From 5bdbc7477c9937a6346cd2215847d7e14c2020d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Stefan=20Tollk=C3=BChn?= <s.tollkuehn@bnvb-ingenieure.de>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2026 10:14:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add default alert (15min before event starts)

---
 README.md                             |  5 +++++
 lib/Controller/CalendarController.php | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 86c2711..b26a05a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ the event and submits the form. The event lands in the user's
 Dates carry no timezone and are interpreted in the user's Nextcloud
 timezone (server default as fallback).
 
+## Reminder
+
+Every created event gets a display alarm 15 minutes before it starts
+(`TRIGGER:-PT15M` VALARM). The reminder is not configurable.
+
 Example:
 
 ```
diff --git a/lib/Controller/CalendarController.php b/lib/Controller/CalendarController.php
index cd2be32..c31cd0e 100644
--- a/lib/Controller/CalendarController.php
+++ b/lib/Controller/CalendarController.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use OCP\IRequest;
 use OCP\IURLGenerator;
 use OCP\IUserSession;
 use OCP\IDateTimeZone;
+use Sabre\VObject\Reader;
 
 class CalendarController extends Controller
 {
@@ -24,6 +25,11 @@ class CalendarController extends Controller
      */
     private const CALENDAR_NAME = 'Personal';
 
+    /*
+     * Default reminder: 15 minutes before the event starts.
+     */
+    private const REMINDER_TRIGGER = '-PT15M';
+
     /*
      * datetime-local format as sent by jitsi-launch,
      * e.g. "2026-10-07T14:15".
@@ -225,7 +231,21 @@ class CalendarController extends Controller
             $builder->setOrganizer($data['organizer']);
         }
 
-        $builder->createInCalendar($calendar);
+        /*
+         * ICalendarEventBuilder supports no alarms, so the VALARM
+         * is injected into the serialized ICS before writing it.
+         */
+        $vobject = Reader::read($builder->toIcs());
+
+        $vobject->VEVENT->add('VALARM', [
+            'ACTION' => 'DISPLAY',
+            'DESCRIPTION' => 'Reminder',
+            'TRIGGER' => self::REMINDER_TRIGGER,
+        ]);
+
+        $fileName = (string) $vobject->VEVENT->UID . '.ics';
+
+        $calendar->createFromString($fileName, $vobject->serialize());
     }
 
     /**