Action: Quick Add Event

Google Calendar Operation

The Quick Add Event action creates an event using natural language input.

Example User Story

I want to quickly add an event to my Google Calendar by typing a natural language description so that I can efficiently manage my schedule.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Required
calendarId	String	Yes
text	String	Yes

Related Connections

Google Calendar

Related Automations

Example link

Code (Apache v2.0): Operation

{
  "handle": "quick-add-event",
  "state": "inDev",
  "meta": {
    "short": "Quick Add Event",
    "description": "Quickly add an event to Google Calendar using natural language input."
  },
  "input": [
    {
      "name": "calendarId",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The calendar identifier. Populated from discovered calendars."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "text",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "Natural language text describing the event (e.g., 'Meeting with John at 3pm tomorrow')."
      }
    }
  ],
  "output": [
    {
      "name": "eventID",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": [
        "id"
      ],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The ID of the created event."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "status",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": [
        "status"
      ],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The status of the event (e.g., 'confirmed')."
      }
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "type": "http",
      "http": {
        "method": "POST",
        "path": {
          "value": "/{{calendarId}}/events/quickAdd",
          "placeholders": [
            {
              "name": "calendarId",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The calendar identifier.",
              "required": true,
              "default": ""
            }
          ]
        },
        "queryParams": {
          "text": {
            "value": "{{text}}"
          }
        },
        "bodyTemplate": {
          "value": ""
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}