Update Event
google_calendar.update_event
ActionBusiness appsconnection required
Calls Calendar events.patch with only the fields you set.
Reschedule, edit or cancel an existing Google Calendar event.
Connection
- Required
- Yes — the node will not save without one
- Auth type
- OAuth 2.0
- Providers
- Google Calendar
- Secret shape
- {"client_id", "client_secret", "refresh_token"}
- Config it needs
- token_uri
- Resolved by
- config.connection_id, else node.connection_id
Configuration
13 fields, 1 required. A dotted path is a nested object and name[] an array of objects — the editor renders the same tree.
| Field | Type | Required | Default | Constraints | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
calendar_id Calendar id, or 'primary'. | string | No | primary | — | — |
event_id Event id to update. | string | Yes | — | — | — |
summary Replaces the stored summary; blank leaves it as it is. | string | No | — | — | — |
start New RFC3339 start, or a date for all-day. | string | No | — | — | — |
end New RFC3339 end, or a date for all-day. | string | No | — | — | — |
time_zone IANA zone for start/end when they carry no offset. | string | No | — | — | — |
description Event description / agenda (plain text). | string | No | — | — | — |
location Where the event takes place (free text or an address). | string | No | — | — | — |
attendees Replaces the guest list outright — send the full list, not the additions. | array | No | — | — | — |
recurrence RRULE/EXDATE lines. | array | No | — | array of string | — |
reminders Reminder overrides. | object | No | — | — | — |
status Set 'cancelled' to cancel the event in place. | string | No | — | one of "confirmed", "tentative", "cancelled" | — |
send_updates Who Google emails about the change. Defaults to 'all' whenever the change is guest-visible (time, title, location, status or the guest list) — otherwise nobody hears that the meeting moved. | string | No | all | one of "all", "externalOnly", "none" | — |
Example configuration
Every value below is the contract’s own example or default — nothing invented.
{
"calendar_id": "primary",
"send_updates": "all"
}Output
One shape.
event
| Field | Type | Example |
|---|---|---|
id Event id. | string | — |
summary The event's title, as it shows in the calendar. | string | — |
start RFC3339 datetime, or a date for an all-day event. | string | — |
end RFC3339 datetime, or a date for an all-day event. | string | — |
html_link Link to the event in Google Calendar. | string | — |
description | string | — |
location | string | — |
status confirmed | tentative | cancelled. | string | — |
time_zone Zone of start/end; null for an all-day event. | string | — |
all_day | boolean | — |
organizer Organiser email. | string | — |
creator Creator email. | string | — |
attendees Guests: email, display_name, response_status, organizer, self, optional, resource (a meeting room is a resource, not a person). | array | — |
attachments title, file_url, mime_type. | array | — |
conference_url Meet/video entry point, if any. | string | — |
event_type default | outOfOffice | focusTime | workingLocation — only 'default' is a meeting. | string | — |
transparency opaque = busy; transparent = the owner marked it Free. | string | — |
recurrence RRULE/EXDATE lines on the series master. | array | — |
recurring_event_id Series id — every instance of one weekly meeting. | string | — |
ical_uid Stable cross-calendar id; what a sync job matches on. | string | — |
created | string | — |
updated | string | — |
extended_properties private/shared key-value bags set by an app. | object | — |
{
"all_day": false,
"attachments": [],
"attendees": [],
"conference_url": "",
"created": "",
"creator": "",
"description": "",
"end": "",
"event_type": "",
"extended_properties": {},
"html_link": "",
"ical_uid": "",
"id": "",
"location": "",
"organizer": "",
"recurrence": [],
"recurring_event_id": "",
"start": "",
"status": "",
"summary": "",
"time_zone": "",
"transparency": "",
"updated": ""
}Notes
- The refresh token needs a writable calendar scope (calendar or calendar.events).
Related Google Calendar nodes
See Update Event run in a workflow.
In a technical demo we add the Google Calendar connection, drop the node on the canvas and let Workflow Health pre-flight it before the first real run.