Creating jitsi meet using Google Calendar

[minkyul]

I successfully installed jidesha for desktop sharing and scheduling a jitsi event using google calendar.
Desktop sharing is working fine but sometimes the event in the google calendar does not have the "location" information. It is not very consistent; sometimes the event does have the location, but not always.

Did anyone experience this? Is it a known bug?

-Minkyu

[damencho]

Yep, editing those fields is tricky. We've been testing it a lot and haven't noticed any issues, but it will not surprise me for cases where it doesn't work.
We are working on that, improving it in other way.

[jtoy]

any insights into this? how is it?

[damencho]

We are currently working on adding calendar addon with which you can schedule meetings the same way you can use Hangouts for calendar events.
This addon will deprecate the calendar integration in jidesha that is for google calendar.

[ghost]

@damencho Is there any update on Google Calendar Addon?

[damencho]

Nope, sorry.

[ghost]

@damencho Thanks for the reply.
Is this(https://gsuite.google.com/marketplace/app/jitsi_meet_for_google_calendar/421935948107) based on jidesha?

[damencho]

Nope. This is a google addon, which API is still not public.

[ghost]

Ok! a slightly unrelated question. Did you guys use Google App Script for this?

[damencho]

Yes.

[ghost]

I have been struggling to figure out the complete process for app script.
Can you provide a big-picture overview of the project?
How your team or you did it? I am struggling on how to add my meeting config in conference dropdown where it shows Hangout/Jitsi-meet?

I appreciate your help on a completely unrelated topic from the ticket

[damencho]

First you need Google's approval to use the API, then the API will be available for you to use it, you will get access and to documentation.

[ghost]

Ok! So the API to add custom video conferencing is not publically available and you need Google's permission to access it?

[damencho]

That is correct.

[ghost]

Thanks again for the help

[ghost]

Hey @damencho Is there an online resource to help me apply for the API.
Can you guide me on how you applied for the API?

[damencho]

Sorry, I don't know. We got an invitation from Google while working with them on some other subject...

[bobbercheng]

@damencho
Did you open source for calendar addon(https://gsuite.google.com/marketplace/app/jitsi_meet_for_google_calendar/421935948107)? I cannot find it on github.

[damencho]

The source code for the addon will be published once the API is public, which is still not public. Sorry.

[bobbercheng]

@damencho
Google Gadgets API is public as https://developers.google.com/gadgets. Do you mean the API for google calendar is still not public?

[damencho]

Google Calendar Addons API is not public.

[hthetiot]

Hello @damencho, I have found the way to actually implement the Calendar Addon by reverse engineering Google Calendar source code and existing sparse information on internet.

Note: See https://Sylaps.com options (We dont use Jisti BTW)

I think the process to officialy get access to the API is to apply to "G Suite Add-ons (beta)" at the following URL (I will confirm once/If get approved).

• https://gsuite.google.com/campaigns/index__add-ons-beta.html

[damencho]

Thanks for the information. I didn't know that, and this can be really useful for those that want to use it.

[hthetiot]

I confim that to implement google calendar addon you need to apply to the G Suite Add-ons (beta) program, here https://gsuite.google.com/campaigns/index__add-ons-beta.html

Note: My previous message as been edited to match following requirements "Confidential material: Do not share or discuss until authorized to do so."

[damencho]

Note: My previous message as been edited to match following requirements "Confidential material: Do not share or discuss until authorized to do so."

Thanks for the update. Yep, this is the reason why the add-on is not open-sourced.

[christefano]

FYI, the G Suite Add-ons Beta program form now says:

Thank you for your interest in G Suite Add-ons. As of February 4, 2020, G Suite Add-ons are generally available. You can check out currently available G Suite Add-ons at https://gsuite.google.com/marketplace/category/works-with-gsuite and learn more about building add-ons at https://developers.google.com/gsuite/add-ons/concepts/types#g_suite_add-ons

I’m able to install the Jitsi Meet for Google Calendar add-on here: https://gsuite.google.com/marketplace/app/jitsi_meet_for_google_calendar/421935948107

Unfortunately for me and my self-hosted Jitsi Meet server, as one of the commenters has said:

Doesn't work with a custom Jitsi server, only meet.jit.si. Fair enough but could be stated more explicitly. Also, does not allow changing / setting the meeting URL, which seems like a pretty fundamental feature.

[lievenjanssen]

@damencho Since the G Suite Add-ons are now generally available I was wondering if the source code is public yet?

[damencho]

No it is not, sorry. I have not worked on that ... as there are more urgent tasks.

[ThisGuyCodes]

@damencho I'm curious if the closed-source addon only works for meet.jit.si (as opposed to letting you point it at your own instance) due to restrictions imposed by google for gsuite addons?

[damencho]

It works only for meet.jit.si. I will be checking this week when I have time the APIs and whether we are allowed to publish the code, if that is so, I will create a repo with it and will ping you here and closing this issue. So stay tuned.

[damencho]

It is still not public as said on https://developers.google.com/gsuite/add-ons/concepts/types#g_suite_add-ons

These add-ons require a well-developed third-party conferencing solution for the add-on to connect to. Because of this requirement, Calendar conferencing add-ons were kept in an extended beta phase and not documented publicly for some time. Most developers don't have any need to ever develop a conferencing add-on.

[MichielDeMey]

I read it as the past tense "were kept in an extended beta phase" as in, no longer in beta?

Not sure how to interpret this, maybe double-check with a Google Developer representative if conference add-on code can be shared?

[lievenjanssen]

@MichielDeMey I read it in the same way so I would have interpreted the text as out of beta.

[damencho]

I don't see the documents publicly available and I still see the warning on them, 'private do not share' ...

[lievenjanssen]

@damencho do you have a contact at Google I can reach out to to discuss this? Currently Google is in a state that you can't request a beta anymore, it says that it's public but there is no public documentation yet which doesn't really make sense.

[damencho]

Nope sorry.

[damencho]

We did the initial import of the code of the Calendar Addon you can find today in the gsuite store.

Any recommendations, PRs, and updating docs (as there are non in the moment ) and such are more than welcome! Thank you.

https://github.com/jitsi/calendar-addon