From b5ebd23d2205cbe74b7cfec2e06cd55940639fda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Barnett <david@mumind.me>
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2024 17:04:29 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid creating duplicate events by respecting the UID field

For events that contain a UID field, use Google Calendar's event
"import" feature instead of "insert" to avoid creating duplicates.

Note that events with UID populated may still get processed as
new/updated events if the SEQUENCE number is also incremented
(https://www.kanzaki.com/docs/ical/sequence.html).
---
 gcalcli/gcal.py | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 gcalcli/ics.py  |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gcalcli/gcal.py b/gcalcli/gcal.py
index 09a3c42..043a8e8 100644
--- a/gcalcli/gcal.py
+++ b/gcalcli/gcal.py
@@ -1464,32 +1464,36 @@ def ImportICS(self, verbose=False, dump=False, reminders=None,
                 continue
 
             self._add_reminders(event, reminders)
+
             if not verbose:
-                new_event = self._retry_with_backoff(
-                    self.get_events().insert(
-                        calendarId=self.cals[0]['id'], body=event
-                    )
-                )
-                hlink = new_event.get('htmlLink')
-                self.printer.msg('New event added: %s\n' % hlink, 'green')
-                continue
+                # Don't prompt, just assume user wants to import.
+                pass
+            else:
+                # Prompt for whether to import.
+                self.printer.msg('\n[S]kip [i]mport [q]uit: ', 'magenta')
+                val = input()
+                if not val or val.lower() == 's':
+                    continue
+                elif val.lower() == 'q':
+                    sys.exit(0)
+                elif val.lower() == 'i':
+                    # Import requested, continue
+                    pass
+                else:
+                    self.printer.err_msg('Error: invalid input\n')
+                    sys.exit(1)
 
-            self.printer.msg('\n[S]kip [i]mport [q]uit: ', 'magenta')
-            val = input()
-            if not val or val.lower() == 's':
-                continue
-            if val.lower() == 'i':
-                new_event = self._retry_with_backoff(
-                    self.get_events().insert(
-                        calendarId=self.cals[0]['id'], body=event
-                    )
+            # Import event
+            import_method = (
+                self.get_events().import_ if 'iCalUID' in event
+                else self.get_events().insert)
+            new_event = self._retry_with_backoff(
+                import_method(
+                    calendarId=self.cals[0]['id'], body=event
                 )
-                hlink = new_event.get('htmlLink')
-                self.printer.msg('New event added: %s\n' % hlink, 'green')
-            elif val.lower() == 'q':
-                sys.exit(0)
-            else:
-                self.printer.err_msg('Error: invalid input\n')
-                sys.exit(1)
+            )
+            hlink = new_event.get('htmlLink')
+            self.printer.msg(f'New event added: {hlink}\n', 'green')
+
         # TODO: return the number of events added
         return True
diff --git a/gcalcli/ics.py b/gcalcli/ics.py
index 413f0ad..755e4ef 100644
--- a/gcalcli/ics.py
+++ b/gcalcli/ics.py
@@ -134,4 +134,10 @@ def CreateEventFromVOBJ(
                 {'displayName': attendee.name, 'email': email}
             )
 
+    if hasattr(ve, 'uid'):
+        uid = ve.uid.value.strip()
+        if verbose:
+            print(f'UID..........{uid}')
+        event['iCalUID'] = uid
+
     return event