Google Calendar Sync Administrator Setup | Communifire Documentation

Communifire supports a bidirectional sync between My Calendar and Google calendar. When you setup Google calendar sync on your intranet, people will be able to connect their Google account to My Calendar. Google calendar sync has the following features:

• Your Google events and events you are invited to appear in My Calendar 
• Your personal Communifire events and events you are invited to appear in your Google calendar
• Event changes and RSVP updates made in either calendar will reflect in the other calendar

Note that there may be a delay in syncing.

Step 1: Configure the Google App

1. Visit the Google Developers Console.
2. Create a new project for your intranet if necessary:
   1. Click the project dropdown menu in the header.
   2. In the modal that opens, click New Project.
   3. Enter a name for the project.
   4. Click Create.
3. On the APIs & Services page, click Enable APIs and Services.
4. Search for and enable the following APIs:
   • Google Calendar API
   • Google People API
   • Google Drive API
5. Click the hamburger menu icon in the upper left corner to open the side menu.
6. Click APIs & Services > OAuth consent screen.
7. Select a user type to set which users can use your app. Most organizations can select Internal, which will only allow users from within your Google Workspace organization to connect their calendars to the Axero application. Projects configured with a user type of External are available to any user with a Google Account, which would allow users from outside your Google Workspace organization to connect their calendars.
    
   Note: If you select External, you must submit your app to Google for verification. Your app will display a security warning page until your app is verified. Refer to this page. Getting External apps approved by Google can be very difficult. Contact Axero Customer Success if you would like Axero to host and publish this external application on your behalf, which may incur an additional cost. 
8. Click Create.
9. Enter a name and upload an image for the app. The name and image will appear on the consent screen when users connect their Google account. (The image is optional.)
10. Click Add scope.
11. In the modal that opens, check .../auth/calendar, .../auth/calendar.events, .../auth/drive.file, .../auth/contacts.readonly
12. Click Add.
13. In Authorized domains, add the domain of your site and press enter. Do not enter the full URL. For example, the domain for https://mycommunity.communifire.com is communifire.com.
14. Click Save.
15. In the left side menu, click Credentials.
16. Click Create Credentials.
17. Click OAuth client ID.
18. Select Web application.
19. In Authorized redirect URIs, enter your site URL followed by /oauth2/googlecalendar/callback. (e.g. https://mycommunity.com/oauth2/googlecalendar/callback or https://mycommunity.communifire.com/oauth2/googlecalendar/callback)
20. Press enter.
21. Click Create.
22. A modal will open with the client ID and client secret. Copy the client ID and client secret and save them for later.

Step 2: Configure Communifire

1. In Communifire, go to Control Panel > System > System Properties.
2. Search for GoogleApiClient.
3. Edit GoogleApiClientID.
4. Paste the client ID, then click Save.
5. Edit GoogleApiClientSecret.
6. Paste the client secret, then click Save.
7. Click System > General Settings.
8. Expand the Advanced Settings section.
9. Next to Enable calendar sync from 3rd party systems, check Yes.
10. Click Save System Settings.

Once settings are saved, users can connect to Google Calendar in My Calendar. See Google Calendar Sync User Setup .