Calendars: insert
Stay organized with collections
Save and categorize content based on your preferences.
Creates a secondary calendar.
Try it now.
Request
HTTP request
POST https://www.googleapis.com/calendar/v3/calendars
Authorization
This request requires authorization with at least one of the following scopes:
| Scope |
|---|
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar |
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.app.created |
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.calendars |
For more information, see the authentication and authorization page.
Request body
In the request body, supply a Calendars resource with the following properties:
| Property name |
Value |
Description |
Notes |
| Required Properties |
summary |
string |
Title of the calendar. |
writable
|
Try it!
Use the APIs Explorer below to call this method on live data and see the response.
Except as otherwise noted, the content of this page is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, and code samples are licensed under the Apache 2.0 License. For details, see the Google Developers Site Policies. Java is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
Last updated 2025-05-30 UTC.
[null,null,["Last updated 2025-05-30 UTC."],[],[],null,["# Calendars: insert\n\n| **Note:** Requires [authorization](#auth).\n\nCreates a secondary calendar.\n[Try it now](#try-it).\n\nRequest\n-------\n\n### HTTP request\n\n```\nPOST https://www.googleapis.com/calendar/v3/calendars\n```\n\n### Authorization\n\nThis request requires authorization with at least one of the following scopes:\n\n| Scope |\n|--------------------------------------------------------|\n| `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar` |\n| `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.app.created` |\n| `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.calendars` |\n\nFor more information, see the [authentication and authorization](/workspace/guides/configure-oauth-consent) page.\n\n### Request body\n\nIn the request body, supply a [Calendars resource](/workspace/calendar/api/v3/reference/calendars#resource) with the following properties:\n\n| Property name | Value | Description | Notes |\n|---------------|----------|------------------------|----------|\n| **Required Properties** ||||\n| `summary` | `string` | Title of the calendar. | writable |\n\nResponse\n--------\n\nIf successful, this method returns a [Calendars resource](/workspace/calendar/api/v3/reference/calendars#resource) in the response body.\n\nTry it!\n-------\n\n\nUse the APIs Explorer below to call this method on live data and see the response."]]
