Why does google calendar API v3 PHP throw this error when posting to calendar but not when getting info?

Question

I'm attempting to use the Google Calendar API version3 (PHP) to manage calendars.

I can easily retrieve information regarding a calendar such as calendar names and calendar lists, but I am unsuccessful in actually 'writing' to a calendar such as adding events or creating a secondary calendar. I always receive the following error in my attempt.

Anybody out there that can help? I have looked everywhere in Google's documentation but can't find any answers.

The error (if trying to post, not retrieve info):

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'apiServiceException' with message 'Error calling POST https://www.googleapis.com/calendar/v3/calendars?key=eyfheufheuwehwi: (400) Invalid Value' in /home/incs/google-api-php-client/src/io/apiREST.php:86 Stack trace: #0 /home/incs/google-api-php-client/src/io/apiREST.php(56): apiREST::decodeHttpResponse(Object(apiHttpRequest)) #1 /home/incs/google-api-php-client/src/service/apiServiceResource.php(187): apiREST::execute(Object(apiServiceRequest)) #2 /home/incs/google-api-php-client/src/contrib/apiCalendarService.php(228): apiServiceResource->__call('insert', Array) #3 /home/public_html/gateway/google/index.php(130): CalendarsServiceResource->insert(Object(Calendar)) #4 {main} thrown in /home/incs/google-api-php-client/src/io/apiREST.php on line 86

the code (by the way my access keys are set in the config.php hence the commented $client lines)

require("/home/incs/google-api-php-client/src/apiClient.php");
require("/home/incs/google-api-php-client/src/contrib/apiCalendarService.php");
session_start();

$client = new apiClient();
$client->setApplicationName("Google Calendar PHP Starter Application");

// Visit https://code.google.com/apis/console?api=calendar to generate your
// client id, client secret, and to register your redirect uri.
// $client->setClientId('insert_your_oauth2_client_id');
// $client->setClientSecret('insert_your_oauth2_client_secret');
// $client->setRedirectUri('insert_your_oauth2_redirect_uri');
// $client->setDeveloperKey('insert_your_developer_key');
$service = new apiCalendarService($client);
if (isset($_GET['logout'])) 
{
  unset($_SESSION['token']);
}

if (isset($_GET['code'])) 
{
  $client->authenticate();
  $_SESSION['token'] = $client->getAccessToken();
  header('Location: http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
}

if (isset($_SESSION['token'])) 
{
  $client->setAccessToken($_SESSION['token']);
}

if ($client->getAccessToken()) 
{

  $calendar = new Calendar();
  $calendar->setSummary('calendarSummary');
  $calendar->setTimeZone('American/Los_Angeles');

  $createdCalendar = $service->calendars->insert($calendar);


  $calList = $service->calendarList->listCalendarList();
  print "<h1>Calendar List</h1><pre>" . print_r($calList, true) . "</pre>";


  $_SESSION['token'] = $client->getAccessToken();
} 
else 
{
  $authUrl = $client->createAuthUrl();
  print "<a class='login' href='$authUrl'>Connect Me!</a>";
}

flukyspore flukyspore · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-03T03:31:51

As it is right now, Google has an error in their code sample (which is where I got the code that I pasted here). In that sample the following needs to be corrected for it to work:

$calendar->setTimeZone('American/Los_Angeles');

needs to be corrected to

$calendar->setTimeZone('America/Los_Angeles');

And then no error will be thrown.

Why does google calendar API v3 PHP throw this error when posting to calendar but not when getting info?

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