Sync Event Data with Campuslabs

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Request from Caitlin.

There is an API provided by Campuslabs per instance. We can either outsource our data to the api calls or support two way creation.

Pros/Cons

API only event support

Pros

• No authentication
• We are not trying to be an authoritative source on event data
• Always up to date with CL

Cons

• If CL is replaced with something else, the future Web chair will have to change the API code
• Scraping the Event creation on site
• Less reason to make custom features for the event pages

Two-Way Synchronization

Pros

• Very easy for the user to create an event

Cons

• Auditing the events on each pull
• Need to design a mechanism to store CL authentication credentials
• Same replacement issue as the other option

There could also be a case made for allowing users to create events on the IFC site for more targeted engagement. Just because we aren't a data authority on events doesn't mean that we cannot create any data.

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As was mentioned by Caitlin, the current plan that we have with campus labs does not allow us to use the API. Potential in an RSS feed type setup