Calendar API
The Calendar API allows you to add and modify events in the calendar for user, groups, courses, or the whole site.
Overview
The Moodle Calendar collects and displays calendar events from everything users have access to.
If your plugin generates calendar events (such as due dates) then you need to add your events to the calendar.
File locations
All the calendar code is located in /calendar/lib.php. You need to include this file in your script if you intend to use it.
The calendar_event class
In general functionality of calendar_event() class are to create, update and delete events.
Creating new event
Creating new calendar event to database by defining some properties for the event.
calendar_event::create($properties)
Updating event
Updating an existing event in database by providing at least an event id. If the event is a repeated events, the rest of series event will also be updated (depending on the properties value of repeateditall). This function could also be use to insert new event to database If the requested event is not exist in database. The optional parameter $checkcapability is use to check user's capability to edit/add event. By default $checkcapability parameter is set to true.
calendar_event::update($data, $checkcapability=true)
Deleting event
Deleting an existing event in database. The optional parameter $deleterepeated is use as indicator to remove the rest of repeated events. The default value for $deleterepeated is true. Deleting an event will also deleting all associated files related to the event's editor context.
calendar_event::delete($deleterepeated=false)
Examples
Adding an event to the calendar
Dealing with files
etc
