outlook_calendar_report_generator

• Generate a report of members are are "away" based on their Outlook Calendar within a start-end timeframe.
• Update shared calendar to synchronize with members' calendars with events that are "away".

Setup

Microsoft Azure Project Config (/root/microsoft_graph_auth.yaml)

---
client_id : '...'
tenant_id : '...'
scope : 'user.read calendar.readwrite'
group_members : 
    'net_id_1' : 'name_1'
    'net_id_2' : 'name_2'
shared_calendar_name : '...'
...

Netrc setup (/home/.ssh/netrc)

machine OUTLOOK_LOGIN
login ...
password ...

Pull Image from DockerHub

docker pull phongtran27/outlook_calendar_report_generator

Build Container

docker run -it --name outlook_calendar_container --mount type=bind,source=$HOME,dst=/home outlook_calendar_report_generator

Quick Start

The commnad below will generate a report to console of events that occurs between the start and end date.

python3 OutlookCalendar.py [optional flags] [year]-[month]-[day] [year]-[month]-[day]

Example: python3 OutlookCalendar.py -r 2022-10-26 2022-10-29

Other optional flags include:

-r : Generates the a report of each members' availability occuring between start and end timeframe.

-s : Retrieves members' calendar events and synchronize them to the shared calendar

-d : Dumps the json data of member's events occuring between the start and end date

-i : Indicates whether this is first time running script. If it is, this flag must be used.

-h : Display the help screen

Notes

The .netrc file needs to have the correct permission (-rw-------).

If not, do: chmod u+rw,u-x,go-rwx ~/.netrc

To check: ls -la ~/.netrc