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Event Source Object

An “event source” is anything that provides FullCalendar with data about events. It can be a simple array, an event-generating function that you define, a URL to a json feed, or a Google Calendar feed.

Event Objects can have “options” associated with them. However, before you can start specifying options, you must write an Event Object in its extended form. It must be a traditional JavaScript object with properties. Here are the extended forms for each type of Event Source:

Array of events:

{
  events: [
    {
      title: 'Event1',
      start: '2011-04-04'
    },
    {
      title: 'Event2',
      start: '2011-05-05'
    }
    // etc...
  ],
  color: 'yellow',   // an option!
  textColor: 'black' // an option!
}

Event-generating function:

{
  events: function(info, successCallback, failureCallback) {
    // ...
  },
  color: 'yellow',   // an option!
  textColor: 'black' // an option!
}

JSON feed:

{
  url: '/myfeed.php',
  color: 'yellow',   // an option!
  textColor: 'black' // an option!
}

Google Calendar feed:

{
  googleCalendarId: 'abcd1234@group.calendar.google.com',
  color: 'yellow',   // an option!
  textColor: 'black' // an option!
}

Event Source Options

id Optional. Useful for getEventSourceById.
url

If a JSON feed or iCalendar feed, the specified URL

format

Specify 'json' for a JSON feed (the default) or 'ics' for an iCalendar feed

color Sets every Event Object's color for this source.
backgroundColor Sets every Event Object's backgroundColor for this source.
borderColor Sets every Event Object's borderColor for this source.
textColor Sets every Event Object's textColor for this source.
className Sets every Event Object's className for this source.
editable Sets every Event Object's editable for this source.
startEditable Sets every Event Object's startEditable for this source.
durationEditable Sets every Event Object's durationEditable for this source.
resourceEditable Sets every Event Object's resourceEditable for this source.
display Sets the eventDisplay setting for every event in this source.
overlap Sets the eventOverlap setting for every event in this source. Does not accept a function.
constraint Sets the eventConstraint setting for every event in this source.
allow Sets the eventAllow setting for every event in this source.
defaultAllDay Sets the defaultAllDay option, but only for this source.
success

Sets the eventSourceSuccess callback, but only for this source.

failure

Sets the eventSourceFailure callback, but only for this source.

eventDataTransform Sets the eventDataTransform callback, but only for this source.

For JSON feeds, there are additional options you can set.

After Parsing

The above object is what you specify to initially define an event source, but if you want to access it and manipulate it dynamically afterwards, you’ll be dealing with a different type of object. This type of object is emitted from methods like getEventSources and getEventSourceById. It has the following properties and methods:

id

The specified ID

url

If a JSON feed or iCalendar feed, the specified URL

format

'json' for a JSON feed, 'ics' for an iCalendar feed, or null for anything else.

refetch()

Refetches event data for this event source. More information.

remove()

Removes this source from the calendar More information.