Show names of attendees

  • I am using Thunderbird/Lightning to edit an ICS-file, which is displayed on a website.

    Now I want to add and display ATTENDEEs which looks like this in the ICS-file:
    ATTENDEE;RSVP=TRUE;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:JohnDoe

    So on the website it should display “JohnDoe” as participant, except it does not. The column is empty.

    Interestingly enough, when I use “Attendee-counts” it correctly displays the number (in brackets).

    When I change “PARTSTAT” to “ACCEPTED” in ICS-file (yes, I am aware of the parameters!), then it shows “unknown” on the website.

    Any ideas how to display the names of the attendees (no matter their status)?

    Under “Specify fields to show:” it tells me: “Requires add-on for more than basics.”
    Do I need that? Where do I get that?

    • This topic was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by archesis.
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  • Plugin Author anmari

    (@anmari)

    Hi anchises,

    The base plugin only shows ‘accepted’ attendees and only their names if available. It expects the names from the CN parameter

     ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;CN=Henry
        Cabot:mailto:[email protected]

    I’ve just uploaded a version which will attempt to get a name from the plain text – as per your example (which really should be a ‘cal-address’ like a mailto according to the spec), or from the front of the email address of the mailto. So it won’t say ‘unknown’ anymore in most cases unless the info is really bad.

    For more detailed attendee information (other participation statuses, roles etc) there is an add-on. It also offers mailto links and any ‘delegated’ info.
    https://icalevents.com/downloads/amr-events-attendees/

    Related info that may be useful:
    https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5545#section-3.8.4.1
    https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5545#section-3.3.3

    Thread Starter archesis

    (@anchises)

    Thanks for the answer.

    For some reason I could not find the addon.

    So basically “Lightning” is to blame for not adhering to standards?

    I updated “amr event lists” to Version 5.2.
    Now when I use an e-mail address as participant name, it shows the local part (before the @) in lower case. When I don’t use an e-mail address but just a name, it still comes up as “unknown”.

    • This reply was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by archesis.
    Plugin Author anmari

    (@anmari)

    Re addon – did you click on the link provided above ?
    https://icalevents.com/downloads/amr-events-attendees/

    re unknown – whoops – was right in the addon but base plugin still not quite. Thanks for headsup. see version 5.3

    RE: standards
    Lots of calendar apps have their own interpretations or variations. I don’t have samples of all but am happy to look at what people are experiencing and try to make the plugin as ‘tolerant’ as makes sense.

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