View meet link to each event created in a google calendar - php

Question

In a laravel 5.8 project user can create new events using my app and then save those events to his google calendar via OAUTH 2 so that he can view, edit or even delete them. new conference data will be added automatically with each created event.
I want to view google meet link with each event created so that guests can click this link to attend the conference
I started by adding event data and creating new conference data and adding its entry point and using Google_Service_Calendar_ConferenceSolutionKey class to determine its type which is "hangoutsMeet" and finally I added conference data to the event
Here is the function I am using to create new events:
public function doCreateEvent(Event $evt, Request $request)
{
$this->validate($request, [
'title' => 'required',
'calendar_id' => 'required',
'datetime_start' => 'required|date',
'datetime_end' => 'required|date'
]);
$title = $request->input('title');
$calendar_id = $request->input('calendar_id');
$start = $request->input('datetime_start');
$end = $request->input('datetime_end');
$start_datetime = Carbon::createFromFormat('Y/m/d H:i', $start);
$end_datetime = Carbon::createFromFormat('Y/m/d H:i', $end);
$cal = new \Google_Service_Calendar($this->client);
$event = new \Google_Service_Calendar_Event();
$event->setSummary($title);
$start = new \Google_Service_Calendar_EventDateTime();
$start->setDateTime($start_datetime->toAtomString());
$event->setStart($start);
$end = new \Google_Service_Calendar_EventDateTime();
$end->setDateTime($end_datetime->toAtomString());
$event->setEnd($end);
// Create new conference
$conference = new \Google_Service_Calendar_ConferenceData();
$entryPoint = new \Google_Service_Calendar_EntryPoint();
$entryPoint->setAccessCode('wx12z3s');
$entryPoint->setEntryPointType('video');
$entryPoint->setLabel('meet.google.com/wx12z3s');
$entryPoint->setMeetingCode('wx12z3s');
$entryPoint->setPasscode('wx12z3s');
$entryPoint->setPassword('wx12z3s');
$entryPoint->setPin('wx12z3s');
$entryPoint->setUri('https://meet.google.com/wx12z3s');
$conference->setEntryPoints($entryPoint);
$conferenceSolution = new \Google_Service_Calendar_ConferenceSolution();
$conferenceSolution->setIconUri(null);
$conferenceSolution->setKey(new \Google_Service_Calendar_ConferenceSolutionKey());
$conference->setConferenceSolution($conferenceSolution);
$conferenceRequest = new \Google_Service_Calendar_CreateConferenceRequest();
$conferenceRequest->setRequestId($request->_token);
$conferenceSolutionKey = new \Google_Service_Calendar_ConferenceSolutionKey();
$conferenceSolutionKey->setType("hangoutsMeet");
$conferenceRequest->setConferenceSolutionKey($conferenceSolutionKey);
$conferenceRequest->setStatus(new \Google_Service_Calendar_ConferenceRequestStatus());
$conference->setCreateRequest($conferenceRequest);
$event->setConferenceData($conference);
//attendee
if ($request->has('attendee_name')) {
$attendees = [];
$attendee_names = $request->input('attendee_name');
$attendee_emails = $request->input('attendee_email');
foreach ($attendee_names as $index => $attendee_name) {
$attendee_email = $attendee_emails[$index];
if (!empty($attendee_name) && !empty($attendee_email)) {
$attendee = new \Google_Service_Calendar_EventAttendee();
$attendee->setEmail($attendee_email);
$attendee->setDisplayName($attendee_name);
$attendees[] = $attendee;
}
}
$event->attendees = $attendees;
}
$created_event = $cal->events->insert($calendar_id, $event);
$evt->title = $title;
$evt->calendar_id = $calendar_id;
$evt->event_id = $created_event->id;
$evt->datetime_start = $start_datetime->toDateTimeString();
$evt->datetime_end = $end_datetime->toDateTimeString();
$evt->save();
return redirect('/event/create')
->with('message', [
'type' => 'success',
'text' => 'Event was created!'
]);
}
Event created successfully but no conference data showed on user's google calendar event card so he can not access the new created conference meet link
The question is how can I know if conference data is added to the event successfully although hangout meet link did not show on the event card?

Answer 1

This combination of the answers above worked for me:
$event = new \Google_Service_Calendar_Event(array(
'summary' => 'Appointment',
'location' => 'Earth',
'description' => 'Hello world',
'start' => array(
'dateTime' => Carbon::now()->format('c'),
'timeZone' => 'Europe/Zurich',
),
'end' => array(
'dateTime' => Carbon::now()->addMinutes(15)->format('c'),
'timeZone' => 'Europe/Zurich',
)
));
$calendarId = 'primary';
$event = $service->events->insert($calendarId, $event);
printf('Event created: %s', $event->htmlLink);
$conference = new \Google_Service_Calendar_ConferenceData();
$conferenceRequest = new \Google_Service_Calendar_CreateConferenceRequest();
$conferenceRequest->setRequestId('randomString123');
$conference->setCreateRequest($conferenceRequest);
$event->setConferenceData($conference);
$event = $service->events->patch($calendarId, $event->id, $event, ['conferenceDataVersion' => 1]);
printf('<br>Conference created: %s', $event->hangoutLink);

Answer 2

There's no information regarding how to show the meet link in calendar event card from the documentation. You will need to manually insert/input from the comment section the url of Hangout meeting.
I would like to suggest to use the Events formats from Hangouts Chat API.

Answer 3

$created_event = $cal->events->insert(
$calendar_id,
$event,
['conferenceDataVersion' => 1]
);
Need to set the conferenceDataVersion => 1 as one in the optional parameter set.