Generate VFREEBUSY component in iCal file from Google calendar

Question

I am trying to generate an iCal file from Google Calendar (http://calendar.google.com) after updating events in calendar. When I try to download the iCal from a url I always get following:

BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//Google Inc//Google Calendar 70.9054//EN
VERSION:2.0
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150408
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150416
DTSTAMP:20150406T041534Z
UID:[email protected]
CLASS:PUBLIC
CREATED:20150404T171907Z
DESCRIPTION:TEST
LAST-MODIFIED:20150406T041101Z
LOCATION:TEST
SEQUENCE:0
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:TEST
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR

Now instead of "VEVENT" I want to have "VFREEBUSY" component. How can I get that ?

I have tried options like enabling "Share only my free/busy information (Hide details)" in Google Calendar Sharing settings. But still I get the same "VEVENT" and not "VFREEBUSY" component. I also set "Show me as:" as "Busy" in every event I created in calendar. But I never see "VFREEBUSY" component in iCal.

I was able to get this resolved. I should specify time when creating events, the Google Calendar will then generate VFREEBUSY component for each of the event. — SOF User

SOF User SOF User · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-07T09:00:18

I was able to get this resolved. I should specify time when creating events in calendar, the Google Calendar will then generate VFREEBUSY component for each of the event.

Generate VFREEBUSY component in iCal file from Google calendar

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