/// <summary>
/// Adds a new event to user's default calendar
/// </summary>
/// <param name="LocationName">string. The name of the event location</param>
/// <param name="BodyContent">string. The body of the event.</param>
/// <param name="Attendees">string. semi-colon delimited list of invitee email addresses</param>
/// <param name="EventName">string. The subject of the event</param>
/// <param name="start">DateTimeOffset. The start date of the event</param>
/// <param name="end">DateTimeOffset. The end date of the event</param>
/// <returns></returns>
internal async Task <String> AddCalendarEventAsync(
string LocationName,
string BodyContent,
string Attendees,
string Subject,
DateTimeOffset start,
DateTimeOffset end
)
{
string newEventId = string.Empty;
Location location = new Location();
location.DisplayName = LocationName;
ItemBody body = new ItemBody();
body.Content = BodyContent;
body.ContentType = BodyType.Text;
string[] splitter = { ";" };
var splitAttendeeString = Attendees.Split(splitter, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
Attendee[] attendees = new Attendee[splitAttendeeString.Length];
for (int i = 0; i < splitAttendeeString.Length; i++)
{
attendees[i] = new Attendee();
attendees[i].Type = AttendeeType.Required;
attendees[i].EmailAddress = new EmailAddress()
{
Address = splitAttendeeString[i].Trim()
};
}
Event newEvent = new Event
{
Subject = Subject,
Location = location,
Attendees = attendees,
Start = start,
End = end,
Body = body,
};
newEvent.Start = (DateTimeOffset?)CalcNewTime(newEvent.Start, start);
newEvent.End = (DateTimeOffset?)CalcNewTime(newEvent.End, end);
try
{
// Make sure we have a reference to the Outlook Services client
var outlookServicesClient = await AuthenticationHelper.EnsureOutlookServicesClientCreatedAsync("Calendar");
// This results in a call to the service.
await outlookServicesClient.Me.Events.AddEventAsync(newEvent);
await((IEventFetcher)newEvent).ExecuteAsync();
newEventId = newEvent.Id;
}
catch (Exception e)
{
throw new Exception("We could not create your calendar event: " + e.Message);
}
return(newEventId);
}