Suggestion: Baikal Data export to *.ics and *.vcf file

[rudi48]

Hello,
I have seen in the SabreDAV documentation, that it is possible with a plugin to export your calendar and contacts data to an *.ics and *.vcf file.
See: http://sabre.io/dav/ics-export-plugin/
http://sabre.io/dav/vcf-export-plugin/
A one line patch gives this possibility to Baikal.
Edit cal.php
near the end of the file add to the plugins:
$server->addPlugin(new \Sabre\CalDAV\ICSExportPlugin());
Edit card.php
near the end of the file add to the plugins:
$server->addPlugin(new \Sabre\CardDAV\VCFExportPlugin());

URL in the web browser:
http(s)://SERVER/baikal/cal.php/calendars/USER/default?export
http(s)://SERVER/baikal/card.php/addressbooks/USER/default?export
This will download a file, you have to name it.

Regards, Rudolf

[herriett]

This sounds like it would be nice to add to the admin interface. In/Export between cal/carddav is always a hassle nowadays.

[brutus]

What's the state of this? I would love to sync with those formats, since I'm using Rainlendar and it only supports plain ical format, no CalDav.

I'm more than a little rusty on PHP; what's to do to have Sabre export as ical instead of giving the normal response only when the GET parameter is export? Would it also be possible to push ical to the server (eg. on a POST request or similar)?

Or any other hints, how to sync plain ical with Baikal?

[brutus]

Thx @rudi48 , it worked. I now have a cron job that grabs the export and feeds it to Rainlendar. Kinda crude and only one way, but hey...

Pull request can be found here: #272

[netgusto]

Hey ! Export will be featured out of the box in the upcoming release of Baïkal (branch branch-2 of this repo). See #282

[thijstriemstra]

With Baikal 0.4.6 you can use this url to export contacts:

https://dav.example.com/card.php/addressbooks/username/default?export