My wife’s call schedule is sent out in a ridiculous Excel spreadsheet, which does no one any good.
The Python script here parses it and prints out dates and names. It
has a few options which you can see with the --help option.
The current list is below, but might be out of date.
| Option (short, long) | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| -y YEAR, –year YEAR | set the year for the calendar; defaults to this year | no |
| -m MONTH, –month MONTH | set the month being parsed | yes |
| -f FILE, –file FILE | filename of xlsx file to be read | yes |
| -p PERSON, –person PERSON | filter results to only this person | no |
| -s [{0,1}], –summary [{0,1}] | print summary stats for number of calls; defaults to no | no |
| -c CALENDARFILE, –calendarfile CALENDARFILE | filename of calendar (ics) file to write | no |
| -t TEXT, –text TEXT | extra text to prepent to the iCal event | no |
As an example of using the Python xlrd module, this is probably OK;
as a useful script for anyone besides me, it probably isn’t OK. Why
they can’t just use a Google calendar is beyond me.
This couldn’t be too much more fragile; one change in the spreadsheet by someone’s administrative assistant and the whole thing goes to bits. Much like an old car, if you can’t work on this, you probably shouldn’t be driving it.
This requires two extra packages: