Google Calendar Integrations with Bit Flows – Start Workflows from Events

Google Calendar Integrations: The Google Calendar Integration with Bit Flows lets you trigger powerful automations based on calendar events. Automatically start workflows when an event is created, updated, cancelled, or about to start—connecting your schedule to thousands of apps for smarter productivity, notifications, task management, and team coordination.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to integrate Bit Form with Google Calendar, where Bit Form acts as the trigger and Google Calendar is the action. Once the integration is complete, a new subscriber will be automatically added to your Google Calendar list every time someone submits your form.

This beginner-friendly, step-by-step tutorial is designed to help you set up your first automation with ease—enabling you to grow your subscriber base, streamline communication, and manage contacts directly from your WordPress site.

Authorization of Google Calendar Integrations as Action

To set Google Calendar as an action in Bit Flows, first open your Bit Flows Dashboard, then either create a new flow or open an existing one. In the Flow Builder, click the plus (+) icon to add an action. From the list of available apps, search for and select Google Calendar.

After selecting your preferred action, the next step is to choose an event. For example, in this case, we’ve selected the “Create an Audience” event.

Here, you can either select an existing connection if you’ve already created one, or create a new one by simply clicking the “Add connection ” button.

When you click the Add Connection button, you’ll be prompted setup the . Simply follow this steps:

• Type in the name.
• Copy the callback URL and past it to your google console app.
• Copy the Client id and Client Secret from the google and past it to the bit flow.
• Click on connect.

To set up Google Calendar integration with Bit Flow, you’ll need Google Calendar Client ID & Client Secret. Follow these steps to get them.

1. Go to Google Cloud Console
   • Open the Google Cloud Console and sign in with your Google account.
2. Create a Project or Select an Existing Project
   • If you don’t already have a project, click on Create Project and follow the prompts to set it up.
   • If you have an existing project, select it from the project list.

3. Enable APIs:
   • Now, go to “APIs & Services.”
   • Search and enable both the Google Calendar API.

3. Configure Consent Screen:

• Go to “Configure Consent Screen.”
  • Click on “Get Started” under OAuth Overview.
  • Fill in App Information, Audience, Contact Information, and click Finish.
  • Click Create.
• Publish the App.
  • On the left menu, click Audience and Publish the app.
• Create a Client.
  • On the left menu, go to Clients and click “CREATE CLIENT.”
  • Select Web Application as the application type.
  • Enter a Name.
  • Add your Authorized JavaScript Origins and Authorized Redirect URIs (found on the integration page).
• Enable Data Access.
  • Give all the scopes of “Calendar API“
  • Scroll down and click Save.

4. Generate Client ID and Client Secret:

• Go to the “Credentials” section.
• Click on the download icon under the Action column.
• A popup will appear displaying your Client ID and Client Secret.
• Copy these credentials.
• Paste them into the appropriate fields on the integration page.

Once you have successfully entered your Google Calendar Client ID & Client Secret, click “connect” to proceed. Then click Next.

Select calendar from the dropdown menu

Field Mapping: Here, you’ll see a “Map Fields” section where you need to map your form fields to the matching fields in Google Calendar. The “Start Date and End Date ” field is required by Google Calendar, so make sure to map your form’s Start Date and End Date field to it. You can also click the “Add Contact Field” button to map additional fields. Additionally, you can enhance your request logic using Flow, Math, String, and System functions.

👉 Learn more about Field Mapping

Once you’ve finished these settings, you can either click the “Test Run” button to check if the integration is working correctly or simply close the popup to complete the setup.

You also have the option to test the full flow. You can either click “Listen Response” and then run the trigger event (e.g., submit the form), or use existing data to test the integration and make sure everything works correctly.

After completing all the steps, click the “Logs” icon at the top-right corner of the Flow Builder to view your integration logs. Logs help you verify if the trigger and action worked correctly and make it easier to spot and fix any issues.

That’s it! You’ve successfully set up an automation in Bit Flows to connect Bit Form with Google Calendar. Now, whenever someone submits your form, a new subscriber will be automatically added to your Google Calendar account.

This integration helps you grow your email list, automate lead nurturing, and streamline your marketing efforts—all with minimal effort. For more help or to explore additional integrations, be sure to check out our comprehensive User Guide.

Check out our easy-to-follow tutorials!

• How to Integrate Google Calendar with Bit Flows