HCL Notes and Domino 9.0 Social Edition Forum - another case of strange behaviour

Jul 12, 2017, 5:52 PM

19 Posts

Implicit scheduling

When using the REST calendar API, you don't explicitly create a notification. Instead, you create (or otherwise operate on) a meeting and the API sends out any implied notices. For example, if you create a meeting with one attendee, the API puts the meeting on the organizer's calendar and sends an invitation to the attendee. If you then delete the meeting, the API removes the meeting from the organizer's calendar and sends a cancel notice.

See below for some more details. I hope this helps.

-- Dave

Create a Meeting in JSON Format

To create a meeting you POST an event to the events resource (/{database}/api/calendar/events). You must include a Content-Type header and a request body. When using JSON, set Content-Type to application/json. Here's the minimum JSON payload for a meeting with one attendee:

{
"events": [
{
"summary": "Test meeting (JSON)",
"location": "test location",
"description": "test description",
"start": {
"date": "2017-07-13",
"time": "13:00:00",
"utc": true
},
"end": {
"date": "2017-07-13",
"time": "14:00:00",
"utc": true
},
"attendees": [
{
"role": "req-participant",
"status": "needs-action",
"rsvp": true,
"email": "DeanMelnyk@acme.com"
}
],
"organizer": {
"email": "DukeLawson@acme.com"
}
}
]
}

One important caveat: The organizer property must match the owner of the database as specified in the request URL (/{database}/api/calendar/events). In this case, DukeLawson@acme.com is the Internat email address of the owner.

Create a Meeting in iCalendar Format

You can also create a meeting in iCalendar format. You still POST the event to the events resource, but the Content-Type header should be text/calendar. Here is the the minimum iCalendar payload for a meeting with one attendee:

BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//My Client//0.0.1//EN
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20170713T130000Z
DTEND:20170713T140000Z
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION
;RSVP=TRUE:mailto:DeanMelnyk@acme.com
DESCRIPTION:test description
SUMMARY:Test meeting (iCalendar)
LOCATION:test location
ORGANIZER:mailto:DukeLawson@acme.com
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR

Again the ORGANIZER property must match the owner of the database.