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iCalendar (.ics) calendar item feed - ability to NAME the calendar description programatically?

I'm creating a iCalendar (.ics) calendar items feed for a web app.

On an iPhone for instance, I can connect to the .ics feed (which works), but it requires you to manually "name" the calendar Description, otherwise it defaults to the URL.

Is there a tag I can add to my .ics code to automatically enter the calendar Description as the name of my app instead of the long URL? (so users don't have to manually change it)

The iCal docs are pretty long, and I haven't seen anything yet... (https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5545)

Solution

  • Figured out the answer.

    Add a X-WR-CALNAME tag with the name. Seems to work great!