Outlook Calendar Entries for a Day with Python

For me it is not the mobile. It is the email, which is the most distraction application in office.

The variable reward system has become a habit. I tried closing it but then I keep missing meetings etc.

So had to keep it open just so the reminders for meetings show up.

Only reason I need the outlook is to have a day view why not print it. Bad option, see the already printed stack on my desk. Why not get all the events out for a day and use a text file on the desktop.

Therefore, that is what I did.

Here’s the python function to get the appointments of the day from outlook calendar.

import win32com.client, datetime

def getCalendarEntries(days=1):
    """
    Returns calender entries for days default is 1
    """
    Outlook = win32com.client.Dispatch("Outlook.Application")
    ns = Outlook.GetNamespace("MAPI")
    appointments = ns.GetDefaultFolder(9).Items
    appointments.Sort("[Start]")
    appointments.IncludeRecurrences = "True"
    today = datetime.datetime.today()
    begin = today.date().strftime("%m/%d/%Y")
    tomorrow= datetime.timedelta(days=days)+today
    end = tomorrow.date().strftime("%m/%d/%Y")
    appointments = appointments.Restrict("[Start] >= '" +begin+ "' AND [END] <= '" +end+ "'")
    events={'Start':[],'Subject':[],'Duration':[]}
    for a in appointments:
        adate=datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(int(a.Start))
        #print a.Start, a.Subject,a.Duration
        events['Start'].append(adate)
        events['Subject'].append(a.Subject)
        events['Duration'].append(a.Duration)
    return events

The functions spits out a dict and can be easily converted used in any way one wants.

Sweet! Let's see if am able to kill outlook now.