Gmail doesn't show options(Yes/No/Maybe)

[sergey-morenets]

Hi

I recently started using this library and everything works fine except one minor issue.

1. I generated and attached invite.ics to Google email using biweekly.
2. After email was sent I open it in Gmail and I don't see buttons "Yes", "No" and "Maybe". Instead of these buttons I see "Add to calendar" link. That's strange because usual invitations from other people are displayed with these buttons.

I even don't know which properties/flags in iCalendar format are related to this functionality. Can you please help?

[mangstadt]

Maybe try setting the ACTION property to NEEDS_ACTION?

[sergey-morenets]

Maybe try setting the ACTION property to NEEDS_ACTION?

Hi Thank you for quick response. I also tried to set this property but nothing has changed. Here is extract from generated .ics file:

STATUS:CONFIRMED ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;CN=sergey:mailto:mail@mail.com

[mangstadt]

Try setting RSVP=TRUE?

ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;RSVP=TRUE;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;CN=sergey:mailto:mail@mail.com

[sergey-morenets]

Try setting RSVP=TRUE?

ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;RSVP=TRUE;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;CN=sergey:mailto:mail@mail.com

Thank you for the hint. I added "RSVP=TRUE" to the attendee but it didn't help.

[mangstadt]

Try adding a STATUS property to the VEVENT?

BEGIN:VEVENT STATUS:NEEDS-ACTION ... END:VEVENT

Also, this might help? https://github.com/icalendar/icalendar/issues/103

[sergey-morenets]

Try adding a STATUS property to the VEVENT?

BEGIN:VEVENT STATUS:NEEDS-ACTION ... END:VEVENT

Also, this might help? icalendar/icalendar#103

Hi

I finally figured out how to show this Yes/No/Maybe buttons. There's a special property METHOD in the body so I needed to change it to REQUEST: METHOD:REQUEST

[mangstadt]

Great!

[chai2]

FWIW - This comment worked for me. https://github.com/icalendar/icalendar/issues/103#issuecomment-67373375