# Google embedded calendar cid to iCal
I recently found out, that my hometown offers their garbage collection calendar also as public google calendar provided as embedded code from google. A + icon lets the visitor add it to their own google calendar. For all people like me who don’t use the google calendar, here is one way how to get a link to that calendars iCal format ics file. This is the [original link](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/embed?height=600&wkst=1&bgcolor=%23ffffff&ctz=Europe/Berlin&src=bjJnNG9vNW5tcTYybzVuaTY0cGRvamRpYm9AZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ&src=YWZoMHFjdXRkdDlxMm9xdnFyM3VkYjQ0cjBAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ&src=dGtpaTk0azhqa2k5Y2dzc3Bub290YzFob2NAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ&src=bTh0NTU1cmlqdWdxcmVzN25iNTQ3aDBwM3NAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ&src=ZGUuZ2VybWFuI2hvbGlkYXlAZ3JvdXAudi5jYWxlbmRhci5nb29nbGUuY29t&color=%23E67C73&color=%230B8043&color=%234285F4&color=%23E4C441&color=%230B8043).
## 1. Turn off your internet connection
And click on that + sign which should open a new tab with the complete link like:
```
https://calendar.google.com/calendar/render
?cid=n2g4oo5nmq62o5ni64pdojdibo%40group.calendar.google.com
&cid=afh0qcutdt9q2oqvqr3udb44r0%40group.calendar.google.com
&cid=tkii94k8jki9cgsspnootc1hoc%40group.calendar.google.com
&cid=m8t555rijugqres7nb547h0p3s%40group.calendar.google.com
&cid=de.german%23holiday%40group.v.calendar.google.com
```
*(usually it is on one line, I dissected it for better reading)*
This revealed 4 google calendar IDs (cids) representing the 4 districts in which my hometown is organized garbage collection wise. I’m in the fourth district for which the cid is:
```
m8t555rijugqres7nb547h0p3s%40group.calendar.google.com
```
*(the %40 is actually an* @ *and can be replaced)*
`m8t555rijugqres7nb547h0p3s@group.calendar.google.com`
## 2. Construct the ics link
Now just put the cid in the following link template:
[https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/)`CALENDAR-ID-HERE`/public/basic.ics
## 3. Final links for all 4 districts
1. [https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/n2g4oo5nmq62o5ni64pdojdibo@group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/n2g4oo5nmq62o5ni64pdojdibo@group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics)
2. [https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/afh0qcutdt9q2oqvqr3udb44r0@group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/afh0qcutdt9q2oqvqr3udb44r0@group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics)
3. [https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/tkii94k8jki9cgsspnootc1hoc@group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/tkii94k8jki9cgsspnootc1hoc@group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics)
4. [https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/m8t555rijugqres7nb547h0p3s@group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/m8t555rijugqres7nb547h0p3s@group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics)
*Sources:*
[https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/116392/how-to-get-a-link-to-add-a-google-calendar](https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/116392/how-to-get-a-link-to-add-a-google-calendar)\
[https://care.pushpay.com/s/knowledge/How-do-I-get-an-iCal-feed-from-Google-Calendar](https://care.pushpay.com/s/knowledge/How-do-I-get-an-iCal-feed-from-Google-Calendar)