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ICal-QuickAdd-1.00
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DESCRIPTION

This is the guts of ICal::QuickAdd, of interest to developers. Most users probably want the docs of iqa instead, which is a script which uses this module.

new()

$iqa = ICal::QuickAdd->new('tomorrow at noon. Lunch with Bob') ;

# Default to expecting a email message with the SMS in body, On STDIN
$iqa = ICal::QuickAdd->new();

parse_date_and_summary()

$iqa->parse_date_and_summary($msg);

Takes a string, such as short SMS text, and parses out a date and event summary from it.

Right now it's sort of dumb. It expects the event description to come first, followed by a period, and then a summary. Example:

tomorrow at noon. Lunch with Bob

The dot was chosen as the delimiter because my cell phone allows me to type it directly, using the "1" key.

Limitations: A future version should also return an "$is_date" flag, to note if the date found was a date or a date and time.

inject_into_ics()

$iqa->inject_into_ics($filename);

Injects a valid ical event block into the env entry into the end of $filename, which is assumed to be a valid iCalendar file. If that assumption is wrong, the file could be corrupted. Use the is_ical_file() to check first!

Bugs: Currently always injects a Unix newline. This could corrupt an ICS file with with CRLF line entries.

parsed_string()

my $desc = $iqa->parsed_string;

Return a short description. Useful for confirming to the user how the Quick Add string was parsed.

Limitations: the description returned currently always includes hours/minute compontent and is in 24 hour time.

as_vevent()

my $vevent = $iqa->as_vevent;

Return a Data::ICal::Entry::Event object representing the event.

For now, hard-code a one hour duration

as_ical()

my $data_ical = $iqa->as_ical;

Returns a Data::ICal object with the "PUBLISH" method set.

The PUBLISH method is used when mailing iCalendar events.

as_ical_email()

my $email_simple_obj = $iqa->as_ical_email(
       To    => $your_regular_email,
       From  => $from_email, # Defaults to $iqa->from_email
 );

Returns a ready-to-mail Email::Simple object with an iCalendar body. Extra headers can be passed in.

from_email()

Returns the 'from' email address. It can also be used as a check to see if the SMS came from an email at all, since will only be set in that case.

from_email_obj()

If the input was an email, returns the object representing the incoming message. Currently a Mail::Audit object.

get_msg()

Return the event name found in the SMS message.

get_dt()

Returns DateTime object found in SMS.

CONTRIBUTING

This project is managed using the darcs source control system ( http://www.darcs.net/ ). My darcs archive is here: http://mark.stosberg.com/darcs_hive/ICal-QuickAdd

Contributing a patch can be as easy as:

darcs get http://mark.stosberg.com/darcs_hive/ICal-QuickAdd
cd ICal-QuickAdd
# hack...
darcs record
darcs send

AUTHOR

Mark Stosberg mark@summersault.com

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2007, Mark Stosberg mark@summersault.com. All rights reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perldoc perlartistic.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

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