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# RIP Quick Add

Quickly create Google Calendar events from plain text.
Quickly create Google Calendar events from natural language.

![preview.gif](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mtimkovich/rip_quick_add/main/preview.gif)

[Quick Add][article] was a Google Calendar feature that existed from 2012–[2017][rip] that enabled creating calendar events from natural language text input. I loved it and they deprecated it from me ☹️. This is my attempt to carry on its legacy. It uses the [Chrono][chrono] library to extract time data from text.
Quick Add was a Google Calendar feature that enabled creating calendar events from natural language text input. It was removed for no reason and [upset many people][support]. This is my attempt to carry on its legacy. It uses the [Chrono][chrono] library to extract time data from text.

## How it works

1. Takes a text input,
2. parses the input to find date info, and then
3. returns a Google Calendar URL for adding the event to your calendar.
1. Takes a text input e.g. "Dinner friday 7pm"
2. Parses the input to find date info
3. Returns a Google Calendar URL for adding the event to your calendar.

## Usage

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Max Timkovich

[article]: https://gsuitetips.com/tips/calendar/use-quick-add-to-speed-up-google-calendar-entries/
[support]: https://support.google.com/calendar/thread/55538170/can-quick-add-be-reinstated?hl=en
[docs]: https://github.com/InteractionDesignFoundation/add-event-to-calendar-docs/blob/main/services/google.md#google
[max]: https://timkovi.ch/rip_quick_add
[chrono]: https://github.com/wanasit/chrono
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