NAME

WebService::30Boxes::API::Event - Object returned by WebService::30Boxes::API::call("events.Get*

SYNOPSIS

#$api_key and $auth_token are defined before
my $boxes = WebService::30Boxes::API->new(api_key => $api_key);

my $events = $boxes->call('events.Get', {authorizedUserToken => $auth_token});
if($events->{'success'}){
	print "List start: " . $events->get_listStart . "\n";
	print "List end: " . $events->get_listEnd . "\n";
	print "User Id: " . $events->get_userId . "\n\n\n";

	#while ($events->nextEventId){ - if you use this, you don't need to specify
	#$_ as an argument
	#foreach (@{$events->get_ref_eventIds}){
	foreach ($events->get_eventIds){
		print "Event id: $_\n";
		print "Title: " . $events->get_title($_) . "\n";
		print "Repeat end date: " . $events->get_repeatEndDate($_) . "\n";
		print "Repeat skip dates: ";
		foreach ($events->get_repeatSkipDates($_)){print "$_\n";}
		print "Repeat type: " . $events->get_repeatType($_) . "\n";
		print "Repeat interval: " . $events->get_repeatInterval($_) . "\n";
		print "Reminder: " . $events->get_reminder($_) . "\n";
		print "Tags: ";
		foreach ($events->get_tags($_)){print "$_\n";}
		print "Start date: " . $events->get_startDate($_) . "\n";
		print "Start time: " . $events->get_startTime($_) . "\n";
		print "End date: " . $events->get_endDate($_) . "\n";
		print "End time: " . $events->get_endTime($_) . "\n";
		print "Is all day event: " . $events->isAllDayEvent($_) . "\n";
		print "Notes: ";
		foreach ($events->get_notes($_)){print "$_\n";}
		print "Privacy: " . $events->get_privacy($_) . "\n\n";
		print "External UID: " . $events->get_externalUID($_) . "\n\n";
	}
}
else{
	print "An error occured (" . $events->{'error_code'} . ": " .
		$events->{'error_msg'} . ")\n";
}

DESCRIPTION

An object of this type is returned by the WebService::30Boxes::API::call("events.Get*") function

METHODS

The following methods can be used

new

Create a new WebService::30Boxes::API::Event object.

result

(Mandatory) Result must be the the hash function returned by the XML parser. Results are undefined if some other hash is passed in.

success

(Mandatory) If the API call was successful or not.

error_code

(Optional) If success is false, this must be supplied

error_message

(Optional) If success is false, this must be supplied

get_eventIds

Returns an array of event ids.

You can then use this to call any of the following functions.

get_ref_eventIds

Returns a reference to an array of event ids.

You can then use this to call any of the following functions.

get_listEnd

Returns the end date of the list of events - yyyy-mm-dd.

get_listStart

Returns the start date of the list of events - yyyy-mm-dd.

get_userId

Returns the current user id.

nextEventId

Advances the event index and returns the new eventID (for convenience)

get_repeatEndDate

Returns the date when the recurring event stops repeating - yyyy-mm-dd. Returns 0000-00-00 if none. If an event spans over multiple days but it is not recurring, the final date will be returned.

Arguments:

eventId

(Optional) The eventId of the event for which you want to retreive the information. If not present, the next eventId will be used as an index. The next eventId is set by calling nextEventId.

get_repeatSkipDates

Returns a list of the days that are skipped.

Arguments:

eventId

(Optional) The eventId of the event for which you want to retreive the information. If not present, the next eventId will be used as an index. The next eventId is set by calling nextEventId.

get_repeatType

Returns the repeat type for the event. Returns 'no' if none.

Arguments:

eventId

(Optional) The eventId of the event for which you want to retreive the information. If not present, the next eventId will be used as an index. The next eventId is set by calling nextEventId.

get_repeatInterval

Returns the repeat interval for the event. This together with get_repeatType tell you all you need to know about how the event repeats.

Arguments:

eventId

(Optional) The eventId of the event for which you want to retreive the information. If not present, the next eventId will be used as an index. The next eventId is set by calling nextEventId.

get_reminder

Returns the number of minutes before the event when the reminder will be sent. Returns -1 if no reminder.

Arguments:

eventId

(Optional) The eventId of the event for which you want to retreive the information. If not present, the next eventId will be used as an index. The next eventId is set by calling nextEventId.

get_tags

Returns a list of tags.

Arguments:

eventId

(Optional) The eventId of the event for which you want to retreive the information. If not present, the next eventId will be used as an index. The next eventId is set by calling nextEventId.

get_startDate

Returns the start date for the event - yyyy-mm-dd.

Arguments:

eventId

(Optional) The eventId of the event for which you want to retreive the information. If not present, the next eventId will be used as an index. The next eventId is set by calling nextEventId.

get_startTime

Returns the start time for the event - hh:mm:ss.

Arguments:

eventId

(Optional) The eventId of the event for which you want to retreive the information. If not present, the next eventId will be used as an index. The next eventId is set by calling nextEventId.

get_endDate

Returns the end date for the event - yyyy-mm-dd.

Arguments:

eventId

(Optional) The eventId of the event for which you want to retreive the information. If not present, the next eventId will be used as an index. The next eventId is set by calling nextEventId.

get_endTime

Returns the end time for the event - hh:mm:ss.

Arguments:

eventId

(Optional) The eventId of the event for which you want to retreive the information. If not present, the next eventId will be used as an index. The next eventId is set by calling nextEventId.

isAllDayEvent

Returns 1 if it is an all day event, 0 otherwise.

Arguments:

eventId

(Optional) The eventId of the event for which you want to retreive the information. If not present, the next eventId will be used as an index. The next eventId is set by calling nextEventId.

get_title

Returns the title for the event.

Arguments:

eventId

(Optional) The eventId of the event for which you want to retreive the information. If not present, the next eventId will be used as an index. The next eventId is set by calling nextEventId.

get_notes

Return the notes for the event in the form of a string. If the notes span over multiple lines, the order in which they are returned is undefined.

Arguments:

eventId

(Optional) The eventId of the event for which you want to retreive the information. If not present, the next eventId will be used as an index. The next eventId is set by calling nextEventId.

get_privacy

Returns whether the event is shared or private. Return value is a string.

Arguments:

eventId

(Optional) The eventId of the event for which you want to retreive the information. If not present, the next eventId will be used as an index. The next eventId is set by calling nextEventId.

get_externalUID

Returns the user defined ID for this event The return value is a string

Arguments:

eventId

(Optional) The eventId of the event for which you want to retreive the information. If not present, the next eventId will be used as an index. The next eventId is set by calling nextEventId.

TODO

Add more error checking. Compact the code and make it more efficient. Please email me for feature requests.

BUGS

Please notify chitoiup@umich.edu of any bugs.

SEE ALSO

http://30boxes.com/, http://30boxes.com/api/

WebService::30Boxes::API

WebService::30Boxes::API::Todo

AUTHOR

Robert Chitoiu, <chitoiup@umich.edu>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2007 by Robert Chitoiu

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.