Google calendar API for PHP simple read-only request to get calendar events

Question

I\'d like to write some simple PHP code for a website, to get read-only access to a public Google calendar list of events using Google\'s calendar API V3. I simply need to d

Answer 1

I think you're way overthinking this one. If you just need access to events on a public calendar, then there's a way to do this without invoking the Google Calendar API and all of the attached complexity. Every public Google Calendar has an iCal feed that can be viewed at a specific URL, usually in the form of:

http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/{OWNER}/public/basic.ics

where {OWNER} is the URL-encoded email address of the owner of the calendar.

You can find the specific URL by viewing the calendar settings and scrolling to the bottom of the Calendar Details tab.