Integrated Weather Alerts with Google Calendar

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Integrated Weather Alerts with Google Calendar

  • Day: 2024-12-13
  • Time: 14:25 to 15:40
  • Project: Dev
  • Workspace: WP 2: Operational
  • Status: Completed
  • Priority: MEDIUM
  • Assignee: Matías Nehuen Iglesias
  • Tags: N8N, Google Calendar, Weather Alerts, Automation

Description

Session Goal

The session aimed to integrate weather alerts into Google Calendar using n8n, ensuring that alerts do not block existing tasks by creating all-day events.

Key Activities

  • Integration Setup: Followed a guide to integrate weather alerts into Google Calendar using n8n.
  • Dynamic Event Configuration: Configured Google Calendar events with dynamic titles and end times using JavaScript expressions.
  • Time Zone Debugging: Identified and fixed time zone issues between n8n and Google Calendar.
  • API Time Zone Handling: Addressed time zone mismatches in timestamps from the OpenWeatherMap API.
  • JavaScript Scripting: Developed a script for calculating start and end times for weather notifications, adjusting for time zones.
  • Event Transparency: Configured events in Google Calendar to appear as ‘free’ by setting the transparency property in n8n.

Achievements

  • Successfully integrated weather alerts into Google Calendar, ensuring non-blocking events.
  • Resolved time zone issues for accurate date and time management.
  • Implemented dynamic event titles and end times.

Pending Tasks

  • Further testing of the workflow to ensure all edge cases are handled.
  • Explore additional automation possibilities with n8n and Google Calendar.

Evidence

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