RSS & iCal Feeds
- Kelsie Hall
- Alexa Biron
To access an RSS or iCal feed of a UConn calendar:
Visit events.uconn.edu.
Select the calendar for which you need a feed by going to the Find Events widget on the right side of the page.
Click on the Calendar field to open the dropdown menu and check the calendar you want.
Once you have selected a specific calendar, click Subscribe.
A new window will open to the left showing a list of options.
To create a feed for all events on the selected calendar, click on the orange RSS or blue iCal link next to All Calendars.
You can narrow down the feed by event types using the other options displayed. For example, if you want a feed of only include online events, select the RSS or iCal links next to Online Events.
A new window will open in your browser that looks like this:
Ignore the content in the body of the webpage. Instead, copy the URL from the address bar.
Additional Information
The RSS and iCal feeds assume various characteristics from their formats. For example, RSS is automatically limited to 15 items and listed in reverse chronological order. You can use any of the following parameters in an RSS or iCal request.
Groups
Groups correspond to calendar names. You may use and repeat include or exclude group parameters as often as necessary to construct the desired output. All group parameter repetitions are considered as OR. The groups of “me” and “Public” will not result in returned content due to their special status.
/group/[group name]//exclude_group/[group name]/
Tags
Like group parameters, tag inclusions, and exclusions may be repeated as often as desired. However, because items may be tagged with multiple tags all matching defaults to an AND relationship unless you add the /tag_mode/any/ parameter to force an OR relationship.
/tag/[tag name]//tag/[tag_name]/tag/[tag_name]//exclude_tag/[tag name]//tag_mode/any/
Categories
For events only, category inclusions and exclusions and matching relationships behave identically to tags above. Event Types, Audience, and Campus are all treated as categories.
/category/[category name]//category/[category_name]/category/[category_name]//exclude_category/[category name]//category_mode/any/
Search
You may execute full-text searches with the terms provided.
/search/[term or terms]/
Dates
By default, event feeds only show upcoming events. You can change this by adding start or end dates. You can also use PHP-readable date strings like today, -24 hours, or next Sunday.
/start_date/2022-01-01//end_date/2022-12-31//start_date/2015-01-01/end_date/2015-12-31//start_date/-12 months//start_date/last Monday/end_date/this Sunday/
More about start_date and end_date formatting.
Location
You may use LiveWhale Places to gather content that has been geo-located. Location combinations typically only require a location (has_location) or relate the content returned to a specific location and radius (near_location and near_distance used together).
/has_location/[true or false]//near_location/[LiveWhale Place id]//near_distance/[miles distance in decimal]/
Examples
/tag/rock/Only include items tagged “rock.”/tag/roll/Only include items tagged “roll.”/tag/rock/tag/roll/Only include items tagged “rock” and also tagged “roll,” e.g. an AND relationship./tag/rock/tag/roll/tag_mode/any/Only include items tagged “rock” or “roll,” e.g. an OR relationship./category/Performances/Only include events categorized as a Performance./category/Performances/category/Important%20Dates/Only include events categorized as a Performance AND as an Important Date./category/Performances/category/Important%20Dates/category_mode/any/Only include events categorized as a Performance OR as an Important Date.