ICS File Generator

Generate iCalendar files.

Installation

npm install ics

Usage

Require the module: require('ics').

ics.getEvent(options)

Returns an iCal-compliant text string.

ics.createEvent(options, filepath, cb)

Returns a callback with an iCal-compliant .ics file.

Options:

• dtstart: (Date string) Event start time. Defaults to current time.
• dtend: (Date string) Event end time. Defaults to one hour from dtstart.
• description: (String) Description (details) of the event.
• eventName: (String) Title of the event as it appears in calendar application
• filename: (String) Name of the iCal file. Defaults to calendar-event.ics.
• location: (String) Location of the event.
• organizer: (Object)
  • name: (String)
  • email: (String)
• attendees: (Object)
  • name: (String)
  • email: (String)
  • rsvp: (Boolean) Defaults to false.

Example:

var ical = require('ics');

var options = {
  eventName: 'Fingerpainting lessons',
  filename: 'event.ics',
  dtstart: 'Sat Nov 02 2014 13:15:00 GMT-0700 (PDT)',
  location: 'Here and there',
  email: {
    name: 'Isaac Asimov',
    email: '[email protected]'
  }
};

ical.createEvent(options, null, function(err, success) {
  if (err) {
    console.log(err);
  }

  console.log(success); // returns filepath
});

The above snippet creates a file named event.ics, saves it to the operating system's temporary directory, and returns the filepath.

The event.ics file should look something like this:

BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20150701T170000Z
ORGANIZER;CN=John Doe:MAILTO:[email protected]
DTSTART:20150714T170000Z
DTEND:20150715T035959Z
SUMMARY:Fingerpainting lessons
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR

TODO

• Description property
• Add express/restify browser download examples
• Add Attendees
• Recurrence Identifier Range
• Alarm Trigger Relationship
• Time Zone Identifier
• Geographic Position
• Location

References

RFC 5545: Internet Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification (iCalendar)

Initial iCalendar Elements Registries

EXAMPLE

Check out our expressjs example.Follow the instructions below to try it out npm install cd ex node app.js

Then go over to the browser and hit this url http://localhost:3000/create

A file will be created and your can reach it in the browser here localhost:3000/created/example.ics