Action: Create Detailed Event

Google Calendar Operation

The Create Detailed Event action sets up a new event with full customization options.

Example User Story

I want to create a detailed event in Google Calendar so that I can schedule and share meeting details with my team.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Required
calendarId	String	Yes
summary	String	Yes
description	String	No
startTime	String	Yes
endTime	String	Yes
timeZone	String	No
location	String	No
attendees	Array	No

Related Connections

Google Calendar

Related Automations

Example link

Code (Apache v2.0): Operation

{
  "handle": "create-detailed-event",
  "state": "inDev",
  "meta": {
    "short": "Create Detailed Event",
    "description": "Creates a detailed event in Google Calendar with specified parameters."
  },
  "input": [
    {
      "name": "calendarId",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The calendar identifier. Populated from discovered calendars."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "summary",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "Title of the event"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "description",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "Detailed description of the event"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "startTime",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "Start time of the event in RFC3339 format"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "endTime",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "End time of the event in RFC3339 format"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "timeZone",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "Time zone for the event"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "location",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "Location of the event"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "attendees",
      "type": "Array",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "List of attendees' email addresses, comma-separated"
      }
    }
  ],
  "output": [
    {
      "name": "eventId",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": ["id"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "ID of the created event"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "eventLink",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": ["htmlLink"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "Link to the created event"
      }
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "type": "http",
      "http": {
        "method": "POST",
        "path": {
          "value": "/{{calendarId}}/events",
          "placeholders": [
            {
              "name": "calendarId",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The calendar identifier.",
              "required": true
            }
          ]
        },
        "headers": {
          "Content-Type": "application/json"
        },
        "bodyTemplate": {
          "value": "{\"summary\": \"{{summary}}\", \"description\": \"{{description}}\", \"start\": {\"dateTime\": \"{{startTime}}\", \"timeZone\": \"{{timeZone}}\"}, \"end\": {\"dateTime\": \"{{endTime}}\", \"timeZone\": \"{{timeZone}}\"}, \"location\": \"{{location}}\", \"attendees\": [{{#attendees}}{ \"email\": \"{{.}}\" }{{/attendees}}]}",
          "placeholders": [
            {
              "name": "summary",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "Title of the event",
              "required": true
            },
            {
              "name": "description",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "Detailed description of the event",
              "required": false
            },
            {
              "name": "startTime",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "Start time of the event in RFC3339 format",
              "required": true
            },
            {
              "name": "endTime",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "End time of the event in RFC3339 format",
              "required": true
            },
            {
              "name": "timeZone",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "Time zone for the event",
              "required": false
            },
            {
              "name": "location",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "Location of the event",
              "required": false
            },
            {
              "name": "attendees",
              "type": "Array",
              "description": "List of attendees' email addresses, comma-separated",
              "required": false
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}