How to pipe Google Calendar Data to CSV in PowerShell

The CData Cmdlets Module for Google Calendar is a standard PowerShell module offering straightforward integration with Google Calendar. Below, you will find examples of using our GoogleCalendar Cmdlets with native PowerShell cmdlets.

Creating a Connection to Your Google Calendar Data

You can connect to Google APIs on behalf of individual users or on behalf of a domain. Google uses the OAuth authentication standard. See the "Getting Started" section of the help documentation for a guide.

$conn = Connect-GoogleCalendar 

Selecting Data

Follow the steps below to retrieve data from the VacationCalendar table and pipe the result into to a CSV file:

Select-GoogleCalendar -Connection $conn -Table VacationCalendar | Select -Property * -ExcludeProperty Connection,Table,Columns | Export-Csv -Path c:\myVacationCalendarData.csv -NoTypeInformation

You will notice that we piped the results from Select-GoogleCalendar into a Select-Object cmdlet and excluded some properties before piping them into an Export-Csv cmdlet. We do this because the CData Cmdlets append Connection, Table, and Columns information onto each "row" in the result set, and we do not necessarily want that information in our CSV file.

Deleting Data

The following line deletes any records that match the criteria:

Select-GoogleCalendar -Connection $conn -Table VacationCalendar -Where "SearchTerms = beach trip" | Remove-GoogleCalendar

Inserting and Updating Data

The cmdlets make data transformation easy as well as data cleansing. The following example loads data from a CSV file into Google Calendar, checking first whether a record already exists and needs to be updated instead of inserted.

Import-Csv -Path C:\MyVacationCalendarUpdates.csv | %{
  $record = Select-GoogleCalendar -Connection $GoogleCalendar -Table VacationCalendar -Where ("Id = `'"+$_.Id+"`'")
  if($record){
    Update-GoogleCalendar -Connection $googlecalendar -Table VacationCalendar -Columns ("Summary","StartDateTime") -Values ($_.Summary, $_.StartDateTime) -Where ("Id = `'"+$_.Id+"`'")
  }else{
    Add-GoogleCalendar -Connection $googlecalendar -Table VacationCalendar -Columns ("Summary","StartDateTime") -Values ($_.Summary, $_.StartDateTime)
  }
}

As always, our goal is to simplify the way you connect to data. With cmdlets users can install a data module, set the connection properties, and start building. Download Cmdlets and start working with your data in PowerShell today!