caldavctl 0.0.19

Command line utility to interact with CalDAV servers

caldavctl

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Table of Contents

• Installation
• Configuration
• Usage
• License

⚠️WARNING ⚠️

This software is alpha quality, use at your own risk.

Installation

To install:

pipx install caldavctl

Completion

Optionally enable completion:

• bash, add this to ~/.bashrc:

  eval "$(_CALDAVCTL_COMPLETE=bash_source caldavctl)"
  

• zsh, add this to ~/.zshrc:

  eval "$(_CALDAVCTL_COMPLETE=zsh_source caldavctl)"
  

• fish, add this to ~/.config/fish/completions/foo-bar.fish:

  _CALDAVCTL_COMPLETE=fish_source caldavctl | source
  

Configuration

caldavctl is configured in $HOME/.config/caldavctl/config.toml:

[server.server_01_nickname]
username="your user"
password="your pass"
url="https://oneserver.org/cal"

[server.server_02_nickname]
username="your user"
password="your pass"
url="https://anotherserver.org/cal"

[default]
server="server_01_nickname"
calendar="Default"
timezone="Asia/Tokyo"

Make sure to make this file readable only by the user owner of the file:

$ chmod go-rwx $HOME/.config/caldavctl/config.toml

Usage

caldavctl uses sub commands to expose its functionality:

$ caldavctl --help
Usage: caldavctl [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

  caldavctl - command line CalDAV client

Options:
  -c, --config TEXT  Configuration file
  --name TEXT        Server nickname
  --username TEXT    Username on the CalDAV server
  --passwd TEXT      Password on the CalDAV server
  --url TEXT         Calendar CalDAV url
  --timezone TEXT    Your time zone
  --server TEXT      Default server (use nickname)
  --calendar TEXT    Default calendar id
  --help             Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  br        Backup or restore a calendar
  calendar  Commands that deal with the calendars on the server
  event     Event management
  ics       iCalendar file operations
  journal   Journal management
  todo      Todo management

Notes:

• The options to the main command override the configuration file;
• By default the configuration file is $HOME/.config/caldavctl/config.toml;
• Currently the journal sub-command is only a place holder;

To get help about a sub-command do:

$ caldavctl <sub-command> --help

For example:

$ caldavctl event --help
Usage: caldavctl event [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

  Event management

Options:
  --help  Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  create  Create new event
  delete  Delete an event on the server
  list    List events from the server list.

This holds true for sub-sub-commands:

$ caldavctl todo list --help
Usage: caldavctl todo list [OPTIONS]

  List todos from the default server and default calendar

Options:
  -d, --description  Show the event's description.
  -a, --all          Show all todos, including completed todos.
  --help             Show this message and exit.

The create event command

The create event command uses a simple key: value format to define the elements of an event. If the --edit option is used without specifying a file, an example file is opened on your $EDITOR:

# Mandatory
DTSTART: 2025-02-02 09:00
DTEND: 2025-02-02 09:45

# Recommended
SUMMARY:

# Optional
LOCATION:
CATEGORIES:
TIMEZONE:
PRIORITY: 5
ALARM: P0D
DESCRIPTION: [[ ]]

# NOTES:
#
#   * Date and time:
#       * The dates must be in iso format, for instance: 2024-12-29 13:45;
#       * The timezone used is the one defined by default or the one defined in
#         the "TIMEZONE" key;
#   * Categories: the categories are a comma separated list;
#   * Priority: 1 - highest priority, 9 - lowest priority
#   * Description: The description can be multi line, just make sure it's
#     delimited by [[ ]].
#   * Alarms:
#       * By default an alarm is defined the moment the event begins;
#       * The alarms are defined using:
#           ALARM: <trigger> [<description>]
#       * The trigger is defined according to:
#           https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5545#autoid-38
#       * For example, to trigger an alarm 30 minutes before the event start, use:
#           ALARM: -PT30M
#       * The alarm description is optional

The start and end dates are, by default the next day from 9 to 9:45.

License

caldavctl is distributed under the terms of the GPL-3.0-or-later license.