ObsiCal
pendingby Bhavish Nadar
Automatically create Google Calendar events from Markdown lines ending with #event.
ObsiCal – Markdown → Google Calendar
Turn your Obsidian notes into Google Calendar events — just type, save, and go!
🚀 Features
- Automatically detects lines ending with #event
- Creates events in Google Calendar with start and end times
- Marks processed lines with ✔ to prevent duplicates
- OAuth authentication for secure access
- Minimal: no buttons, commands, or clutter
⚡ Version 1.0
This is ObsiCal v1.0 — a minimal, functional version. Future updates may include:
- Configurable timezones
- Default calendar selection (not just primary)
- Custom event durations
- More flexible date/time parsing
📝 How to Use
Type a line like this in any Markdown file:
Team Sync 202602011000:202602011030 #event
- Title: Team Sync
- Start/End: YYYYMMDDHHmm
- Trigger: #event at the end
- After saving, the plugin creates the event and marks the line with ✔
⚙️ Settings & OAuth
Go to Settings → ObsiCal and enter:
- Client ID – Google OAuth Client ID
- Client Secret – Google OAuth Client Secret
- Redirect URI – usually http://localhost
First-time Authentication
- After typing your first #event line and saving the file, ObsiCal will open a Google OAuth page in your browser.
- Authorize access to your Google Calendar.
- Google will redirect to a URL like:
http://localhost/?code=XXXXXX
- Copy the value after
code=and paste it into the ObsiCal prompt/modal in Obsidian. - ObsiCal will store your access & refresh tokens securely. Future events are created automatically.
📝 Notes
- Only lines ending with #event are processed
- Timezone is currently Europe/Dublin
- Make sure start and end times are 12-digit format: YYYYMMDDHHmm
- Tokens are stored securely in Obsidian plugin data
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