Problem with adding google calendars in Evolution - "Forbidden"

14.04 unity evolution google-calendar

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This is what you should do:

First remove or disable UOA integration.
And use caldav method instead of Google(Or right click on primary calendar & select properties).
In the url field it should be something like:

https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/[email protected]/events.
Use your full user name for both username & email. Then click on find calendars. Enter your password.
Select the desired calendar & click apply. It will appear in evolution.
Repeat above steps for other calendars.

DONE!

Another way to sync google calendar with caldav & UOA is to use syncevolution.

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elParaguayo

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Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

elParaguayo over 1 year
I'm trying to set up my Google calendars on Evolution. When I add my gmail account it correctly imports the main calendar. However, when I try to add additional calendars I run into problems.

If I do New --> Calendar --> Google, enter my username and password, and then try to retrieve the list of calendars I get this raw html shown:
```
Authentication required: <HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Fobidden</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000">
<H1>Forbidden</H1>
<H2>Error 403</H2>
</BODY>
</HTML>
```
If I try to add it via New --> Calendar --> On the web, and use the XML link I get a message:
```
Error loading calendar 'Unnamed'
Unable to connect to 'Unnamed': Cannot open calendar: Forbidden
```
Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this?
- Khurshid Alam over 9 years
  
  First remove or disable UOA integration. And use caldav method instead of Google(Or right click on primary calendar & select properties). In the url field it should be something like: https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/[email protected]/e‌vents. Use your full user name for both username & email. Then click on find calendars. Enter your password. Does this help?
- elParaguayo over 9 years
  
  @Khurshid-Alam it almost works. I can access the calendar and add new invites (so thank you!). However, if I try to edit existing events I get "Authentication Failed". That's not a showstopper for me though.
René over 8 years

Also works on Debian Jessie (Evolution 3.12). No need to disable anything though; just add CalDav calendars instead of Google calendars in addition to the default Google calendar.