Querying calendar events via the Google Calendar API

Do you want to pull all meetings & events from your or any shared Google calendar via the Google calendar API in Python? This blogpost provides step-for-step instructions on how to setup authentication, request calendar events and handle the pagination token. For the full code, check the <a href="https://github.com/chrieke/calendar-insights/blob/main/query_google_calendar_api.ipynb" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">calendar-insights repository</a>. <img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/1*Hxj5GCeOlILo0uxUf4JXfw.jpeg" style="height:468px; width:700px" /> <h2>Setup Google Calendar API</h2> First we need to activate the <a href="https://developers.google.com/calendar/api/guides/overview" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Google Calendar API</a> for a Google cloud project of our choice. Use an existing project or create a new one: At the top of the <a href="https://console.cloud.google.com/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Google Cloud Console dashboard</a>, click on the project selection and “New Project”, enter a name e.g. “calendar-insights” and click “Create”. Then, in the <a href="https://console.developers.google.com/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Google API dashboard</a>, click Enable APIs and services. Search for the Google Calendar API and click Enable. Next, to enable API queries from our local computer, we need to create and download authentication credentials for that project. In the <a href="https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Credentials section</a> of the API dashboard, click Create Credentials and OAuth Client ID. Select Application type “Desktop app”. Then click “Download JSON” and store the credentials file on your local PC. <a href="https://chrieke.medium.com/querying-calendar-events-via-the-google-calendar-api-771782e24f62">Read More</a>