/**
* Javascript ical Parser
* Proof of concept method of reading icalendar (.ics) files with javascript.
*
* @author: Carl Saggs
* @source: https://github.com/thybag/
* @version: 0.2
*/
function ical_parser(feed_url, callback){
//store of unproccesed data.
this.raw_data = null;
//Store of proccessed data.
this.events = [];
/**
* loadFile
* Using AJAX to load the requested .ics file, passing it to the callback when completed.
* @param url URL of .ics file
* @param callback Function to call on completion.
*/
this.loadFile = function(url, callback){
//Create request object
try {xmlhttp = window.XMLHttpRequest?new XMLHttpRequest(): new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");} catch (e) { }
//Grab file
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function(){
if ((xmlhttp.readyState == 4) && (xmlhttp.status == 200)) {
//On success, run callback.
callback(xmlhttp.responseText);
}
}
xmlhttp.open("GET", url, true);
xmlhttp.send(null);
}
/**
* makeDate
* Convert the dateformat used by ICalendar in to one more suitable for javascript.
* @param String ical_date
* @return dt object, includes javascript Date + day name, hour/minutes/day/month/year etc.
*/
this.makeDate = function(ical_date){
//break date apart
var dtutc = {
year: ical_date.substr(0,4),
month: ical_date.substr(4,2),
day: ical_date.substr(6,2),
hour: ical_date.substr(9,2),
minute: ical_date.substr(11,2)
}
//Create JS date (months start at 0 in JS - don't ask)
var utcdatems = Date.UTC(dtutc.year, (dtutc.month-1), dtutc.day, dtutc.hour, dtutc.minute);
var dt = {};
dt.date = new Date(utcdatems);
dt.year = dt.date.getFullYear();
dt.month = ('0' + (dt.date.getMonth()+1)).slice(-2);
dt.day = ('0' + dt.date.getDate()).slice(-2);
dt.hour = ('0' + dt.date.getHours()).slice(-2);
dt.minute = ('0' + dt.date.getMinutes()).slice(-2);
//Get the full name of the given day
dt.dayname =["Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday"][dt.date.getDay()];
dt.monthname = [ "January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December" ][dt.date.getMonth()] ;
return dt;
}
/**
* parseICAL
* Convert the ICAL format in to a number of javascript objects (Each representing a date)
*
* @param data Raw ICAL data
*/
this.parseICAL = function(data){
//Ensure cal is empty
this.events = [];
//Clean string and split the file so we can handle it (line by line)
cal_array = data.replace(new RegExp( "\\r", "g" ), "").replace(/\n /g,"").split("\n");
//Keep track of when we are activly parsing an event
var in_event = false;
//Use as a holder for the current event being proccessed.
var cur_event = null;
for(var i=0;i')
.replace(/\\n/g,'
')
.replace(/\\,/g,',');
}
//Add the value to our event object.
cur_event[type] = val;
}
}
//Run this to finish proccessing our Events.
this.complete();
}
/**
* complete
* Sort all events in to a sensible order and run the original callback
*/
this.complete = function(){
//Sort the data so its in date order.
this.events.sort(function(a,b){
return a.DTSTART-b.DTSTART;
});
//Run callback method, if was defined. (return self)
if(typeof callback == 'function') callback(this);
}
/**
* getEvents
* return all events found in the ical file.
*
* @return list of events objects
*/
this.getEvents = function(){
return this.events;
}
/**
* getFutureEvents
* return all events sheduled to take place after the current date.
*
* @return list of events objects
*/
this.getFutureEvents = function(){
var future_events = [], current_date = new Date();
this.events.forEach(function(itm){
//If the event ends after the current time, add it to the array to return.
if(itm.DTEND > current_date) future_events.push(itm);
});
return future_events;
}
/**
* getPastEvents
* return all events sheduled to take place before the current date.
*
* @return list of events objects
*/
this.getPastEvents = function(){
var past_events = [], current_date = new Date();
this.events.forEach(function(itm){
//If the event ended before the current time, add it to the array to return.
if(itm.DTEND <= current_date) past_events.push(itm);
});
return past_events.reverse();
}
/**
* load
* load a new ICAL file.
*
* @param ical file url
*/
this.load = function(ical_file){
var tmp_this = this;
this.raw_data = null;
this.loadFile(ical_file, function(data){
//if the file loads, store the data and invoke the parser
tmp_this.raw_data = data;
tmp_this.parseICAL(data);
});
}
//Store this so we can use it in the callback from the load function.
var tmp_this = this;
//Store the feed url
this.feed_url = feed_url;
//Load the file
this.load(this.feed_url);
}