📅 2024-12-01 — Session: Debugged Google Calendar API Integration
🕒 22:40–23:10
🏷️ Labels: Google Calendar, API, Debugging, Python, Event Management
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal
The goal of this session was to debug and fix issues related to Google Calendar API integration, specifically focusing on event creation and service account access.
Key Activities
- Debugged issues with Google Calendar event creation, checking event data, permissions, and time zone consistency.
- Fixed a common error with Google Calendar API event ID retrieval by updating the script to dynamically retrieve the event ID from the API response.
- Diagnosed issues with calendar ID, time zone, visibility, permissions, and API quotas for event creation.
- Resolved service account access issues by addressing missing calendar permissions and sharing settings.
- Implemented debugging steps to ensure the service account recognizes shared Google Calendars.
- Developed a comprehensive event management script for Google Calendar, including adding, listing, deleting events, and troubleshooting.
Achievements
- Successfully debugged and fixed Google Calendar event creation issues.
- Corrected the script for event ID retrieval and improved error handling.
- Ensured service account access to Google Calendar events by resolving permission issues.
Pending Tasks
- Further testing of the event management script in a production environment to ensure robustness.
- Continuous monitoring of API quotas and permissions to prevent future issues.