[python-events] events form format

Mon Dec 11 07:44:07 EST 2017

Hello all,

I saw this recently (bellow), maybe can be usefull to have a form and send
an email to events at python with a
predefined event, this way the event can be added faster and much more
easier.

What I saw:

Here's an example link you can use to see the format:

https://www.google.com/calendar/render?action=TEMPLATE&text=Your+Event+Name&dates=20140127T224000Z/20140320T221500Z&details=For+details,+link+here:+http://www.example.com&location=Waldorf+Astoria,+301+Park+Ave+,+New+York,+NY+10022&sf=true&output=xml

Note the key query parameters:

text
dates
details
location

Here's another example (taken from
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/direct-link-to-add-specific-google-calendar-event
):

<a href="http://www.google.com/calendar/event?
action=TEMPLATE
&text=[event-title]
&dates=[start-custom format='Ymd\\THi00\\Z']/[end-custom format='Ymd\\THi00\\Z']
&details=[description]
&location=[location]
&trp=false
&sprop=
&sprop=name:"
target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Add to my calendar</a>

Cheers,
Oier

On 18 November 2017 at 11:47, M.-A. Lemburg <mal at egenix.com> wrote:

> Hi Mark,
>
> Marios plan corresponds to what we had discussed before, so +1
> on that.
>
> These are the current things which can be improved in the
> process:
>
> * Make sure that the events emails sent to this list use
>   our standard format:
>   https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonEventsCalendar#Submitting_an_Event
>   (this includes all information we need to determine whether
>   the event is eligible, which calendar to use, etc.)
>
> * Add a way to automate adding the event to the calendars
>
>   This could be done via an attached iCal file which can then
>   be added to the calendars directly from the email program,
>   or two links: one adding the event to the user group calendar;
>   the other to the events calendar.
>
> For the links, we have to make sure that we use the python.org
> permission system to only allow users in say an "eventsteam"
> group to use the links.
>
> The iCal approach would work for anyone with edit permission
> on the Google calendars.
>
> There are few things we'd need the helper on python.org
> to follow for adding events:
>
> * Events calendar entries are always all day entries
>
> * User group calendar entries are all day entries for
>   things like all day workshops (more than just a few hours);
>   e.g. Django Girls events are always added as all day events
>
> * User group calendar entries for meetups and the like
>   are added with the start time defined in the message.
>   If an end time is provided, this is used as well, otherwise
>   we default to 2 hours length.
>   For these entries, it is important to set to the timezone
>   of the times. We usually determine this from the location.
>
> I don't know whether it's possible, but after having the link
> add an event to the calendar, it would be good to get redirected
> to the Google calendar entry to double check that everything
> is fine. Here's such a link:
>
> https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?eid=
> Y3MzamU5ZzFzOG52aTQxc3U5YThhaGFrZzAgajdnb3YxY21ucXI5dHZnMTRr
> NjIxajd0NWNAZw&ctz=Etc/GMT
>
> Apparently, you only need the eid to display the event.
>
> Something to keep in mind going forward: we may have additional
> calendars, e.g. ones for training events.
>
> Also recurring ones will have to be added manually, since the
> settings for these are too complex to get right using such
> a helper.
>
> Finally, there should still be a way to simply email the
> requests to the events ML. In some cases, the format doesn't
> fit and we don't get enough background information to tell
> whether the entries fits our criteria or not (e.g. we try
> not to add events which are essentially for-profit training
> events).
>
> BTW: Based on the experience with the jobs board, these email
> based workflows would also help there. People often live in their
> Inbox, so making it possible to manage things from inside the
> Inbox makes these processes much more accessible.
>
> Thanks,
> --
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> On 18.11.2017 01:52, Mark Mangoba wrote:
> > Hi Events Team,
> >
> > Following up on issue: https://github.com/python/
> pythondotorg/issues/1168.
> > Starting a discussion here to make sure we are all on board.  I do like
> > Mario's idea here and especially if we can convert the event request in
> > form format.
> >
> > I believe the process will still be the same but a form to email for now.
> > The form will simply reduce back and forth communication, of course
> anyway
> > to automate would be key - but starting off simple would be good for now.
>
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