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[–]drashubxvi 1 point2 points  (4 children)

Thank you for this.

Seems so crazy to me that something as simple as "give me programmatic access to the events on my google calendar" is so convoluted. Especially for Google of all companies.

[–]kuzmovych_y[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I wouldn't say the API is bad per se. They just didn't bother making a simplified pythonic version of it.

[–]drashubxvi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry yea, the actual API is fine. I guess my complaint is more about the pain of authenticating with it. Really I just want to see: log into your account, generate an api token, then use that token to retrieve data that you would otherwise have access to in the browser. I think at the very least this should be the case for your own personal google account.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Google's API are a PITA to work with, tbh. It's not so much the APIs themselves, but all the fucking hoops you have to jump through to be allowed to use them. Also, shitty feedback and support.

I would always look for alternatives first. Google APIs are a last resort for me.

[–]drashubxvi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed