diff --git a/ical_aggregator/ical_aggregator.py b/ical_aggregator/ical_aggregator.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# vevent keys: url, uid, summary, locations, category, description
+
+import urllib
+import vobject
+import sys
+import os
+
+EVENT_KEYS = ["uid", "url", "location", "categories", "summary", "description", "dtstart" , "dtstamp"]
+UNIQUE_KEY = ["dtstart", "summary"]
+
+
+def get_syntax():
+	return "Syntax: %s ICAL_SOURCES_FILE FINISHED_FILE AUTH_FILE" % (os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]))
+
+
+def get_unique_id(event):
+	unique_values = []
+	for one_val in UNIQUE_KEY:
+		unique_values.append(unicode(event[one_val]))
+	return encode_safely(";".join(unique_values))
+
+
+def encode_safely(text):
+	return text.encode("iso-8859-15", "replace")
+
+
+def convert_event_to_dict(event):
+	result = {}
+	for key in EVENT_KEYS:
+		# convert lists to a string
+		value = event.getChildValue(key)
+		if isinstance(value, list):
+			value = " ,".join(value)
+		result[key] = value
+	return result
+
+
+def fetch_ical(url):
+	result = []
+	try:
+		handle = urllib.urlopen(url)
+		content = handle.read()
+		handle.close()
+	except IOError, err_msg:
+		sys.stderr.write("Failed to parse iCal file (%s): %s\n" % (url, err_msg))
+		return []
+	events = vobject.readComponents(content)
+	for top_child in events:
+		for child in top_child.components():
+			result.append(convert_event_to_dict(child))
+	return result
+
+
+def add_to_processed_list(fileout, event):
+	fileout.write(get_unique_id(event) + "\n")
+
+
+def submit_event_to_drupal(event):
+	print "Added event: %s" % encode_safely(event["summary"])
+	return True
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	if len(sys.argv) != 4:
+		sys.stderr.write(get_syntax() + "\n")
+		sys.exit(1)
+
+	ICAL_SOURCES_FILE = sys.argv[1]
+	FINISHED_FILE = sys.argv[2]
+	AUTH_FILE = sys.argv[3]
+
+	# read the file of iCal URLs to be sourced
+	try:
+		ical_file = file(ICAL_SOURCES_FILE)
+		ical_urls = ical_file.read().splitlines()
+		ical_file.close()
+	except IOError, err_msg:
+		sys.write("Failed to open iCal source URL file (%s): %s\n" % (ICAL_SOURCES_FILE, err_msg))
+		sys.exit(2)
+	
+	finished_items = []
+	# read the file of processed events
+	if os.path.isfile(FINISHED_FILE):
+		try:
+			finished_file = file(FINISHED_FILE)
+			finished_items.extend(finished_file.read().splitlines())
+			finished_file.close()
+		except IOError, err_msg:
+			sys.write("Failed to open file for finished items (%s) for reading: %s\n" % (FINISHED_FILE, err_msg))
+			sys.exit(3)
+	# reopen the file for appending
+	try:
+		finished_file = file(FINISHED_FILE, "a")
+	except IOError, err_msg:
+		sys.write("Failed to open file for finished items (%s) for appending: %s\n" % (FINISHED_FILE, err_msg))
+		sys.exit(4)
+
+	icals = []
+	for ical_url in ical_urls:
+		icals.extend(fetch_ical(ical_url))
+	
+	for event in icals:
+		if not get_unique_id(event) in finished_items:
+			# process new events
+			if submit_event_to_drupal(event):
+				add_to_processed_list(finished_file, event)
+				finished_items.append(get_unique_id(event))
+	
+	finished_file.close()
+