converting icalendar into JSON -- a working example

[rbpasker]

this JSONencoder will properly handle icalendar.props and datetime items

I am contributing this in case anyone else needs it.

perhaps it can be added into props.py.

from json import JSONEncoder
import json
from datetime import datetime
from icalendar import Calendar, vDDDTypes, Event

class ICalendarEncoder(JSONEncoder):
    def default(self, obj, markers=None):

        try:
            if obj.__module__.startswith("icalendar.prop"):
                return (obj.to_ical())
        except AttributeError:
            pass

        if isinstance(obj, datetime):
            return (obj.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S'))

        return JSONEncoder.default(self,obj)    


cal = Calendar.from_ical(open('test.ics','rb').read())

for event in cal.walk(name="VEVENT"):
    suspect = json.dumps(event, cls=ICalendarEncoder)
    working = json.loads(suspect)

[rbpasker]

i added this to props.py and submitted it as a pull request

[jacadzaca]

@rbpasker would you be okay with us adding this little program as an example script?