SacIT Central
A bookmark that reads an event page, pulls out the details, and adds it to the SacIT Central calendar — with a review step before anything goes live.
The extractor is working again. It stopped on 5 September because the AI service behind it ran out of credit. That has been topped up, and the tool now reports the actual reason whenever something fails, instead of showing a blank "Error".
Restored 10 September 2026 · No action needed on your side.
Takes about a minute. You only do this again if the tool is updated.
In Chrome, Edge or Firefox press Ctrl+Shift+B — or
⌘+Shift+B on a Mac. The bar appears under the address bar.
Go to bookmarklet.sacitcentral.com/bookmarklet.html. You'll see a blue link labelled 📌 SacIT Extract Event.
Drag it — don't click it. Clicking does nothing useful; dragging is what saves it as a bookmark you can use on any page.
Works on Meetup, Eventbrite, and most event pages that list a date and location.
Go to the page for the single event you want to add — not a search results page or a group's list of events.
A notice reads "Extracting event data…" for a few seconds while the page is read.
A panel opens with the title, description, date, venue, organizer, suggested tags and images. Nothing has been saved yet.
The green button sends it. You'll get a confirmation, and the button changes to Published ✓ or Saved as Draft ✓.
The tool suggests; you decide. Everything below is editable in the panel before you submit.
Match the message you see on screen. "Contact admin" means there is nothing you can do from your side.
The account that powers extraction has hit a zero balance. This is a billing top-up, not a fault with your browser or the page.
Contact adminThe key the service uses has been revoked or replaced and needs updating.
Contact adminYou've extracted several events in quick succession. Wait about a minute and carry on. Re-opening an event you already extracted doesn't count towards this.
Wait a minuteA lot of events have been added from your network today. This resets after 24 hours; if you need to add more now, get in touch.
Try tomorrowToo many requests at once. Wait about a minute and click the bookmark again.
Try againThe event was read correctly, but the calendar's security settings rejected the save. A security setting on the website needs adjusting.
Contact adminThe calendar rejected the login the tool uses. Its application password needs regenerating.
Contact adminNot a failure. The event was judged to fall outside SacIT Central's scope — tech, IT, AI or professional networking in California — or its date has already passed. The panel gives the reason. If you disagree, add it manually.
Working as intendedYou're on an older copy of the bookmark, which couldn't show the real reason. Delete it from your bookmarks bar and install again from the link above.
ReinstallSome sites block outside scripts. Try a different event page first — if that works, the original site is the problem and the event needs adding by hand.
Try elsewhereReport it to Mark Chouinard. Three details turn a vague report into a quick fix: