React Scheduler using Google Calendar API

📰 Dev.to · Mark Woodson

Build a React scheduler using Google Calendar API to integrate personal calendars into React projects

intermediate Published 29 Apr 2026

Action Steps

Create a new React project and set up a sample data JSON file
Install necessary dependencies, including Firebase functions
Set up Firebase functions to use the Google Calendar API to retrieve events
Connect the frontend and backend to populate the calendar with events from Google Calendar
Test and deploy the fully functioning calendar

Who Needs to Know This

Frontend developers and full-stack developers can benefit from this tutorial to learn how to integrate Google Calendar API with React projects

Key Insight

💡 Use Firebase functions to connect to Google Calendar API and retrieve events to populate a React calendar