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github.com/jordic/goics
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After trying to decode some .ics files and review available go packages, I decided to start writing this pacakge.
First attempt was from a fixed structure, similar to that needed. Later, I started to investigate the format and discovered that it is a pain, and has many variants, depending on who implements it. For this reason I evolved it to a tookit for decode and encode the format.
Check examples dir for user cases:
Demo app encoding an ical, using a mysql DB source
Features implemented:
Follows: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5545
Integrate testing from: https://github.com/libical/libical
Thanks to: Joe Shaw Reviewing first revision.
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