Create Nylas v3 virtual calendars to schedule resources (rooms, equipment) without a real mailbox account
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Steps
Create a virtual calendar connector, then a virtual account under that connector, before creating any virtual calendars.
POST /v3/grants/{grant_id}/calendars with a name and description to create the calendar under the virtual account's grant.
Note that the first virtual calendar created for a virtual account automatically becomes that account's primary calendar and cannot be changed later.
Reference the primary virtual calendar in subsequent event calls using the literal string "primary" instead of its calendar_id, consistent with how real provider calendars are addressed.
Use standard Events API calls (create/list/update) against the virtual calendar's grant_id/calendar_id exactly as you would for a real connected calendar, since virtual calendars share the same Events API surface.
Known gotchas
The primary virtual calendar can't be deleted and its primary status can't be reassigned to another calendar — plan the first calendar you create carefully.
Virtual calendars aren't backed by a real mailbox, so features that depend on provider-side notifications (e.g. invitee email delivery) behave differently than on a real Google/Microsoft grant — verify what's actually simulated versus provider-native before relying on it for guest notifications.
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