calendar-view 1.2.0

Library provides a graphical view of the calendar.

Calendar View

Library provides a graphical view of the calendar. View, title and events can be easily configured.

The output in *.png file.

Input parameters

Configuration

Configuration for the all view can be done using CalendarConfig class.

Parameter	Type	Description
lang	str	Language, which is used for name of the weekday. Supported values: en, ru, ua. Default value: en
title	str	Title of the view. Can be empty
dates	str	The range of the days to show. Default value: ‘Mo - Su’
days	int	If dates does not exist, the number of days to display can be configured starting from Monday. For example, ‘4’ means dates='Mo - Th'
hours	str	Hour range to display
mode	str	Mode will override some parameters. Available modes: ‘week’ - show current week ‘day_hours’ - show hours range ‘8:00 - 22:00’ ‘working_hours’ - show hours range ‘8:00 - 19:00’ ‘auto’ - modes ‘week’ + ‘day_hours’
show_date	bool	Defines is the date has to be shown. Format: 'dd.mm' or 'dd.mm.YYYY' if show_year=True. Default value: True
show_year	bool	Defines is the year has to be added to the date format. Omitted if show_date=False. Default value: False
legend	bool	If False - draw the name of the event inside the block. If True - draw the name in the legend. If not defined, will be chosen automatically.

Example:

config = CalendarConfig(
    lang='en',
    title='Yoga Class Schedule',
    dates='Mo - Fr',
    hours='8 - 22',
    mode=None,
    show_date=True,
    show_year=False,
    legend=True,
)

# you can validate your config
validate_config(config)

Event

Parameter	Type	Description
name	str	Language, which is used for name of the weekday. Supported values: en, ru, ua
day	str / date / datetime	The day of the event. Can be set using any of 3 different types. Can’t be defined together with day_of_week
day_of_week	int	The range of the days to show. Can’t be defined together with day
start	str / time / datetime	Start of the event. Can be set using any of 3 different types. String has format HH:mm or HH.
end	str / time / datetime	End of the event. Can be set using any of 3 different types. String has format HH:mm or HH.

Dates

The date can be defines using next rules.

1. Allowed year range: [1900, 2100]

2. Any delimiter from the list can be used:

   • -

   • .

   • /

3. Allowed formats:

   • YYYY.mm.dd

   • dd.mm.YYYY

   • dd.mm.YY - will use 20th century

   • dd.mm - for the current year

As an example, let’s look for example at the same data in all formats (assume, that current year is 2019):

• 2019-06-21

• 21.06.2019

• 21/06/19

• 21/06

Examples

1. Basic usage

Most basic and simplest usage. Doesn’t have configuration.

Code:

from calendar_view.calendar import Calendar
from calendar_view.core.event import EventStyles

calendar = Calendar.build()
calendar.add_event(day_of_week=0, start='08:00', end='17:00', style=EventStyles.GRAY)
calendar.add_event(day_of_week=5, start='10:00', end='13:00', style=EventStyles.BLUE)
calendar.add_event(day_of_week=6, start='15:00', end='18:00')
calendar.save("simple_view.png")

Output:

2. Configuration and specific dates

View for one script. Configuration object and events with specific dates are used.

Code:

from calendar_view.calendar import Calendar
from calendar_view.core import data
from calendar_view.core.event import Event

config = data.CalendarConfig(
    lang='en',
    title='Sprint 23',
    dates='2019-09-23 - 2019-09-27',
    show_year=True,
    mode='working_hours',
    legend=False,
)
events = [
    Event('Planning', day='2019-09-23', start='11:00', end='13:00'),
    Event('Demo', day='2019-09-27', start='15:00', end='16:00'),
    Event('Retrospective', day='2019-09-27', start='17:00', end='18:00'),
]

data.validate_config(config)
data.validate_events(events, config)

calendar = Calendar.build(config)
calendar.add_events(events)
calendar.save("sprint_23.png")

Output:

3. Legend view

If the name of event is too long, it can ee printed in the legend.

Code:

from calendar_view.core import data
from calendar_view.core.config import CalendarConfig
from calendar_view.calendar import Calendar
from calendar_view.core.event import Event

config = CalendarConfig(
    lang='en',
    title='Yoga Class Schedule',
    dates='Mo - Su',
    hours='8 - 22',
    show_date=False,
    legend=True,
)
events = [
    Event(day_of_week=0, start='11:00', end='12:30', name='Ashtanga, 90 mins, with Gina', style=EventStyles.GRAY),
    Event(day_of_week=1, start='18:00', end='19:15', name='HOT Core Yoga, 75 mins, with David', style=EventStyles.RED),
    Event(day_of_week=2, start='09:00', end='10:00', name='Meditation - Yoga Nidra, 60 mins, with Heena', style=EventStyles.BLUE),
    Event(day_of_week=2, start='19:00', end='20:15', name='Hatha Yoga, 75 mins, with Jo', style=EventStyles.GREEN),
    Event(day_of_week=3, start='19:00', end='20:00', name='Pilates, 60 mins, with Erika', style=EventStyles.GRAY),
    Event(day_of_week=4, start='18:30', end='20:00', name='Kundalini Yoga, 90 mins, with Dan', style=EventStyles.RED),
    Event(day_of_week=5, start='10:00', end='11:15', name='Hatha Yoga, 75 mins, with Amelia', style=EventStyles.GREEN),
    Event(day_of_week=6, start='10:00', end='11:15', name='Yoga Open, 75 mins, with Klaudia', style=EventStyles.BLUE),
    Event(day_of_week=6, start='14:00', end='15:15', name='Hatha Yoga, 75 mins, with Vick', style=EventStyles.GREEN)
]

data.validate_config(config)
data.validate_events(events, config)

calendar = Calendar.build(config)
calendar.add_events(events)
calendar.save("yoga_class.png")

Output:

License

CalendarView is licensed under a MIT license. Please see the LICENSE file for details.