event-parse

Fantastical-style natural language parsing of events into title, locations, and times. Utilizes date.js parsing method.

Usage

Calling Event.parse(YOUR_STRING) will return an object with the following properties.

• title (string) the main text associated with the event
• location (string)
• startTime (js date object)

Simple example

// parse some natural language describing an eventEvent.parse("Pick up milk at Giant Eagle on Friday afternoon");
...
// output of Event.parse{title: "Pick up milk",location: "Giant Eagle",startTime: FriMay03201316:00:00GMT-0400(EDT)}

Realtime Example

The real value of clientside event parsing is in providing realtime feedback to the user. In this example we're watching for natural language in input#parsedField, and applying the parsed attributed to input#parsedTitle, input#parsedLocation, and input#parsedStart.

To see a working example, open up index.html in the /demo folder.

// Select our inputsvar$parsedInput=$('#parsedField'),$parsedTitle=$('#parsedTitle'),$parsedLocation=$('#parsedLocation'),$parsedStart=$('#parsedStart');// Create a function that reads, parses, and updates the fields,// while also preventing things from running too slowly.varparseAndUpdate=_.debounce(function(){// Read and parse the natural language string from $parsedInputvarparsed=Event.parse($parsedInput.val());// Apply the parsed attributed to their respective fields$parsedTitle.val(parsed.title);$parsedLocation.val(parsed.location);$parsedStart.val(parsed.startTime.toString("dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy h:mm:ss tt"));},100);// Listen for any changes (keystrokes) in our main input.$parsedInput.keypress(parseAndUpdate);