Google Calendar troubleshooting
Below you'll find guidance on common issues or errors you may encounter while using the Google Calendar app.
It is possible to trigger a a specified amount of time before an event with the help of standard Google Calendar email reminders and the Webhooks > Custom mailhook module.
Use the Google Calendar > Update an event module to add an email reminder to your event:
Create a new scenario starting with the Webhooks > Custom mailhook module. Copy the mailhook's email address. Save the scenario and execute it.
In Gmail, redirect the Google Calendar email reminders to the mailhook's email address:
- Click Add a forwarding address.
- Paste the copied mailhook's email address, press "Next", confirm by pressing "Proceed" in the popup window and close the dialog by pressing "OK".
- In , switch to the new which should finish its execution by receiving the confirmation email.
- Click the bubble above the module to inspect the module's output.
- Expand the Text item and search for the Confirmation code
In , you can add the Text parser > Match pattern module after the Webhooks > Custom mailhook module to parse the email's HTML code and obtain any information you need. For example, you can configure a module like this to obtain the event's ID:
- Pattern: <meta itemprop="eventId/googleCalendar" content="(?<evenitID>.*?)"/>
- Text: The HTML content item output from the Webhooks > Custom mailhook module:
