Create calendar OutOfOffice events

[Joe Harper]

Hi,

Is it possible to add calendar events of the type "Out of Office" using GAMADV-XTD3? I've been looking through the documentation but can't see an option for this.

Thanks,

Joe.

[Dale Courtney]

gam user us...@company.com vacation on subject "Subject Here" message "Message Here"

best,

Dale

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[Joe Harper]

Hi Dale,

I've looked at that but it seems that the gmail vacation auto-reply setting isn't linked to the calendar. I need to create multiple events of type "Out of office" in people's calendars so that any new or existing meeting invites are automatically declined.

Thanks,

Joe.

[Ross Scroggs]

Joe,

From the API documentation: https://developers.google.com/calendar/v3/reference/events/insert

transparency

string

Whether the event blocks time on the calendar. Optional. Possible values are: "opaque" - Default value. The event does block time on the calendar. This is equivalent to setting Show me as to Busy in the Calendar UI. "transparent" - The event does not block time on the calendar. This is equivalent to setting Show me as to Available in the Calendar UI.

Add transparency opaque to your event creation command.

Ross

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[Joe Harper]

Thanks Ross. Looks like that just creates a regular event type with Busy set, which doesn't automatically decline any new or existing events that conflict, which is the functionality provided by the Out of Office event type. Doesn't look like there's the capability to create that event type via the api: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/112063903

[Ross Scroggs]

Joe,

Thanks, now I see the difference. Quite a lot of interest at: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/112063903

I especially liked this comment, must be a Google API newbie: How can you release a feature that isn't API exposed!?

Ross

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[Joe Harper]

Haha. Sometimes seems like the google developers are OoO!