A Python module and program to convert calendars using X-WR-TIMEZONE to standard ones.
Project description
Some calendar providers introduce the non-standard X-WR-TIMEZONE parameter to ICS calendar files. Strict interpretations according to RFC 5545 ignore the X-WR-TIMEZONE parameter. This causes the times of the events to differ from those which make use of X-WR-TIMEZONE.
This module aims to bridge the gap by converting calendars using X-WR-TIMEZONE to a strict RFC 5545 calendars. So, let’s put our heads together and solve this problem for everyone!
Some features of the module are:
Easy install with Python’s pip.
Command line conversion of calendars.
Piping of calendar files with wget or curl.
Some of the requirements are:
Calendars without X-WR-TIMEZONE are kept unchanged.
Passing calendars twice to this module does not change them.
Install
Install using pip:
python3 -m pip install x-wr-timezone
Install with apt:
sudo apt-get install python-x-wr-timezone
Support
Command Line Usage
You can standardize the calendars using your command line interface. The examples assume that in.ics is a calendar which may use X-WR-TIMEZONE, whereas out.ics does not require X-WR-TIMEZONE for proper display.
cat in.is | x-wr-timezone > out.ics
x-wr-timezone in.ics out.ics
curl https://example.org/in.ics | x-wr-timezone > out.ics
wget -O- https://example.org/in.ics | x-wr-timezone > out.ics
You can get usage help on the command line:
x-wr-timezone --help
Python
After you have installed the library, you can import it.
import x_wr_timezone
The function to_standard() converts an icalendar object.
x_wr_timezone.to_standard(an_icalendar)
Here is a full example which does about as much as this module is supposed to do:
import icalendar # installed with x_wr_timezone
import x_wr_timezone
with open("in.ics", 'rb') as file:
calendar = icalendar.from_ical(file.read())
new_calendar = x_wr_timezone.to_standard(calendar)
# you could use the new_calendar variable now
with open('out.ics', 'wb') as file:
file.write(new_calendar.to_ical())
to_standard(calendar, timezone=None) has these parameters:
calendar is the icalendar.Calendar object.
timezone is an optional time zone. By default, the time zone in calendar['X-WR-TIMEZONE'] is used to check if the calendar needs changing. When timezone is not None however, calendar['X-WR-TIMEZONE'] will not be tested and it is assumed that the calendar should be changed as if calendar['X-WR-TIMEZONE'] had the value of timezone. This does not add or change the value of calendar['X-WR-TIMEZONE']. You would need to do that yourself. timezone can be a string like "UTC" or "Europe/Berlin" or a pytz.timezone or something that datetime accepts as a time zone..
Return value: The calendar argument is not modified at all. The calendar returned has the attributes and subcomponents of the calendar only changed and copied where needed to return the proper value. As such, the returned calendar might be identical to the one passed to the function as the calendar argument. Keep that in mind if you modify the return value.
Development
Clone the repository or its fork and cd x-wr-timezone.
Optional: Install virtualenv and Python3 and create a virtual environment:
pip install virtualenv virtualenv -p python3 ENV source ENV/bin/activate # you need to do this for each shell
Install the packages and this module so it can be edited:
pip install -r test-requirements.txt -e .
Run the tests:
pytest
To test all functions:
pytest --x-wr-timezone all
Testing with tox
You can use tox to test the package in different Python versions.
tox
This tests all the different functionalities:
tox -- --x-wr-timezone all
New Releases
To release new versions,
edit the Changelog Section
edit setup.py, the __version__ variable
create a commit and push it
Wait for CI tests to finish the build.
run
python3 setup.py tag_and_deploy
notify the issues about their release
Testing
This project’s development is driven by tests. Tests assure a consistent interface and less knowledge lost over time. If you like to change the code, tests help that nothing breaks in the future. They are required in that sense. Example code and ics files can be transferred into tests and speed up fixing bugs.
You can view the tests in the test folder. If you have a calendar ICS file for which this library does not generate the desired output, you can add it to the test/calendars folder and write tests for what you expect. If you like, open an issue first, e.g. to discuss the changes and how to go about it.
Changelog
v1.0.0
Use zoneinfo instead of pytz
Test compatibility with pytz and zoneinfo as argument to to_standard
Remove pytz as a dependency
Add tzdata as a dependency
Add typing
Update Python versions
v0.0.7
Rename master branch to main
Use proper SPDX license ID
Test Python 3.12
v0.0.6
Obsolete Python 3.7
Support Python 3.11
Fix localization issue for pytz when datetime has no timezone
Run tests on GitHub Actions
Require icalendar 5.0.11 for tests
Fix pytz localization issue when dateime is not in UTC and has no time zone.
v0.0.5
Revisit README and CLI and fix spelling mistakes.
Modified behavior to treat events without time zone found in a calendar using the X-WR-TIMEZONE property, see Pull Request 7
v0.0.4
Test automatic deployment with Gitlab CI.
v0.0.3
Use tzname() function of datetime to test for UTC. This helps support zoneinfo time zones.
Split up visitor class and rename it to walker.
v0.0.2
Implement the timezone argument.
Do not modify the value of the calendar argument and only copy it where needed.
v0.0.1
Initial release supports DTSTART, DTEND, EXDATE, RDATE, RECURRENCE-ID attributes of events.
Command line interface as x-wr-timezone.
License
This software is licensed under LGPLv3, see the LICENSE file.
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