You Can Book Me Plugin Tutorial

The You Can Book Me Plugin allows you to bring your calendar from the popular appointment scheduling service You Can Book Me into your app

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Written by Tim Tietz
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What is the You Can Book Me Plugin?

The You Can Book Me Plugin is a great way to bring your calendar from the popular appointment scheduling service YouCanBookMe into your app. With this plugin you can give users the ability to schedule appointments while using your app.

What are some use cases of You Can Book Me Plugin?

Some use cases of this feature include:

  • If you are making an app for a School where users can schedule meetings with the faculty, they can set up their office hours in You Can Book Me and bring their schedules into the app.

  • You Can Book Me is great for setting up internal organizational meetings and bringing that information into the app.

  • If you are building a Real Estate app, the You Can Book Me Plugin can help connect Real Estate Agents with clients to schedule appointments. 

What is the You Can Book Me Plugin’s primary function and what are the steps to accomplish it?

The You Can Book Me Plugin allows you to sync your You Can Book Me calendar to your app.

How to Sync your You Can Book Me calendar

Step 1: Type in the Name of your Calendar

Clear the top field and type in the name of your calendar as shown in your You Can Book Me link.

This will auto-populate the second field that has your You Can Book Me calendar link.

As an example, if your You Can Book Me calendar’s link is samplecalendar.youcanbook.me, you would type in “Samplecalendar” with no spaces. After doing this, you’ll see the calendar’s link appear in the bottom field.

Step 2: Verify your You Can Book Me’s Calendar Name has been entered in correctly

To make sure you’ve typed in your You Can Book Me’s calendar name correctly, just click on “Validate”.

You should see a green bar show up that says “URL successfully validated” afterwards. Your You Can Book Me calendar has now successfully been placed inside your app!

What is a great tip you should know about?

Having worked with apps for years, we’ve learned a thing or two. So, to both help your app stand out and accomplish your primary goals, here are some tips you should consider.

Pro Tip: You Can Book Me gives you lots of Options to Customize your Calendar

There’s plenty of ways to customize your You Can Book Me calendar! For more information, just check out their website. Their dashboard is simple and easy to use, and they have videos there that you can refer to if you need help.

If you need additional help, just click on “get help” at the top of their site. Once you’ve customized your calendar you can bring it into your app with the You Can Book Me Plugin.

What are some related articles?

In addition to this article, we recommend checking out the following related articles so that you have a better insight into how to use the system to its fullest advantage:

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