Google Calendar

Google Calendar is a time-management and scheduling service provided by Google. It enables users to create and edit events, reminders, and tasks.

Key features of Google Calendar:

1. Event Creation and Management: Users can create, edit, and manage events with ease.
2. Sharing and Collaboration: Calendars can be shared with others, allowing for collaborative scheduling.
3. Integration with Gmail: Events can be created from Gmail messages directly.
4. Reminders and Notifications: Set up notifications for upcoming events via email or pop-up.
5. Multiple Calendar Support: Users can create multiple calendars for different needs and manage them simultaneously.
6. Mobile Access: Accessible on mobile devices, allowing users to manage their calendar on the go.
7. Customizable Views: Offers daily, weekly, monthly, and agenda views.
8. Time Zone Support: Automatic time zone conversion for scheduling across different locations.
9. Task Management: Ability to add tasks and to-do lists.
10. Event Attachments: Users can attach documents or files to calendar events.

Triggers:

• New calendar: Triggers when a new calendar is created.
• New event: Triggers when a new event is created.

Connect with Google Calendar:

1. Log in to your Google account.

2. Go to API Library in Google Cloud console.

3. Click the Select a project drop-down menu at the top of the page, and click the New Project button. Enter a name for your project and click the Create button.

   TIP

   In case you've already connected another Google service using the same API skip the following steps and proceed to step 8.

4. Go to API Library in Google Cloud console.

5. Search for Google People API in the search bar and click on it.

6. Click on Google People API in the list.

7. Click the Enable button to enable the API.

8. Repeat steps 4, 5, 6, and 7 for the Google Calendar API.

9. Go to OAuth consent screen in Google Cloud console.

10. Select External here for starting your app in testing mode at first. Click the Create button.

11. Fill in App Name, User Support E-Mail, and Developer Contact Information. Click the Save and Continue button.

12. Skip adding or removing scopes and click the Save and Continue button.

13. Click the Add Users button and add a test e-mail address, because only test users can access the app while the publishing status is set to "Testing".

14. Enter an e-mail address and click the Add button in the Add User window.

    WARNING

    Make sure to use the same e-mail address you're logged into Google with as the test user e-mail address.

    

15. Click the Save and Continue button to complete the configuration of the consent screen.

16. Go to Credentials.

17. Click the Create Credentials button and select the OAuth client ID option.

18. Select Web application as the application type.

19. Fill in the Name field.

20. Go to Mation and navigate to My Apps and Add a new connection choosing Google Calendar from the list.

21. Copy the OAuth Redirect URL.

22. Go back to Google Cloud Console and click the Add URI button in the Authorized redirect URIs section.

23. Paste the OAuth Redirect URL into the Authorized redirect URIs field and click the Create button.

24. Copy the Your Client ID value from the following pop-up and paste it into the Client ID field on Mation.

25. Copy the Your Client Secret value from the same popup and paste it into the Client Secret field on Mation.

26. Click the Submit button.

27. A pop-up window appears. Select your Google account in the pop-up window.

28. Click the Continue button.

29. Check the All calendars checkbox.

30. Scroll down to the bottom of the pop-up window and click the Continue button.

31. Your Google Calendar connection is now established.

32. Start using your new Google Calendar connection with Mation.