icalendar

RFC 5545 compatible parser and generator of iCalendar files

Description

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Internet Calendaring and Scheduling (iCalendar) for Python
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The `icalendar <https://pypi.org/project/icalendar/>`_ package is an :rfc:`5545` compatible parser and generator of iCalendar files.

icalendar can create, inspect, and modify calendaring information with Python.

icalendar supports multiple timezone implementations, including `zoneinfo <https://docs.python.org/3/library/zoneinfo.html>`_, `dateutil.tz <https://dateutil.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tz.html>`_, and `pytz <https://pypi.org/project/pytz/>`_.


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:Homepage: https://icalendar.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
:Community Discussions: https://github.com/collective/icalendar/discussions
:Issue Tracker: https://github.com/collective/icalendar/issues
:Code: https://github.com/collective/icalendar
:Dependencies: `python-dateutil <https://pypi.org/project/python-dateutil/>`_ and `tzdata <https://pypi.org/project/tzdata/>`_.
:License: `2-Clause BSD License <https://github.com/collective/icalendar/blob/main/LICENSE.rst>`_
:Contribute: `Contribute to icalendar <https://icalendar.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contribute/index.html>`_
:Funding: `Open Collective <https://opencollective.com/python-icalendar>`_

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Install icalendar
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See how to `install icalendar <https://icalendar.readthedocs.io/en/stable/install.html>`_.


Usage
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For how to use icalendar, including how to read, modify, and write iCalendar files, see the `Usage <https://icalendar.readthedocs.io/en/latest/how-to/usage.html>`_ guide.


Related projects
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`VObject <https://github.com/py-vobject/vobject>`_
    VObject is intended to be a full-featured Python package for parsing and generating Card and Calendar files.

`iCalEvents <https://github.com/jazzband/icalevents>`_
    iCalEvents is built on top of icalendar, and allows you to query iCalendar files to get the events happening on specific dates.
    It manages recurrent events as well.

`recurring-ical-events <https://pypi.org/project/recurring-ical-events/>`_
    Library to query an ``icalendar.Calendar`` object for events and other components happening at a certain date or within a certain time.

`x-wr-timezone <https://pypi.org/project/x-wr-timezone/>`_
    Library and command line tool to make ``icalendar.Calendar`` objects and files from Google Calendar, using the non-standard ``X-WR-TIMEZONE`` property, compliant with the :rfc:`5545` standard.

`ics-query <http://pypi.org/project/ics-query>`_
    Command line tool to query iCalendar files for occurrences of events and other components.

`icalendar-compatibility <https://icalendar-compatibility.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_
    Access event data compatible with :rfc:`5545` and different implementations.

`caldav <https://caldav.readthedocs.io/>`_
    CalDAV is a :rfc:`4791` client library for Python based on icalendar.

`icalendar-anonymizer <https://pypi.org/project/icalendar-anonymizer/>`_
    Anonymize iCalendar files by stripping personal data while preserving technical properties for bug reproduction.

`ical2jcal <https://pypi.org/project/ical2jcal>`_
    Convert between iCalendar and jCalendar.

Change log
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See the `change log <https://icalendar.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/changelog.html>`_ for the latest updates to icalendar.