Google calendar from jira issue due date

[CodingCam]

Is there a way to use automation to create a google calendar event when a due date is set for an issue?  Prefer to avoid zappier if possible.

[Mohanraj Thangamuthu]

Hello, Good day. We don't have direct action for this issue in Jira automation. So you can explore the apps like : https://skyvia.com/gallery/create-new-google-calendar-event-from-jira-issue. 

Jira automation send webhook data to specified URL, if there is an option in Google calender to process incoming webhook then you can try that as well. Thanks

[Amit.Shiloach]

Hi @CodingCam,

We were able to do this using Jira Cloud Automation only.

What we did was create a 2-step automation rule:

1. Get a Google OAuth access token

   Web request #1 (POST)
   https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token

   Body (URL-encoded):

   grant_type={{type.urlEncode}}&client_id={{Id.urlEncode}}&client_secret={{secret.urlEncode}}&refresh_token={{token.urlEncode}}

   Headers:

   Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

   Where each smart value is:

   • type = refresh_token
   • Id = your Google OAuth Client ID (Google Cloud > Credentials)
   • secret = your Client Secret
   • token = your Refresh Token (generated once using Google OAuth Playground: authorize the Calendar scope, exchange the code, copy the refresh_token)

   We save the response as tokenResponse, so we can use:

   {{tokenResponse.body.access_token}}

2. Create the Google Calendar event

   Web request #2 (POST)
   https://www.googleapis.com/calendar/v3/calendars/primary/events

   Headers:

   Authorization: Bearer {{tokenResponse.body.access_token}}
   Content-Type: application/json

   Body example:

   {
     "summary": "Test",
     "description": "test desc",
     "start": {
       "dateTime": "2025-12-26T09:00:00-07:00"
     },
     "end": {
       "dateTime": "2025-12-26T10:00:00-07:00"
     }
   }

We also store the returned event.id in a Jira custom field, so if the due date changes we can run the same flow again and PATCH the event.

Works great, fully automated and no external tools needed.

[Nick]

Hey Cameron! 👋

I'm from Doitb, and we’ve got a plugin that might be just what you’re looking for. Our Calendar for Jira supports two-way synchronization between Jira tasks and Google Calendar. You can check it out here: Docs for Calendar for Jira - Two-Way Sync.

The setup is super simple: you create a new calendar in Jira based on the issue due dates, and it syncs directly with your Google Calendar. The sync works fast, so you’re not stuck waiting around like with traditional ICS imports.

Hope this helps! Let me know if you’ve got any questions. 😊

[Yuri Suppa]

you can use "Jira cloud for sheets" plugin to (auto) export issues to a google sheet, you may select what fields you want to export, then use a simple app script to populate a calendar