#ICal Toolkit NodeJS ICal generator/updater/parser with Timezone/DST, Alams, Organizers, Events, etc. support.

100% JavaScript implementation.

Ical generator supports the following:

• VTIMEZONE - TIMEZONE/DST info. We have inbuilt timezone database, you just specify TimeZone ID and rest module will take care.

• Alarms

• Attendees info and state per event.

• Organizers

• Multiple events

• Full day and repeating events

• URL property

• Simple intuitive interface.

##Install

1> npm install ical-toolkit

##Builder Quick documentation, but covers all and will get you going quick!

####Values to use: Here are the constants you can use:

#####Attendee Role

"REQ-PARTICIPANT"; Indicates a participant whose
                 ; participation is required
                 
"OPT-PARTICIPANT" ; Indicates a participant whose
                  ; participation is optional
                  
"NON-PARTICIPANT" ; Indicates a participant who is
                  ; copied for information purposes only

#####Attendee Status

"NEEDS-ACTION"        ; Event needs action
"ACCEPTED"            ; Event accepted
"DECLINED"            ; Event declined
"TENTATIVE"           ; Event tentatively accepted
"DELEGATED"           ; Event delegated

#####Methods

      'PUBLISH',
      'REQUEST',
      'REPLY',
      'ADD',
      'CANCEL',
      'REFRESH',
      'COUNTER',
      'DECLINECOUNTER'
    

#####Repeating Freq for event

      'SECONDLY',
      'MINUTELY',
      'HOURLY',
      'DAILY',
      'WEEKLY',
      'MONTHLY',
      'YEARLY'

#####Statuses for event

      'CONFIRMED',
      'TENTATIVE',
      'CANCELLED'

###Demo code, shows all.

1var icalToolkit = require('ical-toolkit');
2
3//Create a builder
4var builder = icalToolkit.createIcsFileBuilder();
5
6/*
7 * Settings (All Default values shown below. It is optional to specify)
8 * */
9builder.spacers = true; //Add space in ICS file, better human reading. Default: true
10builder.NEWLINE_CHAR = '\r\n'; //Newline char to use.
11builder.throwError = false; //If true throws errors, else returns error when you do .toString() to generate the file contents.
12builder.ignoreTZIDMismatch = true; //If TZID is invalid, ignore or not to ignore!
13
14
15/**
16 * Build ICS
17 * */
18
19//Name of calander 'X-WR-CALNAME' tag.
20builder.calname = 'Yo Cal';
21
22//Cal timezone 'X-WR-TIMEZONE' tag. Optional. We recommend it to be same as tzid.
23builder.timezone = 'america/new_york';
24
25//Time Zone ID. This will automatically add VTIMEZONE info.
26builder.tzid = 'america/new_york';
27
28//Method
29builder.method = 'REQUEST';
30
31//Add events
32builder.events.push({
33
34  //Event start time, Required: type Date()
35  start: new Date(),
36  
37  //Event end time, Required: type Date()
38  end: new Date(),
39  
40  //transp. Will add TRANSP:OPAQUE to block calendar.
41  transp: 'OPAQUE',
42  
43  //Event summary, Required: type String
44  summary: 'Test Event',
45
46  //All Optionals Below
47  
48  //Alarms, array in minutes
49  alarms: [15, 10, 5], 
50  
51  //Optional: If you need to add some of your own tags
52  additionalTags: {
53    'SOMETAG': 'SOME VALUE'
54  },
55  
56  //Event identifier, Optional, default auto generated
57  uid: null, 
58  
59  //Optional, The sequence number in update, Default: 0
60  sequence: null,
61  
62  //Optional if repeating event
63  repeating: {
64    freq: 'DAILY',
65    count: 10,
66    interval: 10,
67    until: new Date()
68  },
69  
70  //Optional if all day event
71  allDay: true,
72  
73  //Creation timestamp, Optional.
74  stamp: new Date(),
75  
76  //Optional, floating time.
77  floating: false,
78  
79  //Location of event, optional.
80  location: 'Home',
81  
82  //Optional description of event.
83  description: 'Testing it!',
84  
85  //Optional Organizer info
86  organizer: {
87    name: 'Kushal Likhi',
88    email: 'test@mail',
89    sentBy: 'person_acting_on_behalf_of_organizer@email.com' //OPTIONAL email address of the person who is acting on behalf of organizer.
90  },
91  
92  //Optional attendees info
93  attendees: [
94    {
95      name: 'A1', //Required
96      email: 'a1@email.com', //Required
97      status: 'TENTATIVE', //Optional
98      role: 'REQ-PARTICIPANT', //Optional
99      rsvp: true //Optional, adds 'RSVP=TRUE' , tells the application that organiser needs a RSVP response.
100    },
101    {
102      name: 'A2',
103      email: 'a2@email.com'
104    }
105  ]
106  
107  //What to do on addition
108  method: 'PUBLISH',
109  
110  //Status of event
111  status: 'CONFIRMED',
112  
113  //Url for event on core application, Optional.
114  url: 'http://google.com'
115});
116
117//Optional tags on VCALENDAR level if you intent to add. Optional field
118builder.additionalTags = {
119  'SOMETAG': 'SOME VALUE'
120};
121
122
123//Try to build
124var icsFileContent = builder.toString();
125
126//Check if there was an error (Only required if yu configured to return error, else error will be thrown.)
127if (icsFileContent instanceof Error) {
128  console.log('Returned Error, you can also configure to throw errors!');
129  //handle error
130}
131
132//Here isteh ics file content.
133console.log(icsFileContent);
134

####Output####

BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
X-WR-CALNAME:Yo Cal
METHOD:REQUEST
PRODID:node-ical-toolkit
X-WR-TIMEZONE:asia/kalcutta

BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York

BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:19700308T020000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU
END:DAYLIGHT


BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:19701101T020000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU
END:STANDARD

END:VTIMEZONE


BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:f0e532a3
DTSTAMP:20150707T070727Z
TRANSP:OPAQUE
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150707
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150707
SUMMARY:Test Event
SEQUENCE:0
LOCATION:Home
DESCRIPTION:Testing it!
URL;VALUE=URI:http://google.com
STATUS:CONFIRMED
ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:hello@test.com":CN="Kushal Likhi":mailto:test@mail
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN=A1:MAILTO:a1@email.com
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;CN=A2:MAILTO:a2@email.com

BEGIN:VALARM
TRIGGER:-PT15M
ACTION:DISPLAY
END:VALARM


BEGIN:VALARM
TRIGGER:-PT10M
ACTION:DISPLAY
END:VALARM


BEGIN:VALARM
TRIGGER:-PT5M
ACTION:DISPLAY
END:VALARM

RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;COUNT=10;INTERVAL=10;UNTIL=20150707T070727Z
SOMETAG:SOME VALUE
END:VEVENT

SOMETAG:SOME VALUE
END:VCALENDAR

##Parser## Parse the ics files to JSON structures

1    it('should parse the content sync', function (done) {
2      var json = icalToolkit.parseToJSON(icsContent);
3      assert(json);
4      assert(!(json instanceof Error));
5      assert(json.VCALENDAR);
6      done();
7    });
8
9    it('should parse the content async', function (done) {
10      icalToolkit.parseToJSON(icsContent, function (err, json) {
11        if (err) throw err;
12        assert(json);
13        assert(!(json instanceof Error));
14        assert(json.VCALENDAR);
15        done();
16      });
17    });
18
19    it('should parse the file', function (done) {
20      icalToolkit.parseFileToJSON(sampleFilePAth, function (err, json) {
21        if (err) throw err;
22        assert(json);
23        assert(!(json instanceof Error));
24        assert(json.VCALENDAR);
25        done();
26      });
27    });
28 
29    it('should parse the file sync', function (done) {
30      var json = icalToolkit.parseFileToJSONSync(sampleFilePAth);
31      assert(json);
32      assert(!(json instanceof Error));
33      assert(json.VCALENDAR);
34      done();
35    });        
36