tripitcalb0t
Bot to automatically create Google Calendar events from TripIt flight data.
I have OCD about the layout of my calendar events so that is why I made my own bot.
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Installation
Binaries
For installation instructions from binaries please visit the Releases Page.
Via Go
$ go get github.com/jessfraz/tripitcalb0t
Running with Docker
$ docker run --restart always -d \
-v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro \
-v /path/to/.tripitcalb0t/google.json:/root/.tripitcalb0t/google.json:ro \
--name tripitcalb0t \
-e "TRIPIT_USERNAME=your_username" \
-e "TRIPIT_PASSWORD=59f6asdfasdfasdf0" \
-e "GOOGLE_CALENDAR_ID=your_google_calendar_id" \
r.j3ss.co/tripitcalb0t --interval 1m
Usage
$ tripitcalb0t -h
tripitcalb0t - Bot to automatically create Google Calendar events from TripIt flight data.
Usage: tripitcalb0t <command>
Flags:
--calendar Calendar name to add events to (or env var GOOGLE_CALENDAR_ID)
-d Enable debug logging (default: false)
--google-keyfile Path to Google Calendar keyfile (default: ~/.tripitcalb0t/google.json)
--interval Update interval (ex. 5ms, 10s, 1m, 3h) (default: 1m0s)
--once Run once and exit, do not run as a daemon (default: false)
--past Include past trips (default: false)
--tripit-password TripIt Password for authentication (or env var TRIPIT_PASSWORD)
--tripit-username TripIt Username for authentication (or env var TRIPIT_USERNAME)
Commands:
version Show the version information.
Setup
Google Calendar
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Enable the API: To get started using Calendar API v3, you need to first create a project in the Google API Console, enable the API, and create credentials.
Follow the instructions for step enabling the API here.
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Add the new service account to the Google Calendar account with Read & Write permission.
The newly created service account will have an email address that looks similar to:
[email protected]
.Use this email address to add a user to the Google Calendar view you want to access via the API.
TripIt
To use this, you must enable "Web Authentication" on your account. You can follow the steps to do that here.