Date range limit / Automatic date for iCal

[Opisek]

Hi! I am developing a self-hosted calendar application called Luna. It lets you insert links to iCal files to be displayed in the calendar.

I'd like to integrate OpenHolidaysApi into my project to automatically suggest iCal links for users looking to add public holidays to their calendars.

The problem is, that your API always requires validFrom and validTo, even for iCal files. This would mean that users of my program would have to readd the public holidays calendar periodically.

However, with iCal recurrency, I don't see a reason for such a limitation. For example, this german holiday's iCal does not set an upper bound for event recurrence.

I would love to be able to get an iCal file via the API that is either valid with no date limit (shouldn't be an issue with the iCal response type because of built-in recurrency and the fact you only really need to generate the file once and then cache it) or for the API to automatically fill in validFrom and validTo to like one year back and one year forward instead of returning an error when the parameters are missing.

Related to #7

[fstueber]

Hi, thanks for the feedback. Yes, it is possible to generate an iCal file like suggested. But for this more contextual information is needed, such as whether it is a recurring holiday or not. And if it is a recurring holiday, is it always on the same day or not? If it is not on the same day, what should be the valid date range for the days? etc. etc. Probably a separate API endpoint is required. In other words, its not a simple and quick feature. But I will think about this. Any ideas welcome.

[Opisek]

I see! Thank you a lot for the interest. Tag me when you come up with an idea or if you need some help.