Edit external Calendars

[derkrasseleo]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

No. Sorry if this is a duplicate, but I couldn't find something related to this.

Could be related to the libraries this project is using, maybe they just don't support that?!

Describe the solution you'd like

External calendars in Nextcloud are read-only at the moment. However, in outlook for example, I can edit external calendars, like edit and add/remove events. This is especially important when working with people that use other systems (for example apple, google, microsoft etc.).

Describe alternatives you've considered

None

Additional context

No response

[ChristophWurst]

Duplicate of nextcloud/server#3509

[tcitworld]

It's not really a duplicate as the server issue is about people editing Nextcloud's published calendars.

@leochras is asking about editing any calendar subscription. This will never happen because Google, Microsoft & co don't want you to be able to do this, and offer no way for us to plug-in and provide this feature.

[derkrasseleo]

How is it possible for Microsoft to edit google calendars, then? Do you think they have some kind of deal with Google?

[derkrasseleo]

Btw in Mozilla Thunderbird (and I think this project even shares some libraries with thunderbird) I can also make changes to Google Calendars for example..

[tcitworld]

How is it possible for Microsoft to edit google calendars, then?

You mean in a desktop client ? Because I'm not able to do that from https://outlook.live.com for instance. Same with Thunderbird. You can use any (desktop/mobile) client to sync both calendars from Nextcloud and calendars from any other provider that supports CalDAV (or your client).

Using the Nextcloud Calendar app to work with external calendars provider is such a massive task that it will probably never happen. Being an in-browser app makes everything more difficult. And there are catches, like Google supporting CalDAV access through it's API (great), but not Microsoft, which offers only the Exchange protocol or a REST API. Some other providers, even if they support CalDAV, may not give API access at all, meaning Nextcloud would have to keep your provider's password to authenticate on your behalf.

[derkrasseleo]

That's interesting and also sad to hear, because this is one of the few "features" that leads me to still open outlook instead of nextcloud.