Copying and pasting event details from Garoon to Apple Calendar is tedious. This bookmarklet makes it easy to generate an iCal file from any open Garoon event.

Table of Content

Usage
- Initial Setup
- Export a Garoon Event to Apple Calendar
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Garoon_to_Apple_Bookmarklet.js
What is a Bookmarklet?
Code Breakdown
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References

Usage

Initial Setup

Copy the below Garoon_to_Apple_Bookmarklet.js code block
Enter @bookmarks in the Chrome's address bar
Click on the ⋮ at the top-right-corner
Click Add new bookmark & paste the code in the URL field

Export a Garoon Event to Apple Calendar

Go to the Garoon event's page
Click on the bookmarklet
Download the generated iCal file
Open the file and confirm that the event is now in the Apple Calendar App

Not working? 🤔

Open the browser console
- Mac: Command+Option+C
- Windows, Linux, Chrome OS: Control+Shift+C
Check if you are getting an error message

Garoon_to_Apple_Bookmarklet.js

javascript: (() => {
  const formatTimestamp = (dateString) =>
    new Date(dateString).toISOString().replaceAll(/[-:]|\.\d+/g, '');
  const bodyFormat = (inputText) => inputText.replace(/\n/g, '\r');
  const addCalendar = (event) => {
    console.log({ event });
    const start = formatTimestamp(event.start.dateTime);
    const end = formatTimestamp(event.end.dateTime);
    const origin = location.origin.replace(".s.", ".");
    const url = `${origin}${location.pathname}?event=${event.id}`;
    const params = new URLSearchParams({ service: "apple" });
    const body = bodyFormat(event.notes);
    params.set("start", start);
    params.set("end", end);
    params.set("title", event.subject);
    params.set("description", body);
    params.set("location", url);
    params.set("timezone", event.start.timeZone);
    params.set("calname", `${start}-${event.id}`);
    console.log(params.toString());
    open(`https://calndr.link/d/event/?${params.toString()}`);
  };

  const event = window.garoon?.schedule?.event?.get();

  if (event === undefined) {
    alert(
      `Error: Not on a Garoon schedule.\nPlease open a specific Garoon event.`
    );
    return;
  }

  addCalendar(event);
})();

What is a Bookmarklet?

A bookmarklet is a small piece of JavaScript code that can be stored as a bookmark in a web browser.

When you click on it, the code runs on the current web page, making extending the browser's functionality easy.

Code Breakdown

Let's dive into the code and see how it works.

Wrap the Code in an IIFE

First, JavaScript must be specified as the language of the code.

Then, since bookmarklets are executed in the global scope, it is a good practice to wrap the code in an IIFE (Immediately Invoked Function Expression) to avoid polluting the global scope.

javascript: (() => {
  // ... (code snippet)
  addCalendar(event);
})();

Get the Garoon Event Object

Using the garoon.schedule.event.get() JavaScript API, get the event object of the open Garoon event.

The window web API makes accessing the garoon object from the global scope possible.

const event = window.garoon?.schedule?.event?.get();

Verify the Input

Before continuing, we should verify that the event object is not undefined (i.e., the open page is a Garoon event page).

const event = window.garoon?.schedule?.event?.get();

if (event === undefined) {
  alert(`Error: Not on a Garoon schedule.\nPlease open a specific Garoon event.`);
  return;
}

Main Function - addCalendar

The function takes an event object as an argument and performs several operations to prepare a URL. This URL, when opened, will automatically populate the fields for a new event in Apple Calendar.

Formatting the Start and End Times

Call the formatTimestamp helper function to convert the event's start and end date-time strings into the required format.

const start = formatTimestamp(event.start.dateTime);
const end = formatTimestamp(event.end.dateTime);

The function formatTimestamp takes the date string and formats it to ISO 8601, stripping away hyphens and colons.

const formatTimestamp = (dateString) =>
  new Date(dateString).toISOString().replaceAll(/[-:]|\.\d+/g, '');

Modifying the Origin URL

Since the Client Certificate Authentication feature modifies the URL by adding a .s between the subdomain and the domain, let's remove it before exporting.

const origin = location.origin.replace(".s.", ".");

Constructing Event URL

Generate a clean, short URL for the event by combining the origin URL and the event ID.

const url = `${origin}${location.pathname}?event=${event.id}`;

Initializing URL Parameters

Initialize a URLSearchParams object and set the service as "apple".

const params = new URLSearchParams({ service: "apple" });

Formatting Event Notes

Call the bodyFormat helper function to convert the event notes into a specific format.

const body = bodyFormat(event.notes);

The function takes the string and replaces all newlines with carriage returns.

const bodyFormat = (inputText) => inputText.replace(/\n/g, '\r');

Setting URL Parameters

Populate the parameters needed for the Apple Calendar event.

params.set("start", start);
params.set("end", end);
params.set("title", event.subject);
params.set("description", body);
params.set("location", url);
params.set("timezone", event.start.timeZone);
params.set("calname", `${start}-${event.id}`);

Handling All-Day Events

⚠️ Calndr returns an error when the all_day parameter is set to true or false. (2024-01-17)

~~If the event is all-day, add an all_day parameter with a true value.~~

if (event.isAllDay) { params.set("all_day", "true"); }

Create & Open the Calendar Event URL

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Pass the parameters to Calndr's dynamic API and download the iCal file.

open(`https://calndr.link/d/event/?${params.toString()}`);

Logging for Debugging

To help with debugging, log the event object and the params object to the console so the input and output of the script are visible to users.

console.log({ event });
// ...
console.log(params.toString());

That is about it ~
Simple script, right? I hope you found it useful ~

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