Google calendar access disabled

[szucskrisztian]

When I try to connect to Gcal and click on the link in the widget settings, the browser opens and say that the request is invalid and I should contact with the developer.

Issue details:
"400 hibakód: invalid_request
The out-of-band (OOB) flow has been blocked in order to keep users secure. Follow the Out-of-Band (OOB) flow migration guide linked in the developer docs below to migrate your app to an alternative method.
A kérelem adatai: redirect_uri=urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob"

[mkwsnyder]

I got something similar, albeit more generic:

You can’t sign in because KDE Event Calendar Widget sent an invalid request. You can try again later, or contact the developer about this issue. Learn more about this error
If you are a developer of KDE Event Calendar Widget, see error details.
Error 400: invalid_request

[szucskrisztian]

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And have you found any solution?

[mkwsnyder]

I have not; from the error message you got it sounds like Google changed how third party apps need to authenticate. Hopefully it won't be too difficult of a change, but without digging into the code and Google's documentation (something I can't do for a week or two) I'm not sure.

I even tried copying over the authentication token found in ~/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc from a machine I'd previously authenticated on and that didn't work.

Edit: it appears this is a duplicate issue of both #331 and #333 so I'd recommend closing it. It looks like what I tried above is working for some people in said issues; I'd recommend trying it yourself to see if it works.

[etoven]

Yea having the same issue

[etoven]

I have not; from the error message you got it sounds like Google changed how third party apps need to authenticate. Hopefully it won't be too difficult of a change, but without digging into the code and Google's documentation (something I can't do for a week or two) I'm not sure.

I even tried copying over the authentication token found in ~/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc from a machine I'd previously authenticated on and that didn't work.

Edit: it appears this is a duplicate issue of both #331 and #333 so I'd recommend closing it. It looks like what I tried above is working for some people in said issues; I'd recommend trying it yourself to see if it works.

That's not a fix if you cannot recover a token from a existing install.

[mkwsnyder]

That's not a fix if you cannot recover a token from a existing install.

I agree, it's a temporary band-aid solution until the project owner can implement an actual fix. I'm simply mentioning it here so that it can help those that do have an existing install.

[FeryET]

Have the same issue. Is there anyway to genereate the token manually?

[etoven]

I don't think so.

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[JackDinn]

Please just fix. Iv tried all other calenders and they all have something that stops me from using them.

I wont be holding my breath.

[etoven]

He probably doesn't want to spin up a server or pay for api access anymore.

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[cognitus]

@Zren is possible fix this?

[cruz94]

same issue here @Zren

[TassieDevyl]

Like many others, I'm experiencing the same problem.

It was mentioned in another thread that the code can be extracted from a config file and re-entered as a work around.

Which is good to know.

Unfortunately I did a completely fresh install, after some hardware upgrades.

Reformatted the old HDD and no longer have access to the file in question.

Which brings to mind a question, despite some recent changes in the last 4 months, (translation), is this applet actively maintained anymore?

Perhaps there is an active fork?

Anyone have any insights?

[tategotoazarasi]

Same issue.

[rosenblueh]

The akonadi stuff can synchronize with google calendar, so maybe via that...

[deivid11]

Same issue here, cannot use google calendar sync

[wokawoka]

I'm experiencing the same problem :(

[mcasaccio]

same issue here

[tomholvey]

I'm also seeing this issue

[jackmonty]

I'm also seeing this issue.

[Sriramgireesh]

I am also facing this issue

[MoarcyVega]

I've found a way to show my events from google calendar:
It works to import them from kalendar (because of kdepim-addons).
The only thing that doesn't work this way:
If you have a few calendars in your google calendar with different colors, the events don't get the color from your google calendar.

So i still hope for a fix.

[Evgeny-del]

#339 (comment)
Не могли бы Вы подробнее рассказать об этом способе, который Вы нашли?

[ruanpereira]

same issue, invalid request when clicking in the link

[ruanpereira]

you can do it with korganizer, but isn't the same thing

[HornetoMano]

How you do this bro?

[miko-techsys]

#339 (comment) Не могли бы Вы подробнее рассказать об этом способе, который Вы нашли?

Install kdepim-addons and kde kalendar. Import your google calendar into kde kalendar and after this import from widget like PIM events.

[ruanpereira]

@HornetoMano just like @ArTikOnesh said. With KDE kalendar, go to the settings and add your google account with the events. Go back and activate the PIM events. If you use a KDE desktop environment, the PIM events can be activated in the configuration of the clock.

[Salvaju29ro]

@HornetoMano just like @ArTikOnesh said. With KDE kalendar, go to the settings and add your google account with the events. Go back and activate the PIM events. If you use a KDE desktop environment, the PIM events can be activated in the configuration of the clock.

Is Google working again with Akonadi? I switched to Event Calendar because Kalendar didn't let me add events to Google (Korganizer also didn't let me)

[rnc]

I have just tried this tool (although I still had a working accessToken) and it does correctly generate a new accessToken/accessTokenExpiresAt/accessTokenType and refreshToken values in the browser. I see it parses the existing .config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc configuration looking for a [Configuration][Google Calendar] block - if I modify my existing configuration so that block doesn't exist then I can reproduce the above error. I am guessing @bigo72 does not have a correctly configured applet with a google calendar?

[bigo72]

No, I was never able to config the applet with Google calendar. That's why I found this page.
I'm on Garuda Linux with KDE

[kanocz]

yes, I need ClientToken and ClientSecret from existing config, so first you need open widget configuration and go to google calendar page... you don't need to click on URL there but at this moment widget will generate part of config I need to read

[rnc]

@kanocz It might be worth adding some error handling if sessionClientSecret and sessionClientId cannot be found in an existing config?

[kanocz]

sure :) it was just 10-minute quick coding... I'm going to vacation in few days and have very limited time... after I'll return I'll adjust code to automate process to few clicks and no manual copy and so on

[kanocz]

or maybe I'll found some time today-tomorrow - will try

[miminno]

yes, I need ClientToken and ClientSecret from existing config, so first you need open widget configuration and go to google calendar page... you don't need to click on URL there but at this moment widget will generate part of config I need to read

No matter how many times I try going to google calendar page in the settings, widget does not generate ClientToken and ClientSecret :( What's the secret?

[kanocz]

hm... strange... ok, I'll try to do better solution asap :) I've just found part of code how to execute external tool just from QML, so I'll pass clientID and clientSecret as arguments directly... and return config via stdout, so no copy-paste will be needed...

[kanocz]

ok.... #341
this fill just fix everything - no copy-paste needed and so on
P.S.: you need to have golang installed before ./install executing, then you can remove it if you want

[lucafulgenzi]

@kanocz I just tried it and it works perfectly.
Excellent work 👍🏻

[bigo72]

I can't try now! I'm at work! I can't wait!
I'll let you know, but I'm pretty sure it will work.
Thank you so much!

[tomholvey]

This worked for me too, thank you!

[miminno]

That works perfectly, thanks!

[bigo72]

OK, I'm terrible!
I did git clone https://github.com/kanocz/plasma-applet-eventcalendar.git eventcalendar
then cd eventcalendar
then ./install
and I got this as output:
Aggiornamento pacchetto da file: /home/alex/eventcalendar/eventcalendar/package Aggiornamento di /home/alex/eventcalendar/eventcalendar/package riuscito. plasmashell: nessun processo trovato Omitting both --window and --windowclass arguments is not recommended kf.plasma.quick: Applet preload policy set to 1 qml: PlasmaExtras.ScrollArea is deprecated. Use PlasmaComponents3.ScrollView instead. org.kde.plasma.containmentlayoutmanager: Error: cannot change the containment to AppletsLayout

What am I missing?

PS. maybe my go installation is gone? Going to check that ....
PPS go is installed (just go, not go tools)

[kanocz]

I think it's ok - many deprecated APIs are used in this applet... just go to settings and this may work :)

[mkwsnyder]

@kanocz the current version currently errors out with the following (sorry it doesn't have more than this):

invalid params
exit status 2

If I use yesterday's (2023-02-14) commit it seems to run correctly.

Regardless, thank you for your work and rapid responses to people's requests!

[kanocz]

@mkwsnyder you don't need to run it manually anymore! just git clone of my version, then ./install and use UI of the widget

[lucafulgenzi]

@bigo72 to be safe uninstall the old version first and then reinstalls from the fork, you don't need to run the script, but just go to the component configuration in the Google tab

[bigo72]

Thanks @lucafulgenzi , I did it before, but unfortunately it still doesn't work for me. I'm thinking ... does this script take auth from somewhere else? Is this "somewhere else" the "online accounts"?

[kanocz]

@bigo72 no... it just redirects you to Google oauth page and then read back some values, gets token and returns to widget which updates config in usual way...
P.S.: if you want you can record screen and I'll try to help

[bigo72]

It worked!!!
I was still using the old version! I'm so sorry @kanocz
I had to manually remove /usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.eventcalendar/ directory, then I gitcloned your repo again and installed as usual (and this time without any error).
Thanks again for everything you did.

[kanocz]

sorry, one more commit added to pull request which is not connected to this issue... I just used master branch and forgot that's connected to pull request :(

P.S.: it's just configuration for different color for events in past, so I hope this doesn't metter

[felipelutz]

Thank you @kanocz. It worked flawlessly!

[podxboq]

ok.... #341 this fill just fix everything

It works perfectly. You are my hero.

[TLPNull]

@kanocz thanks, I am able to login now, but I am unable to sync my calendar
I enabled debugging and here are some logs

qml: [eventcalendar:debug] upcomingEvents.onAllDataFetched 2023-02-22T03:00:00.000Z 2023-03-08T16:02:32.167Z 2023-04-07T03:00:00.000Z
qml: HTTP 0 Headers:

file:///home/user/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.eventcalendar/contents/ui/config/GoogleLoginManager.qml:147: TypeError: Cannot call method 'debugJSON' of null
qml: XMLHttpRequest.onerror 0
file:///home/user/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.eventcalendar/contents/ui/config/GoogleLoginManager.qml:147: TypeError: Cannot call method 'debugJSON' of null
qml: HTTP 0 Headers:

qml: fetchGoogleTasklistList.response HTTP Error 0  0
file:///home/user/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.eventcalendar/contents/ui/config/GoogleLoginManager.qml:179: TypeError: Cannot call method 'debugJSON' of null
qml: XMLHttpRequest.onerror 0
qml: fetchGoogleTasklistList.response HTTP Error 0 null 0
file:///home/user/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.eventcalendar/contents/ui/config/GoogleLoginManager.qml:179: TypeError: Cannot call method 'debugJSON' of null
qml: [eventcalendar:debug] isExpanded true
qml: [eventcalendar:debug] setToday qua mar 8 13:03:10 2023 GMT-0300
qml: [eventcalendar:debug] currentTime qua mar 8 13:03:10 2023 GMT-0300
qml: [eventcalendar:debug] isExpanded false
qml: [logger:debug] updateCalendarList
qml: [logger:debug] accessToken ////REMOVED_TOKEN////
qml: HTTP 0 Headers:

qml: [logger:debug] fetchGCalCalendars.response.data
qml: XMLHttpRequest.onerror 0
qml: [logger:debug] fetchGCalCalendars.response.data null

qml: [logger:debug] updateCalendarList
qml: [logger:debug] accessToken ////REMOVED_TOKEN////
kdeinit5: Got EXEC_NEW '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/kf5/kio/http.so' from launcher.
kdeinit5: preparing to launch '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/kf5/kio/http.so'
qml: HTTP 0 Headers:

qml: fetchGoogleTasklistList.response HTTP Error 0  0
qml: [logger:debug] fetchGoogleTasklistList.response.data
qml: XMLHttpRequest.onerror 0
qml: fetchGoogleTasklistList.response HTTP Error 0 null 0
qml: [logger:debug] fetchGoogleTasklistList.response.data null
qml: HTTP 0 Headers:

qml: [logger:debug] fetchGCalCalendars.response.data
qml: XMLHttpRequest.onerror 0
qml: [logger:debug] fetchGCalCalendars.response.data null
qml: HTTP 0 Headers:

qml: [logger:debug] fetchGCalCalendars.response.data
qml: XMLHttpRequest.onerror 0
qml: [logger:debug] fetchGCalCalendars.response.data null

[kanocz]

@TLPNull sorry, but I have no idea... this can be affected by many things like proxy settings or something else... and I really has almost no idea about how this thing works :) I've just fixed login and haven't examined whole code to the deep...

[geraldosimiao]

@kanocz Thank you verymuch. Your fork with oauth-helper buildin fixed the problems for me too and I'm very happy to use again eventcalendar synched with my google calendars.

BTW this is my system:

Operating System: Fedora Linux 37
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.105.0
Qt Version: 5.15.9
Kernel Version: 6.2.14-200.fc37.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-3632QM CPU @ 2.20GHz

[blackPantherOS]

Today, with latest git (version 76):

"400 error code: invalid_request
The out-of-band (OOB) flow has been blocked in 
order to keep users secure. Follow the Out-of-Band (OOB) 
flow migration guide linked in the developer docs below 
to migrate your app to an alternative method.
Data: redirect_uri=urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob"

[kanocz]

Today, with latest git (version 76):

"400 error code: invalid_request
The out-of-band (OOB) flow has been blocked in 
order to keep users secure. Follow the Out-of-Band (OOB) 
flow migration guide linked in the developer docs below 
to migrate your app to an alternative method.
Data: redirect_uri=urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob"

yes, because repo owner hasn't merged any version of fix yet