# 🧭 Side Quest — 30 minutes with Iain McIntyre

> A focused detour for exploring an idea, solving a problem or seeing where an interesting tangent leads. Small adventure; useful outcome. Choose your meeting format: 🎥 Google Meet video call, 📞 phone call or 🤝 in person.

- Host: Iain McIntyre
- Duration: 30 min
- Location: Google Meet, Attendee phone number, Location to be agreed
- Host time zone: Australia/Perth
- Confirmation: Bookings are confirmed instantly.
- Booking page: https://cal.com/iain-cameron-mcintyre/30min
- Event type id: 6852237

## Check availability

```http
GET https://api.cal.com/v2/slots?eventTypeId=6852237&start=YYYY-MM-DD&end=YYYY-MM-DD&timeZone=<IANA time zone>
cal-api-version: 2024-09-04
```

The response is `{"data":{"YYYY-MM-DD":[{"start":"<ISO 8601 with offset>"}]}}`; no API key is needed.

## Book

```http
POST https://api.cal.com/v2/bookings
cal-api-version: 2026-02-25
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "eventTypeId": 6852237,
  "start": "<UTC ISO 8601 start from the slots response>",
  "attendee": {
    "name": "…",
    "email": "…",
    "timeZone": "<IANA time zone>"
  },
  "guests": [
    "guest@example.com"
  ],
  "bookingFieldsResponses": {
    "notes": "…"
  }
}
```

- Required fields: `name` (Your name), `email` (Email address)
- Optional fields: `notes` (Please share anything that will help prepare for our meeting.), `guests` (Add guests)
- `name` and `email` go in `attendee` and `guests` is a list of emails; every other field goes in `bookingFieldsResponses` under its name.
- `location` is optional; without it the booking uses the event’s first location.