This is a simple web application using Flask and Google Calendar APIs to display whether a room is available or not, preferably on a tablet mounted outside the room.
In order to use this application, you will need to create a Google Calendar API project and enable the Calendar API. You can do this by following the instructions here.
Successful completion of the instructions will result in a credentials.json file being downloaded to your computer. This file will be used by the application to authenticate with the Google Calendar API.
The first time you attempt authentication, you will be prompted to authorize the application to access your Google Calendar. This will result in a token.json file being created in the same directory as credentials.json. This file will be used by the application to authenticate with the Google Calendar API from now on (it expires once every 2 hours, but the application will automatically refresh it without prompting authorisation again).
Place your credentials.json file in src/calendar_sign and run the application with
python -m calendar_signfrom the src directory. The token.json file will be created in the same directory as credentials.json once you have authorised the application to access your Google Calendar.
- In green: Available
- In red: Unavailable
- In blue: An activity has recently ended
- In yellow: An activity is about to begin