Calendar Scripting Guide: Finding a Calendar

Finding a Calendar

You can locate a calendar by searching for its name, as demonstrated in Listing 4-1 and Listing 4-2. The result of each example is a reference to the found calendar, which has been assigned to a variable for potential use later in a script.

APPLESCRIPT

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Listing 4-1AppleScript: Finding a calendar matching a specific name

tell application "Calendar"
set theCalendarName to "Project Calendar"
set theCalendar to first calendar where its name = theCalendarName
end tell
--> Result: calendar id "80CCA5CA-808B-43B3-936D-4D9D7B33B516" of application "Calendar"

JAVASCRIPT

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Listing 4-2JavaScript: Finding a calendar matching a specific name

var Calendar = Application("Calendar")
var calendarName = "Project Calendar"
Calendar.calendars.whose({name: "Project Calendar"})
// Result: Application("Calendar").calendars.whose({_match: [ObjectSpecifier().name, "Project Calendar"]})

Creating a Calendar

Subscribing to a Calendar