Searching for events
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Activechat’s powerful Google Calendar integration makes it easy to check the availability of a specific time interval or search for existing events within that interval.
ℹ️ Do not forget to connect your Google account to make calendars available!
GC-SEARCH block helps you check for specific time intervals for events.
There is a number of sections in GC-GALLERY block editor settings, let’s walk them through one by one.
Choose your calendar here. Do not forget to connect your Google account first!
This will be the date range within which the GC-SEARCH block will look for avilable slots, for example, from 2022/03/10 to 2022/03/12.
Same as with the date, this will be the time range within which the GC-SEARCH block will look for available slots, for example, from 10:30 to 12:30.
Please note that both the minimum and the maximum time and date values have to be recorded separately, as individual attributes.
Here you can select your calendar's time zone, for example, "2" for GMT+2 or "-3" for GMT-3.
Start by gathering search values using Text and Listen blocks. Store each new value under a separate attribute, for example, $start_date and $end_date, $start_time and $end_time.
Use the gathered data to set up the GC-SEARCH block.
Following the GC-SEARCH block, you will want to check the result of the search by checking the $_gc_free system attribute through the Switch block. If the search was successful, meaning there are no events in your calendar for the selected time and date, the value of the $_gc_free attribute will be "true".
If the slot is free, you can move on to the GC-CREATE block to create and schedule a new event; if, on the other hand, the slot is already full, you can suggest changing the time and/or date and check another slot or use the GC-UPDATE block to edit the existing event.
