Action: iCal Event Detector

This action references a public iCal resource and searches for the next instance, from now, of a target event. Returns the following as output to be used in additional action steps:

• summary - the summary (or title) of the event
• description - the full event description
• start - in format: 2013-03-01T00:00:00+01:00
• end - in format: 2013-03-01T00:00:00+01:00

Throws an error if no matching event is found

Inputs

ical-address

Required The full URL to a public iCal resource.

The iCal output of a publically shared Google Calendar can be accessed using the calendar's resource address:

"https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/**calendar-resource-address**/public/basic.ics"

event-summary

Required The event summary (the title). Matches any event that contains at least the event-summary input value.

lookahead-days

Required The number of days from today to look ahead to find a match.

Default: 365

Outputs

summary

The event summary, which is the title in Google Calendar

description

The detailed event description

start

Event start date in format: 2013-03-01T00:00:00+01:00

end

Event end datetime in format: 2013-03-01T00:00:00+01:00

Example usage

uses: andyschwab/action-ical-event@v1
id: my-event
with:
  ical-address: 'https://mysite.com/mycal.ics'
  event-summary: 'Happy Birthday to Me'
  lookahead-days: 45