[kwlug-disc] Volunteer testers wanted - iCal feeds

[Paul Nijjar]

Do you see the same when you try to read the iCal feed for the Watcamp
calendar? It also contains HTML.

https://www.google.com/calendar/ical/nlkc39jt4p0nbc4pk9pj7p5fh0%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics

I get two warnings when I try to validate the feed, but HTML
formatting is not one of them. Converting the HTML may be possible but
will likely not be that easy. 

https://icalendar.org/validator.html?url=https://feeds.off-topic.kwlug.org/feeds/eventbrite-wr.ics

- Paul

On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 12:23:41PM -0400, Andrew Sullivan Cant wrote:
> Paul,
> 
> I just tried opening the iCal feed in Thunderbird, and the display in
> the calendar works as I would expect.
> 
> However, when I go to look at the details of an individual event they
> contain HTML which Thunderbird does not appear to understand.
> 
> Can iCal readers be expected to handle HTML? If not maybe you could
> convert this into plain text or something Markdown-ish?
> 
> 
> Andrew
> 
> On 2021-05-22 5:41 p.m., Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:
> > Does anybody here use iCal readers frequently?
> > 
> > I have published some secret iCal feeds, eg:
> > 
> > https://feeds.off-topic.kwlug.org/feeds/eventbrite-wr.ics
> > https://feeds.off-topic.kwlug.org/feeds/eventbrite-wr-filtered.ics
> > 
> > I would like to know how they work in practice. However, I do not
> > use iCal readers myself (not even Google Calendar, really). 
> > 
> > If somebody does use an iCal reader and would be willing to
> > temporarily subscribe to my secret feeds and test one or more for a few
> > days, that would be helpful. The contents are mostly boring, but may
> > pick up if we ever get out of lockdown.
> > 
> > I also am publishing secret RSS feeds, but I have an RSS reader
> > already. Still, if anybody else wants to offer feedback feel free: 
> > 
> > https://feeds.off-topic.kwlug.org/feeds/eventbrite-wr.rss
> > https://feeds.off-topic.kwlug.org/feeds/eventbrite-wr-filtered.rss
> > 
> > - Paul
> > 

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