Syncing iCal/ICS feeds into Discourse topics (simple Python script, cron-friendly)

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Thanks for publishing the updated script! :tada:

Looking back at your earlier notes in #25, I see two mismatches that are now solved in your version:

  • I mentioned that ICS_NAMESPACE wasn’t supported — but the new script does include it, with a clear priority order (--namespace → ICS_NAMESPACE → derived from feed URL/filename).
  • I also had DEFAULT_TAGS in my .env, but the script actually expects DISCOURSE_DEFAULT_TAGS. That’s an easy fix in the environment file.

The other environment/cron steps are unchanged and still work fine; just remember to pass the feed as --ics-url "$ICS_SOURCE" (or --ics-file), since the script doesn’t implicitly read ICS_SOURCE by itself.

All in all, these are small adjustments, and with them the instructions line up perfectly with the new code. :rocket:

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