Google calendar: Get next event that hasn't been started yet

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Hey there,

sometimes I’m missing important business meetings just because I’m focused on solving some issue.
Therefore I’d like to get informed by a speaker announcement about my next event.
Sounds simple. All the notification stuff is piece of cake.
However I’m unable to get the next event in a calendar that hasn’t been started yet.

My sensor definition that should count the time until the next event

sensor:  
  - platform: template
    sensors:
      calendar_next_event:
        friendly_name: Minutes until next event
        value_template: >-
          {% if states.calendar.mycalendar.attributes.start_time %}
            {{((as_timestamp(states.calendar.mycalendar.attributes.start_time) - as_timestamp(now())) / 60) | default(99) | int }}
          {%- else -%}
            0
          {%- endif %}

Is there any way to always access start_time of the next event?states.calendar.mycalendar.attributes.start_time contains the start time of the running event which fails my logic when two events happen back to back as it will never list 5 minutes until next event but always like -35 for an event that is 35 minutes in with 5 to go until next one.

Thanks, Jens

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Any hint would be greatly appreciated.

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This is something I would also like to know. A simple solution is by my knowledge at this moment in not possible with HA.

4

I use GitHub - tybritten/ical-sensor-homeassistant: an iCal Sensor for Home Assistant

And it gives me (the way mine is configured) this:
Event 0:
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Event 1:
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and so on…
So using eta as a trigger should be what you need.
As far as I recall, as soon as eta is 0 it’s removed.

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Apparently I was wrong.
The event stays for the duration of it.

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But you could just look at event0 and event1 eta if more than 0 and less than 10, send notification.

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I think eta is in days, not minutes.

7

So the image above where eta is 27000 and 28000, that is in days?

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I just installed it yesterday and it’s in days as far as I can tell.