# Discourse topics as Google Calendar events

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-topics-as-google-calendar-events/11794>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [07.Январь.2014 02:35:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-topics-as-google-calendar-events/11794 "2014-01-07T02:35:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [07.Январь.2014 02:35:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-topics-as-google-calendar-events/11794/1 "2014-01-07T02:35:16Z")

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I want to have a category where Discourse topics are going to be events. I want to display them on a Google Calendar. What’s the best way about going with this?

**How to associate dates with topics**? Discourse already allows topics to have a close date associated with them. This is pretty nice, as I can store the dates of the events this way. However, not surprisingly, the topics will close when the events start. This is not perfect because I want to be able to discuss past/ongoing events.

**How to keep my calendar updated**? I guess I could create a plugin and listen to the before\_create\_post event to create Google Calendar events accordingly. Should ignore all posts except topics created in the category I want. However, if the date of the event is edited after that it’s not going to be reflected in the Google Calendar event.

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