Feature Request: .ics URLs for Reminders and Birthdays

[mritzmann]

Is your feature request related to a problem?

Monica already has WebDAV Support. However, i would be happy if Monica would also offer ical/.ics-support. My reasons:

• Some clients have a better ics integration instead of webdav (e.g. many web clients)
• Is easier to set up than WebDav (ics only needs a secret URL, no separate credentials)
• Has read-only access by default, that's enough for me

Describe the solution you'd like

• New setting under: /settings/ical (similar to /settings/dav)
• A url for reminders
• A url for birthdays
• Optional: A third URL with both
• Url should be secret, not guessable (maybe with username and read only api key in url)

[silva96]

subscribed to this must-have feature!

[asbiin]

We already have an ics export at: https://[hostname]/dav/calendars/[email]/birthdays?export The only problem is it need credentials, so we have to add some token for instance to protect it.

Also I don't now what information to add for Reminders?

[mritzmann]

Thanks @asbiin for your answer. The background for me is that I want to replace every reminder email with it (so I won't get any more e-mails). I also want to have the birthdays in the calendar so that I can plan my appointments better.

Also I don't now what information to add for Reminders?

Good question.

For the reminder ical feed:

I think that the date on which the entry is made should be the same as the date on which the reminder email is sent.

For the birthday ical feed:

Then, when the person has birthday.

[mritzmann]

I've been rethinking that. I used to write this:

I think that the date on which the entry is made should be the same as the date on which the reminder email is sent.

Now I think that's wrong. In a calendar you look into the future from time to time for planning. Thus newly summarized:

• For the reminder ical feed: Then when the event takes place.
• For the birthday ical feed: Then when the person has birthday.

So i think that there is no need for a logic. The two ical feeds simply have to map 1:1 what is in Monica.

[tborychowski]

It would also make it easier to integrate with e.g. roundube's carddav. Currently the issue is that the password that's allowed there is varchar(255), and tokens generated in monicahq are ~1000 chars long. I modified the DB manually, so that I was able to integrate both, but it's hacky, and I'd prefer a native solution :-)

[jackeymai]

I've been rethinking that. I used to write this:

I think that the date on which the entry is made should be the same as the date on which the reminder email is sent.

Now I think that's wrong. In a calendar you look into the future from time to time for planning. Thus newly summarized:

• For the reminder ical feed: Then when the event takes place.
• For the birthday ical feed: Then when the person has birthday.

So i think that there is no need for a logic. The two ical feeds simply have to map 1:1 what is in Monica.

I also want this feature, it's more easy to manage your daily life.

[Dinth]

+1 for this, since i moved to Monica im constantly forgetting about people bdays :(

[dalekirkwood]

Another plus 1 here. I can't seen to get WebDAV to work with Thunderbird due to token length and also google doesn't support authenticated WebDAV.