Get Calendar Settings

Retrieves all user settings from Google Calendar. This action provides access to the user’s calendar configuration and preferences.

Overview

• Purpose: Fetch all calendar settings and preferences for the authenticated user.
• Use Cases: Reading user preferences, understanding calendar configuration, syncing settings, building calendar management tools.
• API Method: GET /settings
• Google API: Uses Google Calendar API v3 /calendar/v3/users/me/settings endpoint.
• Required Scope: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.settings.readonly

Input Fields

No Input Required: This action does not require any input parameters. It retrieves all settings for the currently authenticated user.

Output

Returns an object containing an array of setting objects. Each setting includes:

• Kind: Resource type identifier (typically ‘calendar#setting’).
• ETag: Entity tag for the setting, used for caching and conflict detection.
• ID: Unique identifier for the setting (e.g., ‘timezone’, ‘dateFieldOrder’, ‘timeFormat’).
• Value: The current value of the setting.

Common Settings

• timezone: User’s preferred timezone (e.g., ‘America/New_York’, ‘Europe/London’).
• dateFieldOrder: Date format preference (e.g., ‘MDY’, ‘DMY’, ‘YMD’).
• timeFormat: Time display format (12-hour or 24-hour).
• weekStart: First day of the week (0 for Sunday, 1 for Monday, etc.).
• showDeclinedEvents: Whether to show declined events in calendar views.
• locale: User’s locale setting (e.g., ‘en’, ‘es’, ‘fr’).
• hideInvitations: Whether to hide event invitations.
• hideWeekends: Whether to hide weekends in calendar views.

Pagination

• Automatic Pagination: The action automatically handles pagination to retrieve all settings.
• Page Token: Uses nextPageToken from responses to fetch subsequent pages.
• Complete Results: Returns all settings in a single response array.

Required Permissions

[!IMPORTANT] OAuth Scope: Requires https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.settings.readonly scope.

• Read-Only: This action only reads settings, it cannot modify them.
• User Consent: Users must grant permission to read their calendar settings during OAuth flow.

Error Handling

• Invalid Response: Throws an error if the API response format is invalid or missing items.
• Retry Logic: Automatically retries failed requests up to 3 times.
• Scope Error: Will fail if the required scope is not granted during OAuth.

Tips

[!TIP] Use the timezone setting to properly display event times in the user’s local timezone

[!TIP] Check dateFieldOrder and timeFormat to format dates/times according to user preferences

[!TIP] Store settings locally to avoid repeated API calls for frequently accessed values

[!TIP] The weekStart setting is useful for rendering calendar week views correctly

[!TIP] Settings are user-specific - different users will have different preferences

[!TIP] Use ETags for efficient caching - only refetch if ETag has changed

[!IMPORTANT] Ensure your OAuth flow requests the calendar.settings.readonly scope

[!TIP] Settings IDs are consistent across users but values vary by user preference

[!TIP] Locale setting helps with internationalization and localization

[!TIP] Some settings may not be present for all users - handle missing settings gracefully