Generate add to calendar links for Google, iCal and other calendar systems

Using this package, you can generate links to add events to calendar systems. Here's a quick example:

use Spatie\CalendarLinks\Link;

Link::create(
    'Birthday',
    DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i', '2018-02-01 09:00'),
    DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i', '2018-02-01 18:00')
)->google();

This will output: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/render?action=TEMPLATE&text=Birthday&dates=20180201T090000/20180201T180000&sprop=&sprop=name:

If you follow that link (and are authenticated with Google), you’ll see a screen to add the event to your calendar.

The package can also generate ics files that you can open in several email and calendar programs, including Microsoft Outlook, Google Calendar, and Apple Calendar.

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Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require spatie/calendar-links

Usage

<?php
use Spatie\CalendarLinks\Link;

$from = DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i', '2018-02-01 09:00');
$to = DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i', '2018-02-01 18:00');

$link = Link::create('Sebastian’s birthday', $from, $to)
    ->description('Cookies & cocktails!')
    ->address('Kruikstraat 22, 2018 Antwerpen');

// Generate a link to create an event on Google calendar
echo $link->google();

// Generate a link to create an event on Yahoo calendar
echo $link->yahoo();

// Generate a link to create an event on outlook.live.com calendar
echo $link->webOutlook();

// Generate a link to create an event on outlook.office.com calendar
echo $link->webOffice();

// Generate a data URI for an ics file (for iCal & Outlook)
echo $link->ics();
echo $link->ics(['UID' => 'custom-id']); // Custom UID (to update existing events)
echo $link->ics(['URL' => 'https://my-page.com']); // Custom URL
echo $link->ics(['REMINDER' => []]); // Add the default reminder (for iCal & Outlook)
echo $link->ics(['REMINDER' => ['DESCRIPTION' => 'Remind me', 'TIME' => new \DateTime('tomorrow 12:30 UTC')]]); // Add a custom reminder
echo $link->ics([], ['format' => 'file']); // use file output; e.g. to attach ics as a file to an email.

// Generate a data URI using arbitrary generator:
echo $link->formatWith(new \Your\Generator());

Package principles

it should produce a small output (to keep page-size small)
it should be fast (no any external heavy dependencies)
all Link class features should be supported by at least 2 generators (different services have different features)

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information.

Testing

composer test

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security

If you've found a bug regarding security, please mail security@spatie.be instead of using the issue tracker.

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Our address is: Spatie, Samberstraat 69D, 2060 Antwerp, Belgium.

We publish all received postcards on our company website.

Credits

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.

spatie / calendar-links

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