google-meet-link-generator

This project provides a simple RESTful API to automatically create Google Meet links and schedule events on Google Calendar. Built with Node.js and Express, it leverages the Google Calendar API to generate instant meeting links and allows users to customize event details such as the meeting name, date, time, and attendees. Ideal for quickly setting up virtual meetings with ease.

Key Features:

• Create Google Meet links on the fly
• Schedule meetings with custom date, time, and attendees
• Google Calendar integration
• Easily configurable using service account credentials

Tech Stack:

• Node.js
• Express
• Google Calendar API
• UUID for unique request ID generation
• JavaScript
• JSON

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have met the following requirements:

• Node.js installed on your machine. You can download it from Node.js official website.
• A Google Cloud Platform account with a service account created and the Calendar API enabled.
• A service-account-key.json file that contains the credentials for your Google service account.

Getting Started

Follow these steps to set up and run the project:

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/nsubhadipta/google-meet-link-generator.git

cd google-meet-link-generator

Install dependencies:

npm install

Add your Google service account key:

Place your service-account-key.json file in the root of your project directory.

Run the application:

node server.js

Access the API:

The application will start on http://localhost:3000. You can access the meeting link creation endpoint at /api/create_meeting_link.

API

POST http://localhost:3000/api/create_meeting_link

Request Body:

{
  "summary": "Project Test",
  "location": "Bhubaneswar",
  "description": "Discussion about the project.",
  "startTime": "2024-10-25T03:00:31.321Z",  // Optional
  "endTime": "2024-10-25T03:30:31.321Z",    // Optional
  "attendees": [
    {
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "name": "Amarjyoti Mahanta"
    },
    {
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "name": "Chitta Ranjan Das"
    }
  ],
}

Response:

{
  "meetLink": "https://meet.google.com/yit-apcd-jmv"
}

Description:

• If startTime is not provided, the API creates an instant meeting with a duration of 30 minutes from the current time.
• The meetLink in the response contains the URL for the created Google Meet.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please follow these steps to contribute to the project:

1. Fork the project.
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature).
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature').
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature).
5. Open a pull request.