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Internet Calendaring and Scheduling (iCalendar) for Python
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The `icalendar`_ package is a `RFC 5545`_ compatible parser/generator for iCalendar
files.
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:Homepage: https://icalendar.readthedocs.io
:Code: https://github.com/collective/icalendar
:Mailing list: https://github.com/collective/icalendar/issues
:Dependencies: `python-dateutil`_ and `pytz`_.
:Compatible with: Python 2.7 and 3.4+
:License: `BSD`_
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.. _`icalendar`: https://pypi.org/project/icalendar/
.. _`RFC 5545`: https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc5545.txt
.. _`python-dateutil`: https://github.com/dateutil/dateutil/
.. _`pytz`: https://pypi.org/project/pytz/
.. _`BSD`: https://github.com/collective/icalendar/issues/2
Quick start guide
-----------------
``icalendar`` enables you to **create**, **inspect** and **modify**
calendaring information with Python.
To **install** the package, run::
pip install icalendar
Inspect Files
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You can open an ``.ics`` file and see all the events::
>>> import icalendar
>>> from pathlib import Path
>>> ics_path = Path("src/icalendar/tests/calendars/example.ics")
>>> with ics_path.open() as f:
... calendar = icalendar.Calendar.from_ical(f.read())
>>> for event in calendar.walk('VEVENT'):
... print(event.get("SUMMARY"))
New Year's Day
Orthodox Christmas
International Women's Day
Modify Content
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Such a calendar can then be edited and saved again.
.. code:: python
>>> calendar["X-WR-CALNAME"] = "My Modified Calendar" # modify
>>> print(calendar.to_ical()[:129]) # save modification
BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:collective/icalendar
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:My Modified Calendar
Create Events, TODOs, Journals, Alarms, ...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
``icalendar`` supports the creation and parsing of all kinds of objects
in the iCalendar (RFC 5545) standard.
.. code:: python
>>> icalendar.Event() # events
VEVENT({})
>>> icalendar.FreeBusy() # free/busy times
VFREEBUSY({})
>>> icalendar.Todo() # Todo list entries
VTODO({})
>>> icalendar.Alarm() # Alarms e.g. for events
VALARM({})
>>> icalendar.Journal() # Journal entries
VJOURNAL({})
Have a look at `more examples
<https://icalendar.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage.html>`_.
Use timezones of your choice
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
With ``icalendar``, you can localize your events to take place in different
timezones.
``zoneinfo``, ``dateutil.tz`` and ``pytz`` are compatible with ``icalendar``.
This example creates an event that uses all of the timezone implementations
with the same result:
.. code:: python
>>> import pytz, zoneinfo, dateutil.tz # timezone libraries
>>> import datetime, icalendar
>>> e = icalendar.Event()
>>> tz = dateutil.tz.tzstr("Europe/London")
>>> e["X-DT-DATEUTIL"] = icalendar.vDatetime(datetime.datetime(2024, 6, 19, 10, 1, tzinfo=tz))
>>> tz = pytz.timezone("Europe/London")
>>> e["X-DT-USE-PYTZ"] = icalendar.vDatetime(datetime.datetime(2024, 6, 19, 10, 1, tzinfo=tz))
>>> tz = zoneinfo.ZoneInfo("Europe/London")
>>> e["X-DT-ZONEINFO"] = icalendar.vDatetime(datetime.datetime(2024, 6, 19, 10, 1, tzinfo=tz))
>>> print(e.to_ical()) # the libraries yield the same result
BEGIN:VEVENT
X-DT-DATEUTIL;TZID=Europe/London:20240619T100100
X-DT-USE-PYTZ;TZID=Europe/London:20240619T100100
X-DT-ZONEINFO;TZID=Europe/London:20240619T100100
END:VEVENT
Versions and Compatibility
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``icalendar`` is a critical project used by many. It has been there for a long time and maintaining
long-term compatibility with projects conflicts partially with providing and using the features that
the latest Python versions bring.
Volunteers pour `effort into maintaining and developing icalendar
<https://github.com/collective/icalendar/discussions/360>`_.
Below, you can find an overview of the versions and how we maintain them.
Version 6
~~~~~~~~~
Version 6 of ``icalendar`` switches the timezone implementation to ``zoneinfo``.
This only affects you if you parse ``icalendar`` objects with ``from_ical()``.
The functionality is extended and is tested since 6.0.0 with both timezone
implementations ``pytz`` and ``zoneinfo``.
By default and since 6.0.0, ``zoneinfo`` timezones are created.
.. code:: python
>>> dt = icalendar.Calendar.example("timezoned").walk("VEVENT")[0]["DTSTART"].dt
>>> dt.tzinfo
ZoneInfo(key='Europe/Vienna')
If you would like to continue to receive ``pytz`` timezones in as parse results,
you can receive all the latest updates, and switch back to version 5.x behavior:
.. code:: python
>>> icalendar.use_pytz()
>>> dt = icalendar.Calendar.example("timezoned").walk("VEVENT")[0]["DTSTART"].dt
>>> dt.tzinfo
<DstTzInfo 'Europe/Vienna' CET+1:00:00 STD>
Version 6 is on `branch master <https://github.com/collective/icalendar/>`_ with compatibility to Python versions ``3.7+`` and ``PyPy3``.
We expect the ``master`` branch with versions ``6+`` to receive the latest updates and features.
Version 5
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Version 5 uses only the ``pytz`` timezone implementation, and not ``zoneinfo``.
No updates will be released for this.
Please use version 6 and switch to use ``zoneinfo`` as documented above.
Version 4
~~~~~~~~~
Version 4 is on `branch 4.x <https://github.com/collective/icalendar/tree/4.x>`_ with maximum compatibility with Python versions ``2.7`` and ``3.4+``, ``PyPy2`` and ``PyPy3``.
The ``4.x`` branch only receives security and bug fixes if someone makes the effort.
We recommend migrating to later Python versions and also providing feedback if you depend on the ``4.x`` features.
Related projects
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* `icalevents <https://github.com/irgangla/icalevents>`_. It is built on top of icalendar and allows you to query iCal files and get the events happening on specific dates. It manages recurrent events as well.
* `recurring-ical-events <https://pypi.org/project/recurring-ical-events/>`_. Library to query an ``ICalendar`` object for events happening at a certain date or within a certain time.
* `x-wr-timezone <https://pypi.org/project/x-wr-timezone/>`_. Library to make ``ICalendar`` objects and files using the non-standard ``X-WR-TIMEZONE`` compliant with the standard (RFC 5545).