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POParsing iCalendar with custom fields via Ruby/Rails rake task
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copied!<p>I have a rake task setup that imports events from an <a href="http://www.trumba.com/calendars/smithsonian-events.ics" rel="nofollow">iCal file</a> using the iCalendar gem. The iCal also contains several custom fields in addition to the standard .ics fields. Is it possible to import those values as well?</p> <p>Lines like this in the iCal file I can handle with no problem:</p> <pre><code>DESCRIPTION:The lions and tigers are on exhibit. </code></pre> <p>The issue arises for lines like this:</p> <pre><code>X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Location";ID=10831;TYPE=SingleLine:Lower Level\, across from the Stars and Stripes Cafe </code></pre> <p>How would I refer to the custom "Event Location" field?</p> <p>Here's the code that I have thus far:</p> <pre><code>desc "Import events from Smithsonian" task :smithsonian => :environment do url = "http://www.trumba.com/calendars/smithsonian-events.ics" cals = Icalendar.parse(open(url)) cal = cals.first cal.events.each do |event| e = TempEvent.find_or_create_by_name( :name => event.summary.to_s, :description => event.description.to_s, :starts_at => event.dtstart.to_s, :ends_at => event.dtend.to_s, :tag_list => event.categories, :url => event.url, :facebook_url => "https://www.facebook.com/Smithsonian", :twitter_url => "https://twitter.com/smithsonian", :venue_name => "Smithsonian", :external_id => event.uid.to_s, :source => "Smithsonian iCal import", :published => true) end end </code></pre>

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