How do I send the standard invitation email when calling addGuest on a CalendarEvent?

Whenever I add a guest via the Google Calendar UI, the following dialog pops up:

If I choose "Send" it sends a nicely formatted email to the user with an option to respond to the calendar event too. This works great when you're using the Google Calendar UI.

Problem is I'm trying to use Google Apps Scripts to automate adding people to events.

I'm programmatically adding guests to a CalendarEvent by using addGuest():

event.addGuest("user@example.com");

However, there doesn't seem to be an option to send an email.

The closest I could find is that when you programmatically create an event, you can set sendInvites:

var event = CalendarApp.getDefaultCalendar().createEvent('Apollo 11 Landing',

  new Date('July 20, 1969 20:00:00 UTC'),

  new Date('July 20, 1969 21:00:00 UTC'),

  {sendInvites: true});

Update: Even with this option enabled, it isn't sending out invite emails.

The problem with this is I don't see how to set this property on an event that already exists. It only looks like it'll work on a newly created event. In fact, I don't see a way to even read this property on an event. So seemingly, the only way I can know if addGuest will send an invite is to try adding a guest, and then ask that person if they got an email.

Is there any way to do any of the following:

Choose to send an invite when calling addGuest?

e.g. event.addGuest("user@example.com", {sendInvite: true})

~~Change the sendInvites property on a CalendarEvent?~~

e.g. event.setOptions({sendInvites: true})

Any other workaround that will produce the same email that is sent when hitting that "Send" button in the UI above?

Update:

I just saw getAllTagKeys in the API and was hoping I could use that to get the sendInvites key, but that's not the case. It is empty even for events that have sendInvites set to true.

I just tried calling addGuest on a newly created event that has sendInvites: true, but that didn't send an email.

The problem with using MailApp to send an email is that it won't be nicely formatted like the one Google automatically sends out (e.g. with embedded calendar invite, attendees, description, response links, etc, etc, etc).

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If it isn't done automatically, you will need to send it yourself with MailApp

– tehhowch
Jan 1 at 4:23

Reviewing the advanced service (Calendar rest API) indicates the email will be sent automatically (at least when using the rest API directly) developers.google.com/calendar/concepts/…

– tehhowch
Jan 1 at 4:38

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Whenever I add a guest via the Google Calendar UI, the following dialog pops up:

If I choose "Send" it sends a nicely formatted email to the user with an option to respond to the calendar event too. This works great when you're using the Google Calendar UI.

Problem is I'm trying to use Google Apps Scripts to automate adding people to events.

I'm programmatically adding guests to a CalendarEvent by using addGuest():

event.addGuest("user@example.com");

However, there doesn't seem to be an option to send an email.

The closest I could find is that when you programmatically create an event, you can set sendInvites:

var event = CalendarApp.getDefaultCalendar().createEvent('Apollo 11 Landing',

  new Date('July 20, 1969 20:00:00 UTC'),

  new Date('July 20, 1969 21:00:00 UTC'),

  {sendInvites: true});

Update: Even with this option enabled, it isn't sending out invite emails.

Is there any way to do any of the following:

Choose to send an invite when calling addGuest?

e.g. event.addGuest("user@example.com", {sendInvite: true})

~~Change the sendInvites property on a CalendarEvent?~~

e.g. event.setOptions({sendInvites: true})

Any other workaround that will produce the same email that is sent when hitting that "Send" button in the UI above?

Update:

I just saw getAllTagKeys in the API and was hoping I could use that to get the sendInvites key, but that's not the case. It is empty even for events that have sendInvites set to true.

I just tried calling addGuest on a newly created event that has sendInvites: true, but that didn't send an email.

The problem with using MailApp to send an email is that it won't be nicely formatted like the one Google automatically sends out (e.g. with embedded calendar invite, attendees, description, response links, etc, etc, etc).

edited Jan 1 at 4:41

asked Jan 1 at 4:10

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46.3k44205324

If it isn't done automatically, you will need to send it yourself with MailApp

– tehhowch
Jan 1 at 4:23

Reviewing the advanced service (Calendar rest API) indicates the email will be sent automatically (at least when using the rest API directly) developers.google.com/calendar/concepts/…

– tehhowch
Jan 1 at 4:38

add a comment |

Whenever I add a guest via the Google Calendar UI, the following dialog pops up:

If I choose "Send" it sends a nicely formatted email to the user with an option to respond to the calendar event too. This works great when you're using the Google Calendar UI.

Problem is I'm trying to use Google Apps Scripts to automate adding people to events.

I'm programmatically adding guests to a CalendarEvent by using addGuest():

event.addGuest("user@example.com");

However, there doesn't seem to be an option to send an email.

The closest I could find is that when you programmatically create an event, you can set sendInvites:

var event = CalendarApp.getDefaultCalendar().createEvent('Apollo 11 Landing',

  new Date('July 20, 1969 20:00:00 UTC'),

  new Date('July 20, 1969 21:00:00 UTC'),

  {sendInvites: true});

Update: Even with this option enabled, it isn't sending out invite emails.

Is there any way to do any of the following:

Choose to send an invite when calling addGuest?

e.g. event.addGuest("user@example.com", {sendInvite: true})

~~Change the sendInvites property on a CalendarEvent?~~

e.g. event.setOptions({sendInvites: true})

Any other workaround that will produce the same email that is sent when hitting that "Send" button in the UI above?

Update:

I just saw getAllTagKeys in the API and was hoping I could use that to get the sendInvites key, but that's not the case. It is empty even for events that have sendInvites set to true.

I just tried calling addGuest on a newly created event that has sendInvites: true, but that didn't send an email.

The problem with using MailApp to send an email is that it won't be nicely formatted like the one Google automatically sends out (e.g. with embedded calendar invite, attendees, description, response links, etc, etc, etc).

edited Jan 1 at 4:41

asked Jan 1 at 4:10

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Whenever I add a guest via the Google Calendar UI, the following dialog pops up:

If I choose "Send" it sends a nicely formatted email to the user with an option to respond to the calendar event too. This works great when you're using the Google Calendar UI.

Problem is I'm trying to use Google Apps Scripts to automate adding people to events.

I'm programmatically adding guests to a CalendarEvent by using addGuest():

event.addGuest("user@example.com");

However, there doesn't seem to be an option to send an email.

The closest I could find is that when you programmatically create an event, you can set sendInvites:

var event = CalendarApp.getDefaultCalendar().createEvent('Apollo 11 Landing',

  new Date('July 20, 1969 20:00:00 UTC'),

  new Date('July 20, 1969 21:00:00 UTC'),

  {sendInvites: true});

Update: Even with this option enabled, it isn't sending out invite emails.

Is there any way to do any of the following:

Choose to send an invite when calling addGuest?

e.g. event.addGuest("user@example.com", {sendInvite: true})

~~Change the sendInvites property on a CalendarEvent?~~

e.g. event.setOptions({sendInvites: true})

Any other workaround that will produce the same email that is sent when hitting that "Send" button in the UI above?

Update:

I just saw getAllTagKeys in the API and was hoping I could use that to get the sendInvites key, but that's not the case. It is empty even for events that have sendInvites set to true.

I just tried calling addGuest on a newly created event that has sendInvites: true, but that didn't send an email.

The problem with using MailApp to send an email is that it won't be nicely formatted like the one Google automatically sends out (e.g. with embedded calendar invite, attendees, description, response links, etc, etc, etc).

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edited Jan 1 at 4:41

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edited Jan 1 at 4:41

asked Jan 1 at 4:10

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46.3k44205324

edited Jan 1 at 4:41

asked Jan 1 at 4:10

Senseful

46.3k44205324

asked Jan 1 at 4:10

Senseful

46.3k44205324

asked Jan 1 at 4:10

Senseful

46.3k44205324

If it isn't done automatically, you will need to send it yourself with MailApp

– tehhowch
Jan 1 at 4:23

Reviewing the advanced service (Calendar rest API) indicates the email will be sent automatically (at least when using the rest API directly) developers.google.com/calendar/concepts/…

– tehhowch
Jan 1 at 4:38

add a comment |

If it isn't done automatically, you will need to send it yourself with MailApp

– tehhowch
Jan 1 at 4:23

Reviewing the advanced service (Calendar rest API) indicates the email will be sent automatically (at least when using the rest API directly) developers.google.com/calendar/concepts/…

– tehhowch
Jan 1 at 4:38

If it isn't done automatically, you will need to send it yourself with MailApp

– tehhowch
Jan 1 at 4:23

Reviewing the advanced service (Calendar rest API) indicates the email will be sent automatically (at least when using the rest API directly) developers.google.com/calendar/concepts/…

– tehhowch
Jan 1 at 4:38

add a comment |

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