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Cal.com Setup Guide

This guide walks you through setting up Cal.com for scheduling with all necessary credentials and configurations.

Initial Setup​

1. Account Creation​

Login or signup to Cal.com

2. Create Event Type​

Create a 30-minute Event

  • Create a 30-minute Event
  • Go to Event Setup within the event
  • Select Google Meet as video conferencing platform

Add Cal Event

  • Go to Event setup inside the event and then select google-meet as an video conferencing.

Cal.com Event Setup

Event Configuration​

3. Booking Questions Setup​

Navigate to Advanced → Booking Questions and configure these required fields:

  • Your name
  • Email
  • Phone
  • About-meeting

Click Save to apply changes.

Cal Booking Questions

Collecting Credentials​

4. Get Event ID​

  • Go to your Selected event
  • Copy the ID from the URL: https://app.cal.com/event-types/[EVENT_ID]?tabName=setup
  • Example: 2614013 from the URL above

Copy Cal Event ID

5. Generate API Key​

  • Navigate to Settings (left sidebar)
  • Click API Keys (left sidebar)
  • Select Add New API Key
  • Set expiration to Never expire
  • Copy and securely store the generated API key

Copy Cal API

Copy Cal API

6. Get Username​

  • Go to Profile
  • Copy your username from the Username field
  • Example: vishalchauhan-ai //change title of image Cal.com Event Setup

Important Notes:​

  • Event length must be 30 minutes
  • name, email, phone, and about-meeting are mandatory fields
  • Store your API key securely as it won't be shown again