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I am desperately trying to delete a calendar (task list) by name, using the reminder class and delete_calendar. Also checked the documentation and web with no result. Would you mind providing me a simple code example? Thanks!

import reminders

print('=' * 25)

c = reminders.get_all_calendars()[0]
print(c)

r = reminders.Reminder(c)
r.title = 'Take out the garbage'
r.save()

r = reminders.Reminder(c)
r.title = 'Walk the dog'
r.save()

while(True):
    r_list = reminders.get_reminders(c)
    for i, r in enumerate(r_list):
        print(i , r)

    i = int(input('Enter number of reminder to delete ("q" to quit): ').strip())
    reminders.delete_reminder(r_list[i])

import reminders

print('=' * 25)

c = reminders.Calendar()
c.title = "Delete Me!!!"
c.save()
print(c)

while True:
    calendars = reminders.get_all_calendars()
    for i, calendar in enumerate(calendars):
        print(i, calendar)
    i = int(input('Enter number of the calendar to delete ("q" to quit): ').strip())
    reminders.delete_calendar(calendars[i])

Hello,
many thanks for your incredible fast reply! I copy-pasted and executed the code and received the following error message:
(...)
line 15, in
reminders.delete_calendar(calendars[i])
TypeError: 'str' object is not callable
(...)

maybe it's a device setting then... kind regards,

Simon

Did you enter a number (3) or a string ("Delete Me!!!")?

Please paste the full text of your run.

Are you on Python 2??

import reminders

try:  # https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.0.html#builtins
    raw_input          # Python 2
except NameError:
    raw_input = input  # Python 3

print('=' * 25)

c = reminders.Calendar()
c.title = "Delete Me!!!"
c.save()
print(c)

while True:
    calendars = reminders.get_all_calendars()
    for i, calendar in enumerate(calendars):
        print(i, calendar)
    i = int(raw_input('Enter number of the calendar to delete ("q" to quit): ').strip())
    reminders.delete_calendar(calendars[i])

Hi, python 3.5 is indicated on the top. With both codes, I get the same error message (see below).

=========================

0
1
2
3
Enter number of reminder to delete ("q" to quit): 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
File „(…)“, line 15, in
reminders.delete_calendar(calendars[i])
TypeError: 'str' object is not callable

Thanks again!

Works fine for me. Your exception suggests that in your enviroment the functiondelete_calendar() in the namespace reminders has been overwritten with a string of the same name. You should investigate that with the inspector when your exception is raised.

Or more likely ... you have missed a parenthesis while copying the snippet which often completely confuses the interpreter.

@simon You could insert these three lines just before the line that is failing.

    print('({}): {}'.format(type(i), i))
    print('({}): {}'.format(type(calendars[i]), calendars[i]))
    print(reminders.delete_calendar)

# you should see results like:
# (<class 'int'>): 4
# (<class 'reminders.Calendar'>): <Calendar "Delete Me!!!">
# <built-in function delete_calendar>

Good Morning Both,

Many thanks for your quick help!!!

I have closed / killed the APP an restarted Pythonista. Now the proposed solution works.

The issue is eventually, as I tried to delete the calendar with a name string instead of a calendar object in the beginning and the wrong solution was cached...