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Retrieving data from Laravel Model and generating Spatie/Icalendar

My code

I’m trying to retrieve data from a model, then rewriting it to the appropriate format for the Spatie Icalendar, but then it doesn’t work, because of multiple events and not only a single one.

I have tried many different solutions, but didn’t find one that’s working.

Please, how would you iterate over the many events in the Spatie?

Spatie Documentation: https://github.com/spatie/icalendar-generator

I would like to iterate through all the calendar events, creating an array for the spatie.

It should end up in an ICAL format, that’s extractable for normal calendars.

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  1. 0

    A lot of inconsistencies in the code, that i think makes it way harder than it have to be. Classes named events as properties, inconsistent naming conventions, model in plural (i know, class is a reserved keyword) etc.

    Simply loop over the events and add the model data one by one to the spatie package.

    $calendar = Calendar::create($iCalendar->name);

$events->each(function (Classes $event) {
    $calendar->event(Event::create($event->class_type === 1 ? 'Teoritime' : 'Køretime')
        ->startsAt($event->start_time)
        ->endsAt($event->start_time->addHour())
    )  
});

dd($calendar->get());

    I would assume it requires an end time, so i added one hour. start_time on the model should be added to the $dates array to be casted to a Carbon object. Instead of doing for loops, i use the collection methods to create similar logic, read about them here. Which is the type that the query builder returns.

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  2. 0

    The documentation states you can add an array of events to a calendar:

    After creating your event, it should be added to a calendar. There are multiple options to do this.

    Here are some examples in pseudo-code, adapt to your real objects:

    Add multiple events:

    $caledar->event($event_1)
        ->event($event_2)
        ->event($event_99)
        ...

    Or better yet, add an array of events:

    $events = [];

foreach(Classes::all() as $class) {
    $events[] = Event::create($class->type)->startsAt($class->start_time);
}

$calendar->event($events);
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