Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: Events.Calendars

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Events.Calendars

Returns calendars that support a given entity type.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	iOS SDK
Events	6.2	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	❌ No	✅ Yes

MBS( "Events.Calendars"; Type { ; AsJSON } ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags

Type Which entity type you like to check: Event or Reminder.
Default is Event. "Event"

AsJSON Pass 1 to return result as JSON. Optional

Added in version 13.4.

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
Type	Which entity type you like to check: Event or Reminder. Default is Event.	"Event"
AsJSON	Pass 1 to return result as JSON.		Optional Added in version 13.4.

Result

Returns list of calendar identifiers or error.

Description

Returns calendars that support a given entity type.
Type can be Event or Reminder.
If you have limited access to calendars, you may only see one virtual calendar.

Examples

Get list of all calendars for events:

MBS( "Events.calendars" ; "Events")

Get list of all calendars for reminders:

MBS( "Events.calendars" ; "Reminder")

Query list of all calendar names:

While(
[
names = "";
// query list of Calendar IDs
list = MBS( "Events.Calendars"; "Event" );
count = ValueCount(list);
index = 1
] ;
index ≤ count ;
[
id = GetValue(list; index);
// query name for each ID
name = MBS( "Events.Calendar.GetTitle"; id);
names = names & name & ¶;
index = index + 1
] ;
// return all the names
names )

Example result:
Family
Work
Birthdays

Query as JSON:

MBS( "Events.Calendars"; "Reminder"; 1)

Example result:
[ { "subscribed" : false, "source" : { "sourceTypeText" : "CalDAV", "title" : "Mac.com", "sourceIdentifier" : "780DE199-35C3-4720-9FF0-D5CB37A4B7E6", "isDelegate" : false, "sourceType" : 2 }, "title" : "Reminders", "allowedEntityTypes" : 2, "supportedEventAvailabilities" : 0, "allowsContentModifications" : true, "type" : 1, "immutable" : false, "calendarIdentifier" : "F01661A4-E434-4F9D-79CD-C7395B34D69C", "typeText" : "CalDAV" }, { "subscribed" : false, "source" : { "sourceTypeText" : "CalDAV", "title" : "Mac.com", "sourceIdentifier" : "780DE199-35C3-4720-9FF0-D5CB37A4B7E6", "isDelegate" : false, "sourceType" : 2 }, "title" : "Family", "allowedEntityTypes" : 2, "supportedEventAvailabilities" : 0, "allowsContentModifications" : true, "type" : 1, "immutable" : false, "calendarIdentifier" : "8A134D40-6DE4-4F69-A4D4-06CB897EB173", "typeText" : "CalDAV" } ]

Test with limited permissions in macOS Sonoma:

MBS( "Events.Calendars"; "event"; 1)

Example result:
[ { "subscribed" : false, "source" : { "sourceTypeText" : "CalDAV", "title" : "Account", "sourceIdentifier" : "VIRTUAL_APP_SOURCE_UUID", "isDelegate" : false, "sourceType" : 2 }, "title" : "Calendar", "allowedEntityTypes" : 1, "supportedEventAvailabilities" : 0, "allowsContentModifications" : true, "type" : 1, "immutable" : true, "calendarIdentifier" : "VIRTUAL_APP_CALENDAR_UUID", "typeText" : "CalDAV" } ]