ics2owncloud.py

This script downloads iCal files and imports them to ownCloud using CalDAV.

Before ownCloud 9.0 I was using something like this to automatically import iCal files. After the rewrite of the calendar app this stopped working. So I had to come up with something else to make Webcal/iCal subscriptions work.

Webcal subsciptions are also being worked on in the official calendar app. Once the functionality is available this script becomes obsolete.

Pull requests welcome!

Requirements

• Virtualenv
• icalendar for Python
• Requests

Just make sure the virtualenv command is in $PATH when running ics2owncloud.sh. icalendar and Requests are installed automatically.

Installation

$ git clone https://github.com/buzz/ics2owncloud.py.git

Configuration

Configuration file

Create and edit config file:

cp ics2owncloud.ini.example ~/.ics2owncloud.ini

A config file with two entries looks like this:

[DEFAULT]
username: tom
password: 123456
server: https://cloud.example.com/

[import_a]
calendar: calendar_xy
ics_url: https://USER1:[email protected]/index.php/apps/calendar/export.php?calid=6

[import_b]
calendar: facebook
ics_url: https://www.facebook.com/ical/u.php?uid=10000123456789&key=ABCDEFGHIJKL

• username - ownCloud user
• password - ownCloud password
• server - ownCloud server URL
• calender - ownCloud calendar name
• ics_url - URL to the ICS file to download (can have username:password format)

Don't forget to protect your config file:

$ chmod 600 ~/.ics2owncloud.ini

Cron job

A cron job comes in handy to periodically import calendars:

$ crontab -e

This runs the script every 30 minutes:

*/30 * * * * /PATH/TO/ics2owncloud.sh >/dev/null