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If I have the embed HTML for a Google Calendar, can I extract the URL I would use to subscribe to the calendar?

For example:

Embed code (linebreaks added for clarity):

<html>
<iframe src="https://www.google.com/calendar/hosted/example.com/embed?
             height=600&amp;wkst=1&amp;bgcolor=%23FFFFFF&amp;
             src=example.com_ecafa7el7kc4du1ervkdff4x6a%40
             group.calendar.google.com&amp;color=%23AB8B00&amp;
             ctz=Pacific%2FApia"
        style=" border-width:0 " width="800" 
        height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no">
</iframe>
</html>

the juicy bit is src=example.com_ecafa7el7kc4du1ervkdff4x6a%40group.calendar.google.com but I can't seem to get it into a format I can use in Add -> Add by URL in my Google Calendar.

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Given the following URL:

www.google.com/calendar/hosted/example.com/embed?height=600&wkst=1&bgcolor=%23FFFFFF&src=example.com_ecafa7el7kc4du1ervkdff4x6a%40group.calendar.google.com&color=%23AB8B00&ctz=Pacific%2FApia

You want to place the bold part in one of these templates:

XML: http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/HERE/public/basic
ICAL: http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/HERE/public/basic.ics
HTML: http://www.google.com/calendar/hosted/HERE/embed?src=HERE

instead of the word HERE.

For example, if you wanted to use XML, use:

http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/example.com_ecafa7el7kc4du1ervkdff4x6a%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic

This requires the calendar to be public, which I assume it is, since there is an embeded version of it available.

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  • perfect! thanks. can you edit your answer to make it a little clearer that the "juicy bit" minus the src= from my example is the address to use "HERE"?
    – adambox
    Aug 4, 2010 at 20:27
  • Confirming that this still works in 2014 and thanking you for an answer that's been useful to me more than once. :)
    – Brighid McDonnell
    Mar 22, 2014 at 0:30
  • You can also just take the part in bold and paste it into Settings >> Add Calendar >> Subscribe to Calendar >> Add Calendar (text box). Then it will subscribe you.
    – Pro Q
    Sep 10, 2020 at 23:33

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