KAkashyapc·Dec 8, 2021
Yeah; it is 500. But it works for me with `gcalcli`[1] — a Python command-line tool that uses GCal API.
[1] https://github.com/insanum/gcalcli
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7 sourcesI've done similar things using https://getbitbar.com/ + https://github.com/insanum/gcalcli
In Show HN: Mac toolbar app to show electricity cutoff scheduleMy work uses google calendars but the calendar reminders aren't enough for me to make meetings (and I don't look at my phone for calendar alerts), so I use cron combined with gcalcli (https://github.com/insanum/gcalcli) to give me desktop popups using kdialog for meeting reminders. One at 15 minutes, one at 10 minutes, one at 5 minutes, and one at 1 minute. I now make most meetings!
/usr/bin/gcalcli --calendar '[my calendar]' --detail_location remind 10 '/path/to/alertscript.sh "%s"'
where alertscript.sh just calls kdialog with the message describing the meeting.
In Ask HN: What scripts/cronjobs you have made that made your life generally easierHi, we are working on getting that lifted (I'm one of the maintainers.) Right now you're best bet is to sign up for your own API key/secret and supply those via either a config file or command line arguments:
--client_id API client_id
--client_secret API client_secret
See https://github.com/insanum/gcalcli/issues/65#issuecomment-13... for details on how to get those.
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