Eventbrite to iCal Converter - Backend

Flask backend service for the Eventbrite to iCal Converter application. Handles OAuth authentication and iCal file generation.

📋 Table of Contents

• Features
• Technology Stack
• Prerequisites
• Installation
• API Documentation
• Configuration
• Deployment
• Contributing
• License

✨ Features

• OAuth2 authentication with Eventbrite
• Fetch user's Eventbrite orders
• Generate iCal files from event data
• CORS support for frontend integration

💻 Technology Stack

• Python 3.7+
• Flask
• Flask-CORS
• ics (iCal generation)
• Requests (HTTP client)

📦 Prerequisites

• Python 3.7 or higher
• pip (Python package manager)
• Eventbrite API credentials
• Virtual environment (recommended)

💻 Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/your-username/eventbrite-to-ical-backend.git
cd eventbrite-to-ical-backend

2. Create and activate a virtual environment:

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

3. Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Create a .env file:

CLIENT_ID=your_eventbrite_client_id
CLIENT_SECRET=your_eventbrite_client_secret
FRONTEND_URL=your_frontend_url

5. Run the application:

python app.py

📚 API Documentation

OAuth Callback

GET /oauth/callback

Handles the OAuth callback from Eventbrite.

Download iCal

GET /events/ical
Query Parameters:
- access_token: Eventbrite OAuth access token

Generates and returns an iCal file of the user's Eventbrite tickets.

⚙️ Configuration

Environment Variables

• CLIENT_ID: Eventbrite application client ID
• CLIENT_SECRET: Eventbrite application client secret
• FRONTEND_URL: URL of the frontend application
• REDIRECT_URI: OAuth callback URL

Required Python Packages

• Flask
• Flask-CORS
• requests
• python-dotenv
• ics

🚀 Deployment

Deploying to Render

1. Create a new Web Service on Render
2. Connect your GitHub repository
3. Configure environment variables:
   • CLIENT_ID
   • CLIENT_SECRET
   • FRONTEND_URL
4. Set the build command:

pip install -r requirements.txt

5. Set the start command:

gunicorn app:app

🤝 Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details