I’m looking at putting some stuff together to do more automatic event promotion. I’d like to be able to create calendar links for common platforms (Google, O365, Apple) and optionally a .ics file for everyone else. I don’t think there’s a direct way to do this at the moment - though correct me if I’m wrong - but the following should do what I need.
Is there a way I can build up a URL from variables in a nice straightforward way in n8n? For example https://calendar/google.com/{eventname}/foo/{eventdate} etc… That I can then put into the body of any email or blog post?
Similarly, is there a way I can construct a text file from variables and a template?
I’m looking at putting some stuff together to do more automatic event promotion. I’d like to be able to create calendar links for common platforms (Google, O365, Apple) and optionally a .ics file for everyone else. I don’t think there’s a direct way to do this at the moment - though correct me if I’m wrong - but the following should do what I need.
Currently, you can do that just with the Google Calendar node. I think (not completely sure) what you are looking for it’s the htmlLink. You can find it in the event:create response.
Is there a way I can build up a URL from variables in a nice straightforward way in n8n? For example https://calendar/google.com/{eventname}/foo/{eventdate} etc… That I can then put into the body of any email or blog post?
Yes, you can build this URL dynamically using expressions.
But agree with having a node that builds the ICS file. It can be convenient. We can use a library like the one below. If you are self-hosting, you can set up n8n to let you import the library in a function node. However, use the library in the function node can be tricky if you do not know how binary data works in n8n.
