Is there some cache of requests to the remote ICS data?

[nhoizey]

Using Templater, I'm trying to automate a note creation based on current time and the most probable current event from my Google Calendar.

It looks like the time for the Templater script to execute is several seconds, so I guess app.plugins.getPlugin('ics').getEvents() requests the remote ICS data every time it runs.

Am I correct?

If I am, could a cache be added so it requests remote ICS data only once every hour for example (or a configurable delay)?

It would also allow working when temporarily offline, if there is already some locally cached data.

Thanks!

[muness]

Hi!

You're right that there is no caching whatsoever in the plugin. I could see adding it, but I am reluctant to as vdir integration is in place exactly for these reasons. By cutting out the network retrieval the parse doesn't take long. Check out https://vdirsyncer.pimutils.org/en/stable/tutorial.html and let me know what you think.

I am reluctant to add caching because we already have timezone woes and recurrence rule handling in this project and I worry about adding yet another difficult thing. ;)

[nhoizey]

I thought I already answered, but I can't find it, sorry.

After having some thoughts about it, it's unlikely that I will need to fetch the ICS more than 1 time every hour, and having a cache would mean I sometimes won't get an event I've just created. So adding a lot of complexity for not that much enhancement would be a bad idea.