auto-maybe

Auto-maybe is a script which automatically replies to calandar events in google cal. I've been assured by management that replying to meeting invitations is professional and will result in larger raises. Since I disagree and find it a waste of time (google adds the events to the calendar automatically), I've wasted time to automate the replies to selected addresses.

Who knows, maybe it will pay off some day. /s

Requires google api python client and oath2client

pip install --upgrade google-api-python-client oauth2client

It currently logs to /var/log/maybe.log, which needs to be manually created

sudo touch /var/log/maybe.log
sudo chown user:group /var/log/maybe.log

Run once interactively to create credential files:

python auto-maybe.py --noauth_local_webserver

If running in cron, use something like this:

2 8 * * 1-5 /home/username/git/auto-maybe/auto-maybe.py -c '/home/username/git/auto-maybe/creators.txt' -t '/home/username/git/auto-maybe/token.json' > /tmp/auto-maybe-cron.log 2>&1

Look here for help with setting up the api.

This supports several cli arguments:

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -t TOKEN, --token TOKEN
                        path of token.json
  -c CREATORS, --creators CREATORS
                        path of creators.txt
  --noauth_local_webserver
  -d CRED, --cred CRED  path of credentials.json
  -r {accepted,declined,tentative}, --response {accepted,declined,tentative}
                        sets the response type that will be sent
  --random              sets the response to a random choice perfect for
                        irratating management
  -v, --verbose		logs to console
  --whatif 		logs but does not update event