Create Google Calendar Events Using .NET

Question

I need to create Google Calendar Events using ASP.NET. Requirement: On click of a button, the event details will be captured like Start Time, End Time, Agenda, Email IDs of attendees and the event will be created in Google Calendar.

Please help.

Thanks in advance.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 25 '14 at 22:22

You need to create a eMail formatted to send to your contact, or anything you want, hope it helps :)

public void SendAppointment()
    {
        try
        {
            MailMessage msg = new MailMessage();
            SmtpClient sc = new SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com", 587);
            msg.From = new MailAddress("no-reply@email.com", "NEW EVENT");
            sc.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("no-reply@email.com", "password");
            sc.EnableSsl = true;

            msg.To.Add(new MailAddress("invited@mail.com", "Invited"));
            msg.Subject = "Subject";
            msg.Body = "YOUR CONTENT";

            StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder();
            str.AppendLine("BEGIN:VCALENDAR");
            str.AppendLine("PRODID:-//GeO");
            str.AppendLine("VERSION:2.0");
            str.AppendLine("METHOD:REQUEST");
            str.AppendLine("BEGIN:VEVENT");
            str.AppendLine(string.Format("DTSTART:{0:yyyyMMddTHHmmssZ}", START_DATE));
            str.AppendLine(string.Format("DTSTAMP:{0:yyyyMMddTHHmmssZ}", DateTime.UtcNow));
            str.AppendLine(string.Format("DTEND:{0:yyyyMMddTHHmmssZ}", END_DATE));
            str.AppendLine("LOCATION: " + Direccion);
            str.AppendLine(string.Format("UID:{0}", Guid.NewGuid()));
            //str.AppendLine(string.Format("DESCRIPTION:{0}", msg.Body));
            str.AppendLine(string.Format("DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:{0}", msg.Body));

            str.AppendLine(string.Format("X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:{0}", msg.Body));
            str.AppendLine(string.Format("SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:{0}", msg.Subject));
            str.AppendLine(string.Format("ORGANIZER:MAILTO:{0}", msg.From.Address));

            str.AppendLine(string.Format("ATTENDEE;CN=\"{0}\";RSVP=TRUE:mailto:{1}", msg.To[0].DisplayName, msg.To[0].Address));

            str.AppendLine("BEGIN:VALARM");
            str.AppendLine("TRIGGER:-PT15M");
            str.AppendLine("ACTION:DISPLAY");
            str.AppendLine("DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Reminder");
            str.AppendLine("END:VALARM");
            str.AppendLine("END:VEVENT");
            str.AppendLine("END:VCALENDAR");
            System.Net.Mime.ContentType type = new System.Net.Mime.ContentType("text/calendar");
            type.Parameters.Add("method", "REQUEST");
            //type.Parameters.Add("method", "PUBLISH");
            type.Parameters.Add("name", "Cita.ics");
            msg.AlternateViews.Add(AlternateView.CreateAlternateViewFromString(str.ToString(), type));
            sc.Send(msg);
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            throw e;
        }
    }

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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That you want is an iCalendar file. Please look here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICalendar. and here Creating iCal Files in c#

edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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answered Nov 29 '13 at 09:29

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