gem 'ical_importer'

IcalImporter::Parser.new(a_url).parse # To get just an array of events

# To get just an array of events, with a longer timeout [default is 8 sec]
IcalImporter::Parser.new(a_url, :timeout => 40).parse

IcalImporter::Parser.new(a_url).parse do |event|
  event.uid
  event.title
  event.description
  event.location
  event.start_date_time
  event.end_date_time
  event.utc
  event.date_exclusions
  event.recur_end_date
  event.recur_month_repeat_by
  event.recur_interval
  event.recur_interval_value
  event.recurrence_id
  event.all_day_event
  event.recurrence
  event.utc?
  event.all_day_event?
  event.recurrence?
  event.recur_week_sunday
  event.recur_week_monday
  event.recur_week_tuesday
  event.recur_week_wednesday
  event.recur_week_thursday
  event.recur_week_friday
  event.recur_week_saturday
end

parser = IcalImporter::Parser.new(a_url)
parser.parse do |e|
  # block stuffs
end

# Each of these also accepts blocks and returns a list
# MUST parse before using these
parser.all_events
parser.recurrence_events
parser.single_events