πŸ“… 2025-01-02 β€” Session: Integrated Google Sheets and Calendar for Driving Sessions

πŸ•’ 16:30–18:20
🏷️ Labels: Google Sheets, Google Calendar, Automation, Python, Webhook
πŸ“‚ Project: Automation
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal

The session aimed to integrate Google Sheets data with Google Calendar for managing driving sessions, ensuring seamless synchronization and automation.

Key Activities

  • Curated a list of movies for personal reflection, providing insights on personal growth themes.
  • Organized documentation for the Smart Monitor project, focusing on the β€˜ai_agent’ module.
  • Implemented a method to read and process data from Google Sheets using Python and Pandas.
  • Developed a workflow for syncing driving sessions with Google Calendar, including live updates and event management.
  • Set up a webhook listener using Flask to handle Google Apps Script webhook calls.
  • Finalized the workflow for Google Calendar integration, ensuring robust synchronization and error handling.

Achievements

  • Successfully read and processed driving session data from Google Sheets.
  • Established a structured approach for Google Calendar synchronization.
  • Implemented a webhook listener for real-time updates from Google Sheets.
  • Finalized the integration workflow, improving efficiency and reliability.

Pending Tasks

  • Further optimize the event-driven approach to reduce polling inefficiencies.
  • Address any remaining API interface issues with Google Calendar.
  • Complete the implementation of error handling in the output_to_google_sheet function.