Add events to local calendar in automation / node-red?

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I want to be able to add events to the local calendar programmatically or via an automation for tracking things. For example, if I exercise on a given day, I want to be able to push a button and have it log an event on the local calendar, so I can go back and view that history on the calendar.

Has anyone else done something like this? Is there a way to add events via an automation?

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You need to be on the newest release (2023.2), the calendar.create_event service was just added. The basic service would be something like:

service: calendar.create_event
data:
  summary: Workout
  description: ''
  start_date_time: "{{ now() }}"
  end_date_time: "{{ now() }}"
target:
  entity_id: calendar.your_cal
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Oh I totally missed that from the release notes. That’s what I get from scrolling too fast. I will update soon to get access to that service. Thank you for pointing that out and the sample yaml!

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Did you happen to get this to work in Node Red? I’m trying to figure out which node to use to add a calendar event in HA through a Node Red flow.

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Did you find a way to do that from Nodered ? I’m actually looking to add an event into a HA calendar but can’t find how to write the syntax into the nodes…