def TDecode(url):
"""Creates a list of event objects based on a ical url"""
if url is None:
return None # Nob hasnt given us their timetable yet
rawCal = urllib.request.urlopen(
url) # Try and download the timetable's ical
cal = Calendar.from_ical(rawCal.read()) # Parse the ical
events = [] # create a list of events
for component in cal.walk(): # for "thing" in the cal
if component.name == "VEVENT": # if its an event
description = component.get('description').split(
"\n") # get all its information
location = component.get(
'location'
) # unused location data because description has it more reliably
startdt = component.get('dtstart').dt # start date/time
enddt = component.get('dtend').dt # end date/time
module = "Undefined"
room = "Undefined"
type = "Undefined"
for item in description:
item = str(item)
if "MODULE TITLE:" in item: # get the modules name
module = item.replace("MODULE TITLE: ", "")
if "ROOM(S):" in item: # get the room name
room = item.replace("ROOM(S): ", "")
if "EVENT TYPE:" in item: # is it a lecture? workshop? seminar?
type = item.replace("EVENT TYPE: ", "")
date = "{:02d}/{:02d}".format(startdt.day, startdt.month)
timeFormatted = "{Date}-{hour:02d}:{minute:02d}".format(
Date=date, hour=startdt.hour + 1, minute=startdt.minute)
endFormatted = "{hour:02d}:{minute:02d}".format(
hour=enddt.hour + 1, minute=enddt.minute)
event = Event() # create an event object
event.module = module
event.Ftime = timeFormatted
event.date = startdt
event.end = endFormatted
event.type = type
event.room = room
if len(
events
) != 0: # put the event, in order, in the list of events
for i in range(len(events)):
if event.date < events[i].date:
events.insert(i, event)
break
if i == len(events) - 1:
events.append(event)
else:
events.append(event)
return events
