nextcloud / nextcloud/server

occ tool to export/import calendars and addressbooks

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0. Needs triage enhancement feature: caldav feature: carddav feature: occ
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Description

@schiessle wrote in #564:

Would be good to have a occ tool to export all calendars and addressbook into a standard format and import them again, either for the whole system or on a per user basis. Especially for large installations this helps to avoid running into timeouts, etc.

i would think it is easier to reopen #564 but i was asked by @Pytal to create a new ticket. please also read the older ticket for even more information.

ncc schould have full import and export capabiliities, with full calendar naming support. having urls containing calendarnames like imported_personal is quite ugly.

ncc dav:create-calendar username calendarname --import my-file.ics --color=ffff00

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Research direction

Start by reading the older issue #564 and the existing ncc dav:create-calendar entry point. Compare the requested whole-system and per-user calendar/addressbook import and export behavior, including ICS input and calendar naming. Done should include agreed import/export capabilities and preserved calendar names without ugly generated URLs.

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Assessment

Tech stack
php
Domain
backend, cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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