Download ICS file

[Alexander Bautz]

Here is an example of how you can generate an ICS file based on data in your form. It will download to your computer and opens in your default calendar app to let you set up an appointment.

Add the below function to your Custom JS. Please note that you must change the FieldInternalNames to match your fields (AttendeesPeoplePicker, EventLocation, Description, StartDate and EndDate).

function downloadICSFile() {
    // Get attendees
    var attendees = spjs.utility.getFieldValue({
        "fin": "AttendeesPeoplePicker",
        "key": "loginName"
    });
    var attendeeArr = [];
    jQspjs.each(attendees, function(i, u) {
        var user = spjs.utility.userInfo(u);
        attendeeArr.push("ATTENDEE;CN=\"" + user.Title + "\";RSVP=FALSE:mailto:" + user.EMail);
    });
    // Event location
    var eventLocation = getFieldValue("EventLocation");
    // Summary
    var summary = getFieldValue("Title");
    // Description
    var description = getFieldValue("Description");
    // Split string in lines with max length 75 characters to comply with the ICS format
    description = description.match(/.{1,75}/g).join("\\n");
    // Append link to item
    description += "\\n\\n" + location.href;
    // Build ics file contents
    var b = [];
    b.push("BEGIN:VCALENDAR");
    b.push("PRODID:-//DFFS//SPJSBlog.com//EN");
    b.push("VERSION:2.0");
    b.push("BEGIN:VEVENT");
    b.push("ORGANIZER;CN=\""+_spPageContextInfo.userDisplayName+"\":mailto:"+_spPageContextInfo.userEmail);
    b.push(attendeeArr.join("\n"));
    b.push("DTSTAMP:" + new Date().toISOString());
    b.push("STATUS:CONFIRMED");
    b.push("UID:DFFS_" + getFieldValue("_DFFSID"));
    b.push("SEQUENCE:0");
    b.push("DTSTART:" + spjs.utility.getDateFieldAsDateObject("StartDate").toISOString());
    b.push("DTEND:" + spjs.utility.getDateFieldAsDateObject("EndDate").toISOString());
    b.push("SUMMARY:" + summary);
    b.push("DESCRIPTION:" + description);
    b.push("LOCATION:" + eventLocation);
    b.push("END:VEVENT");
    b.push("END:VCALENDAR");
    // Download file
    if (navigator.msSaveBlob) {
        // Internet Explorer
        var blob = new Blob([b.join("\n")],{"type":"text/text;charset=utf-8;"});
        return navigator.msSaveBlob(blob, "calendar.ics");
    }else{
        // Modern browsers
        var element = document.createElement('a');
        element.setAttribute('href', 'data:text/text;charset=utf-8,' + encodeURI(b.join("\n")));
        element.setAttribute('download', "calendar.ics");
        element.click();
    }
}

Add a button in a HTML section like this:

<input style="margin:5px 0" type="button" onclick="downloadICSFile()" value="Download ICS">

Alexander

• This topic was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by Alexander Bautz.
• This topic was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by Alexander Bautz.

[Author]

Posts