calendar API, and you can write your own program in php, python, or a couple other choices.

It may take a while to get it right but longer term its worth it, and the knowledge you gain from doing it makes it even more worth it.