Send invites with google calendar API

3
votes

I have a Java Spring API where I want to integrate Google Calendar.

The task:

  • Basically creating an event for two attendees (users) and send them an invite with the option to accept/decline (standard GCalendar invite)

I tried this example here: https://developers.google.com/google-apps/calendar/quickstart/java

But I think this is not the right one since I authenticate as a user - or do I need this to send them invites via email?

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

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javaspringcalendargoogle-calendar-api

3 Answers

3
votes

Try setting the notification to true.

sendNotifications

  • Whether to send notifications about the creation of the new event. Optional. The default is False.

In the Try this API (Events: insert):

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I'm not very familiar with java but try using this code as suggested in a related SO post.

Event createdEvent = calendario.events().insert("[email protected]", event).setSendNotifications(true).execute();

Hope this helps.

2
votes

you need to add .setSendNotifications(true) just before execute(). this line is not there in google calendar example

1
votes

sendNotifications is depreciated.

You should use "sendUpdates" in de querystring, e.g. javascript:

    let request = gapi.client.calendar.events.insert({
        "calendarId": workCalendar,
        "resource": newEvent,
        "sendUpdates": "externalOnly"
    });