Google Calendar is a calendar service part of Google’s Workspace platform. When your team shares one calendar, it can be useful to configure Glide to add events to your team calendar.
The Google Calendar integration allows your app to send new events directly to your team's calendar and invite other attendees.
Adding and Configuring the Integration
To start using the Google Calendar integration, you first need to add it to your project.
- In Glide, click the Settings icon in the upper-right corner.
- Click the Integrations tab and then select Google Calendar.
- Click Add to app. -. Sign into your Google Workspace account and select Allow to approve the integration.
- Once Glide has access to your Google Calendar, you will be able to add events to calendars connected to your account.
Features
Add Event to Google Calendar
The Add Event to Google Calendar action allows you to add an event to your Google Calendar.
| Field | Description | Required field? | Example | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event title | The name of your event | ✅ | Team Sync | |
| Location | The location of your event | ❌ | You can enter a physical address or a meeting link | |
| Calendar ID | Choose the calendar you would like to add the event to. If not set, the action will default to your primary calendar | ❌ | alma@example.com | Your Calendar ID can be found by clicking “Settings and sharing” in your calendar’s triple-dot options menu |
| Description | What the meeting is about | ❌ | ||
| Start date | Specify both the date and the time | ✅ | January 5, 2023 at 12:00 PM | A Date & Time column in the Data Editor can be used as your Start date |
| Duration (minutes) | Set the duration of the event in minutes | ✅ | 30 | A Number column in the Data Editor can be used to set the duration of the event |
| Attendees | Separate multiple emails with commas | ❌ | hugo@example.com | You can use comma-separated values to send to multiple recipients. |
The action can be added to a component that supports actions (e.g., a button), added to an action sequence in the Action Editor, or after a form is submitted.
You can create a dynamic event by first creating a Template column in the Data Editor and then setting that column as one of your action’s fields.