--
:api: get-calendar-events
:request: GetCalendarEventsRequest
:response: GetCalendarEventsResponse
--
[role="xpack"]
[id="{upid}-{api}"]
=== Get calendar events API
Retrieves a calendar's events.
It accepts a +{request}+ and responds
with a +{response}+ object.

[id="{upid}-{api}-request"]
==== Get calendars request

A +{request}+ requires a non-null calendar ID.
Using the literal `_all` returns the events for all calendars.

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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request]
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<1> Constructing a new request for the specified calendarId.

==== Optional arguments
The following arguments are optional:


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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-page]
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<1> The page parameters `from` and `size`. `from` specifies the number of events to skip.
`size` specifies the maximum number of events to get. Defaults to `0` and `100` respectively.

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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-start]
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<1> Specifies to get events with timestamps after this time.

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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-end]
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<1> Specifies to get events with timestamps earlier than this time.

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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-jobid]
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<1> Get events for the job. When this option is used calendar_id must be `_all`.

include::../execution.asciidoc[]

[id="{upid}-{api}-response"]
==== Get calendars response

The returned +{response}+ contains the requested events:

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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-response]
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<1> The count of events that were matched.
<2> The events retrieved.