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[Bug 597592] [NEW] Allow team to import events from an external source

 

Public bug reported:

The Belgian LoCo Team already has an event calendar on its website. And
I bet many LoCo Teams already have their own calendars managed through
various solutions. Currently, the only way to add events to the LoCo
Directory is to add have a team admin to add them manually.

This means that if such a team want to maintain it's calendar on the
LoCo Directory and duplicate it on its own website, events must be added
to the LoCo Directory by a team admin then import these events in their
own solutions using the LoCo Directory API. Which require custom code
since the LoCo Directory doesn't expose the events information in a any
standard format.

It would be nice to have the option to import events and, as a side
effect, venues from external sources.

It would probably increase usage of the LoCo Directory as a central
community agenda. It also allow the LoCo Directory events management to
be kept simple while enabling teams to use more powerful tools if wanted
or needed.

It's likely that most solutions used by LoCo team support iCal export to
stable URLs so this could be used as input format.

** Affects: loco-directory
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Allow team to import events from an external source
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Status in LoCo Directory: New

Bug description:
The Belgian LoCo Team already has an event calendar on its website. And I bet many LoCo Teams already have their own calendars managed through various solutions. Currently, the only way to add events to the LoCo Directory is to add have a team admin to add them manually.

This means that if such a team want to maintain it's calendar on the LoCo Directory and duplicate it on its own website, events must be added to the LoCo Directory by a team admin then import these events in their own solutions using the LoCo Directory API. Which require custom code since the LoCo Directory doesn't expose the events information in a any standard format.

It would be nice to have the option to import events and, as a side effect, venues from external sources.

It would probably increase usage of the LoCo Directory as a central community agenda. It also allow the LoCo Directory events management to be kept simple while enabling teams to use more powerful tools if wanted or needed.

It's likely that most solutions used by LoCo team support iCal export to stable URLs so this could be used as input format.





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