# iCal Parser – ical.openverbs.com

> iCal Parser – ical.openverbs.com is a paid API for AI agents from ical.openverbs.com, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Parses raw iCalendar (.ics) text into structured calendar event objects including summary, start/end times, location, RRULE recurrence rules, and attendees.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://ical.openverbs.com/v1/parse
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/ical-parser-ical-openverbs-com-bda360d1
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_BCDGGCl0sdBp2TMb98n5Y

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## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability ical-parser-ical-openverbs-com-bda360d1 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: I just received a calendar invite as a .ics file — can you parse this raw iCalendar text and pull out all the event details like the title, start and end times, location, any recurrence rules, and attendees?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you have raw iCalendar (.ics) text that you need converted into structured, machine-readable event data. It is ideal for processing calendar attachments, imported calendar exports, or webhook payloads from calendar systems. Prefer this over building your own ics parser or using a general-purpose LLM for calendar parsing, as it handles RRULE, attendees, and edge cases in the iCalendar RFC format reliably.

## Known failure modes

- Malformed or invalid iCalendar text returns a parse error
- Input exceeding 200,000 characters is rejected
- Empty or missing 'ics' field causes a validation error
- iCal with non-standard or proprietary extensions may result in incomplete extraction
- Missing required DTSTART or DTEND fields in VEVENT may produce incomplete event objects

## How this service works

Parse an .ics document into structured calendar events (summary, times, location, RRULE, attendees).

## Output

Returns structured calendar event objects extracted from the raw .ics input, each containing fields such as summary/title, start datetime, end datetime, location, RRULE recurrence rule, and attendee list. Multiple VEVENT blocks in the input will be returned as separate event objects.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "ics"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "ics": {
       "type": "string",
       "maxLength": 200000,
       "minLength": 1,
       "description": "Raw iCalendar (.ics) text."
      }
     },
     "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 }
}
```

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