468598 - unable to add a "friends calender" from google

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 465906

(Calendar :: Provider: GData, defect)

Description

[pennywise]

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Inside of google calender, I've added a public calender from a friend. Not the "public" public, more the "you are allowed to see my calender" public thingy.

When adding this .ics-url to my lighning (gdata) via google calender option, lightning keeps asking me for my username and password. I'm entering it, and the question for it pops up again. I'm certain the username and password is correct, because on the other calenders it's working.

The error console gives me the output "status code 403", which seems to indicate again, that my password/username is wrong, but it isn't.

I've tried latest nightly and stable of thunderbird, lightning and gdata provider, same problem everywhere.

I'm guessing it's an issue due to the "it's a friend's calendar"-fact.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Let a friend share his calender to you (only see busy/free)
2. get the public url via google calender
3. try to add that url via lightning

Comment 1

[Stefan Sitter [:ssitter]]

If you want to subscribe to the read-only ICAL feed provided by Google Calendar you should use the ICAL URL to the .ics file and create a normal ICS calendar inside Lightning.

If you want to subscribe to the write-enabled XML feed provided by Google Calendar you should use the XML URL and create a Google Calendar calendar inside Lightning. In that case you need to provide the username and password for the calendar.

Comment 2

[pennywise]

When I use the "normal" ICS calendar, I can add the calender, but no entry shows up, because the calender is not public to all, only to my google-account.

I only need read-only. Even if I choose XML, do I have to give the username/password from that calender I want to import, or from my own? If the former, that's not going to happen, that I get that information.

Comment 3

[pennywise]

Tried XML as well, the password dialog keeps popping up.

Comment 4

[pennywise]

Additionally, because of the "failure" of password/username my other google-calenders keep asking me also for authentification again. Only way to escape there is to hit "cancel" as long as dialogs pop up, but then every calender is "disabled". Then I remove the "friends calender", and reactivate every other calender.

Comment 5

[Stefan Sitter [:ssitter]]

Seems to be the same underlying issue as in Bug 465906. Do you agree?

Comment 6

[pennywise]

I agree.