# Using variable in Yahoo Calendar url link **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [June 9, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-variable-in-yahoo-calendar-url-link/169876 "2009-06-09T21:43:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![codecarpenter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/db5fbb/32.png) [@codecarpenter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/codecarpenter)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-variable-in-yahoo-calendar-url-link/169876/1 "2009-06-09T21:43:45Z")
Anybody has experience using the following link to add an event to the Yahoo Calendar? [http://calendar.yahoo.com/?v=60&ST=20080105T1400&ET=20080105T1500&title=Event%20Name&desc=note%20field&RPAT=1mh](http://calendar.yahoo.com/?v=60&ST=20080105T1400&ET=20080105T1500&title=Event%20Name&desc=note%20field&RPAT=1mh) This works. But when I try to replace value of a field such as title with \<%= title %\> it either log me into [my.yahoo.com](http://my.yahoo.com) or complains of url format issue. I believe this is a Yahoo issue but I have not gotten a response from the Yahoo board yet. Just wonder if anybody on this forum knows the solution. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![codecarpenter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/db5fbb/32.png) [@codecarpenter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/codecarpenter)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-variable-in-yahoo-calendar-url-link/169876/2 "2009-06-09T22:46:31Z")
2009/6/9 kevin lee [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > knows the solution. Â Thanks! > Have a look at the source of the page in your browser and see what url > you are generating (View, Page Source in FF for example). The browser > does not know that you are generating the url using \<%= … %\> so if > you end up with the same text it must work. If it complaining of a url > format issue then you have probably got it wrong. Colin