Google Calendar API v3 batch update in python

Question

I'm having trouble using the new Google Calendar API v3 python library. The documentation seems a bit sparse. I can authenticate and get events on a specific calendar. However, I would like to perform batch update as was possible with the gdata library: ``` # example from gdata # feed that holds all the batch rquest entries request_feed = gdata.calendar.data.CalendarEventFeed() # add the update entries to the batch feed request_feed.AddUpdate(entry=updateEntry1) request_feed.AddUpdate(entry=updateEntry2) # submit the batch request to the server response_feed = self.cal_client.ExecuteBatch(request_feed, gdata.calendar.client.DEFAULT_BATCH_URL) ``` There is an example here https://developers.google.com/google-apps/calendar/batch#example in html. But can I do it using the python library?

Accepted Answer

There's generic Google API Python library batch instructions here. Try something like:

```
from apiclient.http import BatchHttpRequest

def insert_event(request_id, response, exception):
  if exception is not None:
    # Do something with the exception
     pass
  else:
    # Do something with the response
    pass

service = build('calendar', 'v3')

batch = BatchHttpRequest(callback=insert_event)

batch.add(service.events().quickAdd(calendarId="you@domain.com",
  text="Lunch with Jim on Friday"))
batch.add(service.events().quickAdd(calendarId="you@domain.com",
  text="Dinner with Amy on Saturday"))
batch.add(service.events().quickAdd(calendarId="you@domain.com",
  text="Breakfast with John on Sunday"))
batch.execute(http=http)
```

Google Calendar API v3 batch update in python

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