refined export script for events

.gitignore

@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ output/
 __pycache__/
 *.code-workspace
 utils/.caldav_pass
+content/pages/termine.md

utils/refresh-events.py

@@ -1,16 +1,59 @@
 import caldav
-from datetime import datetime
 import vobject
+from datetime import datetime, date, time
 import yaml
 
 server_url = "https://***REMOVED***
 cal_user = "tobias"
 cal_url = "https://***REMOVED***
-cal_category = "Lesung/Veranstaltung"
-metadata_keys = ["summary", "dtstart", "dtend", "description", "location"]
+cal_category = "Veranstaltung"
 result_file = "../content/pages/termine.md"
+now = datetime.now().astimezone()
 
-# get passwort
+cal_properties = [ # taken from ical specification
+  # descriptive  
+  "attach", "categories", "class", "comment", "description", "geo", "location", "percent-complete", "priority", "resources", "status", "summary",
+  # date and time
+  "completed", "dtend", "due", "dtstart", "duration", "freebusy", "transp", 
+  # timezone components
+  "tzid", "tzname", "tzoffsetfrom", "tzoffsetto", "tzurl",
+  # relationship
+  "attendee", "contact", "organizer", "recurrence-id", "related-to", "url", "uid",
+  # recurrence
+  "exdate", "exrule", "rdate", "rrule",
+  # alarm
+#  "action", "repeat", "trigger",
+  # change management
+  "created", "dtstamp", "last-modified", "sequence"
+]
+cal_prop_datetimes = ["dtend", "due", "dtstart", "duration", "dtstamp", "last-modified"]
+
+
+"""Converts a datetime.datetime or datetime.date object into an aware datetime object."""
+def fixDatetime(d, t=None, tz=None):
+  if not tz:
+    tz = now.tzinfo
+  
+  # datetime object is made aware if necessary
+  if type(d) == datetime:
+    if d.tzinfo:
+      return d
+    else: 
+      return datetime(d.date(), d.time(), tz)
+  
+  # raise error if d is neither datetime nor date
+  elif type(d) != date:
+    raise TypeError("parameter must be a datetime.date or datetime.datetime object")
+
+  # d is a date object
+  if not t:
+    t = time(23, 59, 59, tzinfo=tz)    # if no time parameter was passed, use 23:59:59 
+  if not t.tzinfo:
+    t.replace(tzinfo=tz)
+  return datetime.combine(d, t)
+
+
+# get password
 with open(".caldav_pass", "r") as f:
   cal_pass = f.read().strip()
 
@@ -30,16 +73,41 @@ with caldav.DAVClient(url=server_url, username=cal_user, password=cal_pass) as d
 # we only want events belonging to a specific category 
 events = [e for e in vcal.getChildren() if "categories" in e.contents.keys() and cal_category in map(lambda x: x.value[0], e.contents["categories"])]
 
-# convert events into a structure that Pelican can use  
-events = [{k: v[0].value for k, v in e.contents.items() if k in metadata_keys} for e in events]
+# convert events into a structure suitable for Pelican 
+e_tmp = []
+for e in events:
+  d = {}
+  for k, v in e.contents.items():
+    # only keep specific calendar properties
+    if not k in cal_properties:
+      continue
+
+    # v is usually a list with a single item 
+    if len(v) == 1:
+      d[k] = v[0].value
+    # but sometimes there's more than one item (this only ever happens when k is "categories")
+    # and in this case, each list item's value is itself a one item list (which is stupid but that's how vobject handles categories)
+    else:
+      d[k] = [v[i].value[0] for i in range(len(v))]
+  e_tmp.append(d)
+events = e_tmp
+
+# fix dates and datetimes
+for e in events:
+  for k in e.keys():
+    if k in cal_prop_datetimes:
+      e[k] = fixDatetime(e[k])
 
 # keep only future events  
-today = datetime.today().date()
-events = [e for e in events if e["dtstart"].date() >= today] 
+events = [e for e in events if e["dtstart"] >= now]
+
+# sort by start date
+events.sort(key=lambda e: e["dtstart"])
 
 # write data as YAML
 with open(result_file, 'w') as f:
   f.write("---\n")
   yaml.dump({"termine": events}, f)
   f.write("---\n")
+  f.write("written at " + datetime.today().isoformat(" "))