Read Events from a Google Spreadsheet and generate a yaml file.
You need to have a google apps account setup which has access to the spreadsheet you are writing too, and the spreadsheet itself needs an Events and News worksheet, with columns as detailed below
| Worksheet | Columns |
|---|---|
| Events | Date, Participation, Publish, Long Date String, Title, Location, Link |
| News | Date, Publish, Title, Link, Alternative_Text |
Publish is always Yes or No.
Set the environment variables as
GOOGLE_KEY=<path/to/key>
GOOGLE_EMAIL=<some-prefix>@developer.gserviceaccount.com
EVENTS_SHEET=Name_of_Spreadsheet
and then just call the script. Default output is to /tmp, use -d for an alternative directory.
There will be four yaml files generated
- allnewsdata.yml
- newsdata.yml
- eventsdata.yml
- pasteventsdata.yml
The yaml files can be used by jekyll. Assuming these files end up in your _data directory, you can use them with liquid.
i.e. for events listing we use
{% for event in site.data.eventsdata %}
<li><a href="{{ event.url }}" {% if event.url contains 'http' %}target="_blank"{% endif %}>{{ event.title }}</a>, {{ event.dateandloc }}</li>
{% endfor %}