Support for new Birthday Entries in Google Calendar

[gitknd]

I'm sure that

• This issue is still present in the current beta version of this adapter
• There is no other (open) issue with the same topic (use the search!)
• This issue is not described in the adapter documentation / FAQ (read the docs!)

Source of birthdays

ical Google Calendar

The problem

The new way to add birthdays to the Google Calendar is not supported right now. The adapter couldn't find those new entries.

iobroker.current.log (in debug mode!)

No response

Version of nodejs

v20.17.0

Version of ioBroker js-controller

6.0.11

Version of adapter

3.0.1

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[klein0r]

The new way to add birthdays to the Google Calendar is not supported right now.

Which "new way"? Please add a link to an api documentation

[gitknd]

By adding an Event in the Android Google Calendar App, you can now choose between "Event, Task, Birthday". "Birthday" is the new Event Type. Here is an example from the ICS export:

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230202
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230203
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTHDAY=2;BYMONTH=2
DTSTAMP:20241003T045303Z
UID:ckp32e1iclj38bxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@google.com
CLASS:PRIVATE
CREATED:20240929T061827Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240929T061827Z
SEQUENCE:0
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Geburtstag von Max Mustermann
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
BEGIN:VALARM
ACTION:DISPLAY
TRIGGER:P0DT9H0M0S
DESCRIPTION:This is an event reminder
END:VALARM
BEGIN:VALARM
ACTION:DISPLAY
TRIGGER:-P6DT15H0M0S
DESCRIPTION:This is an event reminder
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT

https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/09/create-birthdays-in-google-calendar.html

[klein0r]

@gitknd The birth year is missing. So it's not possible to use those events for the adapter.

[gitknd]

ok, thanks, i understand, May it's a kind of solution to add a configurable "dummy year" (e.g. 1900) in those cases, because i think that this function will get more attention in the future.... Just an idea....

[klein0r]

May it's a kind of solution to add a configurable "dummy year" (e.g. 1900) in those cases

Okay, but ... where?

[gitknd]

May, you can add this in the adapter setting when the birth year is missing. Just as an optional workaround