Google Calendar web triggers
- Updated: 2025/09/22
The Google Calendar web triggers are configured to monitor events in the Google Calendar of a Google account.
Overview
The Google Calendar web triggers listen for specific events in a Google Calendar. When the events occur in the Google Calendar, the trigger initiates the configured automation workflow.
The Google Calendar web triggers use OAuth for user authentication. See Create OAuth connection for configuring an OAuth connection.
Supported events
The Google Calendar web trigger supports the following events.
| Events | Description |
|---|---|
| Created | When an event is created in Google Calendar. |
| Updated | When an existing event is updated in Google Calendar. |
| Deleted | When an event is deleted from Google Calendar. |
Prerequisites
Ensure that the following prerequisites are met:
- A Bot Creator or Citizen Developer license.
- View my bots and EVENT TRIGGERS permissions.
- Check in and Check out permissions for the folders in which the automation is located.
- An active OAuth connection for the Google account.
Settings
The following settings are available for Google Calendar web triggers:
- Listen to event
- Select one or more events that the trigger must monitor.
- Email Address
- Enter the email address associated with the Google Calendar.
- Control room OAuth connection
- Use the Pick option, and follow the prompts in the Pick an OAuth connection modal to select a configured OAuth connection for the Google Calendar instance.
- Response (optional)
- Use the Response option to save the trigger response data in a Record variable. You can either create a new variable or select an existing variable to store this response data. The trigger response data captures the information from the Google Calendar Events API response body in a key-value pair format.