About the Google Calendar channel

Google Calendar is a free time-management web application offered by Google.

How to Connect

1. On the My pipelines page, click Create pipelines. Enter name, description, and tag fields and click the Create Pipelines button. The pipelines wizard displays:
   
   
2. From the wizard you choose the connections for the first steps of your pipeline. When you choose a type, you'll add the channels and steps for your first steps. You can always add more steps later. A Triggered pipeline is started by a specific event in real-time. A Scheduled pipeline will start according to a schedule. A Manual pipeline only starts manually. Once you've completed the wizard, you'll be prompted for connection detail, if necessary. If you are an experienced builder, click the Start from scratch button and then from the right side of the page, choose the All to list all available channels.
3. Expand Google Calendar in the list of channels and click Connect to Google Calendar.
   
4. Review the permissions that Pipelines will receive once connected. Your permissions are based on your existing Google account. You can select specific permissions or allow all the options. Google Calendar permissions are required. When finished click Connect to Google Calendar.
   
   
5. Sign in with your Google credentials and click Authorize.
6. Agree to allow Pipelines access to your Google account by clicking Allow.

Note: Your functionality and integration may be different depending on your permissions.

How to reconnect the Google Calendar channel

You may need to reconnect your account to a channel. Reasons may be (but not limited to):

• If you need to connect a different account.

• Authorization updates, such as a changed password.

• Editing the access rights that Pipelines has to the channel.

Review the permissions that Pipelines will receive once connected. Your permissions are based on your existing Google account. You can select specific permissions or allow all the options. Google Calendar permissions are required. When finished click Connect to Google Calendar.

To reconnect:

1. Select a pipeline that already has Google Calendar in it.
2. Open a step containing Google Calendar.
3. Under account, select Connect (or reconnect) and follow the process above, How to connect.
   

 

Steps

The steps you can use with Google Calendar fall under two categories: Calendars and Events

Type	Name	Description
Calendars
Action	Add a Calendar	Adds a calendar.
Action	Update Calendar	Updates a specific calendar.
Action	Delete Calendar	Deletes a specific calendar.
Query	Search Calendar	Finds all matching calendars to your search term and returns a list.
Action	Fetch a Linked Calendar	Fetches a linked calendar from a resource you specify.
Action	Look Up a Calendar	Looks up a calendar from a resource you specify.
Events
Trigger	Event Created	Triggers when an event is added to a calendar event.
Trigger	Event Updated	Triggers when an event is updated.
Trigger	Event Deleted	Triggers when an event is deleted.
Action	Add an Event	Adds a calendar event.
Action	Delete Event	Deletes a calendar event.
Action	Move Event	Moves a calendar event.
Action	Quick Add an Event	Adds a calendar event using Quick Add.
Query	Search Events	Finds all the matches to your search term and returns a list.
Action	Fetch a Linked User	Fetches a linked user from a resource you specify.
Action	Look Up an Event	Looks up an event from a resource you specify.

Use Cases

Here are some use case examples to help you understand how to use the Google Calendar channel.

In this case we are using Google Calendar to send a Slack message when a specific event has been created.

1. Add a Google Calendar Event Created trigger step to trigger when a new event has been created in the Birthday calendar.
   
2. Add a Slack Send a Message action letting a specific channel know that a birthday event has been created.