Retriving data from Calendar Server

Question

Hi All,
I am trying to retrieve data from Sun java Calendar . I know we can do that using WCAP commands. But i need to write a code in C to retrieve the data. i could not find a CSAPI to retrieve the data. Then i learnt that CSAPI's are used to modify and enhance the server functionality.Does that mean we cannot retrieve data like events and todos form the calendar using CSAPI's. If yes Is there any other way to retrieve data from calendar server other than WCAP ?
Thanks and Regards,
Eklavya

Answer 1

Hi,
lmeenakshy wrote:
Is there any way of retrieving the data from the calendar server using the HTTP methods.Is GET method an appropriate one to use on the calendar server.GET IS the method. You can see an example here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Calendar_Access_Protocol
Is there possibility of typing the HTTP request on the URL tab and getting information from the server?Using a web-browser will not get the desired results due to the calendar server port detecting that a web-browser is in use and not responding in the same fashion (providing a calendar express interface instead).
You can use something like the perl LWP::UserAgent module to send through the necessary commands.
Could you please tell me the sequence of steps to be followed to for me to use HTTP methods to get the data from the calendar server?(i do not want to use the WCAP commands).I suggest you do some more research. Saying you don't want to use WCAP commands but want to use HTTP methods are contradictory statements.
Regards,
Shane.