# google-calendar.events.get

One event on a calendar by its id, with attendees and times

> Returns an event based on its Google Calendar ID. To retrieve an event using its iCalendar ID, call the events.list method using the iCalUID parameter.

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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| provider | [Google Calendar](https://telipot.com/catalog/providers/google-calendar) `google-calendar` |
| capability | [`calendar.events.get`](https://telipot.com/catalog/capabilities/calendar.events.get) |
| kind | data |
| tier | core |
| price | Free (Free from the tool) |
| identity | Person’s own |
| auth | `oauth · OAuth 2.0 with PKCE` |
| scope | own_account |
| principal | user |
| required_scopes | `calendar.readonly` |
| retention | standard |
| route | `GET https://www.googleapis.com/calendar/v3/calendars/{calendarId}/events/{eventId}` |
| verification | Not verified yet. Not checked yet. We test with a real request before we mark it. |
| status | live |
| docs | https://developers.google.com/workspace/calendar/api/v3/reference/events/get |

## Preview the price · nothing runs

```bash
telipot run google-calendar.events.get \
  --input-json '{"calendarId":"primary","eventId":"3vq8k2nd5ho1c7a9f0b4lmetoe"}' \
  --as user:ana \
  --quote
```

## Run it

```bash
telipot run google-calendar.events.get \
  --input-json '{"calendarId":"primary","eventId":"3vq8k2nd5ho1c7a9f0b4lmetoe"}' \
  --as user:ana
```

```bash
curl https://api.telipot.com/v1/tasks/google-calendar.events.get/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELIPOT_TOKEN" \
  -H "Telipot-Principal: user:ana" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"calendarId":"primary","eventId":"3vq8k2nd5ho1c7a9f0b4lmetoe"}'
```

## Input

| Field | In | Type | Required | Constraints | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `calendarId` | pathParams | string | yes |  | primary for the connected account's own calendar, or an id from google-calendar.calendars.list |
| `eventId` | pathParams | string | yes |  | The event id, as google-calendar.events.list returns it |
| `timeZone` | queryParams | string | no |  | The time zone of the times in the answer; the calendar's own when absent |
| `maxAttendees` | queryParams | integer | no | at least 1 | The most attendees to return; the answer marks any it left out with attendeesOmitted |

## Input schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "calendarId": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "primary for the connected account's own calendar, or an id from google-calendar.calendars.list",
      "examples": [
        "primary"
      ]
    },
    "eventId": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The event id, as google-calendar.events.list returns it",
      "examples": [
        "3vq8k2nd5ho1c7a9f0b4lmetoe"
      ]
    },
    "timeZone": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The time zone of the times in the answer; the calendar's own when absent",
      "examples": [
        "America/Los_Angeles"
      ]
    },
    "maxAttendees": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "The most attendees to return; the answer marks any it left out with attendeesOmitted",
      "minimum": 1
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "calendarId",
    "eventId"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}
```

## Output schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "status": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "confirmed, tentative or cancelled"
    },
    "summary": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The title"
    },
    "description": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The description; it can hold HTML"
    },
    "location": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "htmlLink": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "A link to the event in the Google Calendar web app"
    },
    "created": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "RFC 3339 time"
    },
    "updated": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "RFC 3339 time of the last change to the main event data"
    },
    "creator": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "email": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "displayName": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "self": {
          "type": "boolean"
        }
      }
    },
    "organizer": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "email": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "displayName": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "self": {
          "type": "boolean"
        }
      }
    },
    "start": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "A date for an all-day event, or a dateTime with its offset",
      "properties": {
        "date": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "dateTime": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "timeZone": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "end": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Exclusive; a date for an all-day event, or a dateTime with its offset",
      "properties": {
        "date": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "dateTime": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "timeZone": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "recurrence": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "RRULE, EXRULE, RDATE and EXDATE lines of a recurring event",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "recurringEventId": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The id of the recurring event this is an instance of"
    },
    "originalStartTime": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "date": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "dateTime": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "timeZone": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "attendees": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "email": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "displayName": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "responseStatus": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "needsAction, declined, tentative or accepted"
          },
          "organizer": {
            "type": "boolean"
          },
          "self": {
            "type": "boolean"
          },
          "resource": {
            "type": "boolean"
          },
          "optional": {
            "type": "boolean"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "attendeesOmitted": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "hangoutLink": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "conferenceData": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "The conference details such as a Google Meet link"
    },
    "visibility": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "default, public, private or confidential"
    },
    "transparency": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "opaque when the event blocks time, transparent when it does not"
    },
    "eventType": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "default, birthday, focusTime, fromGmail, outOfOffice or workingLocation"
    },
    "colorId": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "iCalUID": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "sequence": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "reminders": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "useDefault": {
          "type": "boolean"
        },
        "overrides": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "method": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "minutes": {
                "type": "integer"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "etag": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "kind": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}
```

## Example response

From `examples/google-calendar.events.get.json`.

```json
{
  "kind": "calendar#event",
  "etag": "\"EXAMPLEETAG\"",
  "id": "3vq8k2nd5ho1c7a9f0b4lmetoe",
  "status": "confirmed",
  "htmlLink": "https://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=EXAMPLE",
  "created": "2026-09-28T16:02:10.000Z",
  "updated": "2026-09-28T16:02:10.512Z",
  "summary": "Planning",
  "creator": {
    "email": "contact@example.com",
    "self": true
  },
  "organizer": {
    "email": "contact@example.com",
    "self": true
  },
  "start": {
    "dateTime": "2026-10-12T10:00:00-07:00",
    "timeZone": "America/Los_Angeles"
  },
  "end": {
    "dateTime": "2026-10-12T10:30:00-07:00",
    "timeZone": "America/Los_Angeles"
  },
  "sequence": 0,
  "attendees": [
    {
      "email": "contact@example.com",
      "organizer": true,
      "self": true,
      "responseStatus": "accepted"
    },
    {
      "email": "guest@example.com",
      "responseStatus": "needsAction"
    }
  ],
  "reminders": {
    "useDefault": true
  },
  "eventType": "default"
}
```