Google Calendar API event insert always return 404 "not found" error

Question

I tried the calendar insert example from here : https://developers.google.com/google-apps/calendar/v3/reference/events/insert#examples No matter which property i use, i always get the 404 "not found" error. Anyone can shed some light on this? Many thanks!!!

POST https://www.googleapis.com/calendar/v3/calendars/test/events?sendNotifications=false&fields=start&key={YOUR_API_KEY}

Content-Type:  application/json
Authorization:  Bearer ya29.AHES6ZQaT3-Tj_bviwaY9Xi3gDspuBbCtEKtidnZkTXuWpI
X-JavaScript-User-Agent:  Google APIs Explorer

{
 "end": {
  "date": "2012-07-11"
 },
 "start": {
  "date": "2012-07-09"
 }
}

response: 404 Not Found

{
 "error": {
  "errors": [
   {
    "domain": "global",
    "reason": "notFound",
    "message": "Not Found"
   }
  ],
  "code": 404,
  "message": "Not Found"
 }
}

Answer 1

I believe it's telling you that the calendar "test" resource cannot be found. Have you created a calendar called "test"? If you replace "test" with "primary" (your main calendar) then the Explorer should work.