Eventbrite-to-iCal Converter
Website: https://eb-to-ical.daylightpirates.org/
I wanted to follow several Eventbrite organizers' events on my personal calendar, but apparently Eventbrite doesn't have iCalendar support. So I made a proxy that converts the Eventbrite API to iCal (.ics) format. It is super bare-bones, using only nginx and Lua (directly in the nginx config).
How To Use
Option 1: Use the website
If you just want to convert an organizer's events to an iCal format, all you
need to do is paste their Eventbrite profile (e.g. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/privacy-lab-7851144983
)
or id (e.g. 7851144983
) into the above website.
All the website does is generate a link for Option 2 (so you don't have to).
Option 2: Create the link yourself
If you want to automate things, you can just create the iCal link yourself.
https://eb-to-ical.daylightpirates.org/eventbrite-organizer-ical?organizer={organizer_id}
Replace {organizer_id}
with the Eventbrite organizer's id
(e.g. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/privacy-lab-
7851144983
).
NOTE: Since Jan 1, 2020, the Eventbrite API prohibits getting another organizer's list of public events, so unfortunately we have to use the website's internal API to get past and future events for an organizer :(
Option 3: Self-host
If you want to run this converter yourself, just include the
eb_to_ical.conf
in whatever nginx server
config you want. All it does is add two locations
(/eventbrite-organizer-ical
and /eventbrite-api
). The iCal conversion is
done via Lua directly in the nginx config, so no outside dynamic servers are
required!
Install requirements:
apt-get install nginx-extras lua-cjson
Add to server
config (see
example_server.conf
for a what I use):
server {
...
include /path/to/eb_to_ical.conf;
...
}
Make sure nginx likes the new include:
sudo service nginx configtest
Restart the server (you can use reload
if you were already using nginx-extras
):
sudo service nginx restart
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Copyright
Written by Daniel Roesler (https://daylightpirates.org/).
Copyright 2017. Released under the GNU AGPLv3.