---
name: "google_calendar_events"
area: "googleworkspace"
title: "Read a Google Calendar"
price: "free"
method: "POST"
url: "https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/google_calendar_events"
mcp_server: "https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/googleworkspace"
auth: "Authorization: Bearer <conecto_sk_ key>"
docs_url: "https://conecto.chat/tools/googleworkspace/google_calendar_events"
---

# Read a Google Calendar (`google_calendar_events`)

The events in a mailbox's calendar between two times, in UTC.

The events in a mailbox's calendar between start and end (at most 62 days), in UTC: subject, time, place, organizer, attendees and the Meet link. Free.

Price: Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month for the whole account, then $0.50 per 10,000 reads. A call that fails costs nothing.

## Use it when

Before booking, to find a free slot, or to brief someone on their week.

## Say this to your agent

> What is on the support team's Google Calendar next week?

## Inputs

| Name | Type | Required | Description | Allowed values | Default |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `mailbox` | string | no | One of the mailboxes the agent may act as; optional when only one is connected. Up to 254 characters. |  |  |
| `start` | string | yes | Up to 40 characters. |  |  |
| `end` | string | yes | Up to 40 characters. |  |  |
| `timezone` | string | no | For start and end without an offset. Up to 60 characters. |  |  |

## Example

Written for Halverson Cycle & Repair, a bike shop with a repair workshop in Portland, Oregon.

MCP: call `google_calendar_events` on the MCP server `https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/googleworkspace` with these arguments:

```json
{
  "mailbox": "support@halversoncycle.example",
  "start": "2026-10-19T00:00",
  "end": "2026-10-24T00:00",
  "timezone": "Europe/Berlin"
}
```

REST:

```bash
curl https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/google_calendar_events \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CONECTO_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"mailbox": "support@halversoncycle.example", "start": "2026-10-19T00:00", "end": "2026-10-24T00:00", "timezone": "Europe/Berlin"}'
```

## Response

```json
{
  "call_id": "5f0c8a2e-3b7d-4c1e-9a64-2d8e1f7b0c93",
  "tool": "google_calendar_events",
  "status": "succeeded",
  "replayed": false,
  "cost_usd": "$0.00",
  "balance_usd": "$19.75",
  "result": {
    "mailbox": "support@halversoncycle.example",
    "events": [
      {
        "id": "3q8v1jdk2n0s7c5t9b4e6m1a2f",
        "subject": "Fitting call: Hannah Price",
        "start": "2026-10-24T09:30:00Z",
        "end": "2026-10-24T10:15:00Z",
        "location": "Workshop",
        "organizer": "support@halversoncycle.example",
        "attendees": [
          "hannah.price@example.com"
        ],
        "online_meeting": null,
        "cancelled": false,
        "link": "https://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=M3E4djFqZGsy"
      }
    ]
  }
}
```

`result`: mailbox; events: each with id, subject, start, end, location, organizer, attendees, online_meeting, cancelled and link.

## Errors

| Code | Status | When | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| `not_connected` | 409 | Google Workspace isn't connected yet. | Connect it with google_connect. |
| `not_allowed` | 403 | The mailbox is not one the agent may act as. | Use a connected mailbox; the owner adds one by connecting again. |
| `invalid_input` | 400 | A time is not ISO, or end is not after start, or over 62 days. | Send times like 2026-10-20T14:00 with a timezone. |

The refusals every tool can give (401 key, 402 balance, 429 limits) are on the errors page: https://conecto.chat/docs/errors.md

## Related

- [google_connect](https://conecto.chat/tools/googleworkspace/google_connect.md): Connects the company's Google Workspace through its own service account, for the mailboxes the agent may act as. Free.
- [google_mail_search](https://conecto.chat/tools/googleworkspace/google_mail_search.md): The newest messages in a mailbox, or those matching a Gmail search. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [google_mail_read](https://conecto.chat/tools/googleworkspace/google_mail_read.md): One message in full, with its body as text and its attachments' names. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [google_mail_send](https://conecto.chat/tools/googleworkspace/google_mail_send.md): Sends an email, or a reply in the same thread, as one of the company's mailboxes. $0.001 a call.
- [google_calendar_create](https://conecto.chat/tools/googleworkspace/google_calendar_create.md): Adds an event to a mailbox's calendar and invites its attendees, with a Meet link if asked. $0.001 a call.
- [google_calendar_cancel](https://conecto.chat/tools/googleworkspace/google_calendar_cancel.md): Cancels an event and tells its attendees; waits for the owner by default. $0.001 a call.
- [google_drive_search](https://conecto.chat/tools/googleworkspace/google_drive_search.md): Files in a mailbox user's Drive, shared drives included, whose words match. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [google_drive_read](https://conecto.chat/tools/googleworkspace/google_drive_read.md): A Drive file's words: Docs, Sheets, Slides, text, PDF or Office, up to 5 MB. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [google_drive_upload](https://conecto.chat/tools/googleworkspace/google_drive_upload.md): Writes a text file into a Drive folder; replacing one waits for the owner. $0.001 a call.
- [google_disconnect](https://conecto.chat/tools/googleworkspace/google_disconnect.md): Forgets the service account's key and the mailboxes; nothing in Google Workspace changes. Free.