* Basic vcard-to-org-contacts converter
@ 2014-03-24 19:25 Titus von der Malsburg
2014-03-25 0:07 ` Feng Shu
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Titus von der Malsburg @ 2014-03-24 19:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Hi list!
I decided to give org-contacts a try. Since there doesn't seem to be a
facility for importing contacts in vcard format, I wrote a little Python
script for that. Perhaps someone on this list finds it useful.
https://gist.github.com/tmalsburg/9747104
The script uses the Python package vobject for parsing vcard files. On
Debian-like systems this package is available as python-vobject. I
tested the script with contacts exported from Apple's iCloud service and
that worked well. However, the vcard format is somewhat messy and I
don't know what happens with vcard files generated in other contact
managers. Use at your own risk.
If there's interest, I might migrate the script to a proper Github
repository and develop it further, i.e., merge your pull-requests ;-)
Titus
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* Re: Basic vcard-to-org-contacts converter
2014-03-24 19:25 Basic vcard-to-org-contacts converter Titus von der Malsburg
@ 2014-03-25 0:07 ` Feng Shu
2014-03-25 0:52 ` Ken Mankoff
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Feng Shu @ 2014-03-25 0:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Titus von der Malsburg <malsburg@posteo.de> writes:
> Hi list!
>
> I decided to give org-contacts a try. Since there doesn't seem to be a
> facility for importing contacts in vcard format, I wrote a little Python
> script for that. Perhaps someone on this list finds it useful.
>
> https://gist.github.com/tmalsburg/9747104
>
> The script uses the Python package vobject for parsing vcard files. On
> Debian-like systems this package is available as python-vobject. I
> tested the script with contacts exported from Apple's iCloud service and
> that worked well. However, the vcard format is somewhat messy and I
> don't know what happens with vcard files generated in other contact
> managers. Use at your own risk.
Import from csv is a solution too, I use the below hack functions to import a
csv file...
#+begin_src
(defun eh-org-contacts-parse-csv-line (line)
"Build a org contact from a csv line"
(let ((list (split-string line ",")))
(concat "* " (nth 0 list) "\n"
":PROPERTIES:\n"
":PHONE: " (nth 1 list) "\n"
":EMAIL: " (let ((string (nth 2 list)))
(if (string-match-p "@" string) string
(if (> (length string) 0) (concat string "@qq.com")))) "\n"
":NOTE: " (mapconcat 'identity (nthcdr 3 list) "; ") "\n"
":END:\n")))
(defun eh-org-contacts-csv-import (&optional filename)
"Convert a csv file to org contacts format and insert current point"
(interactive)
(let ((file (if filename filename (read-file-name "CSV file:")))
(buffer (current-buffer))
(point (point))
contacts-string)
(with-temp-buffer
(insert-file-contents file)
(goto-char (point-min))
(while (< (point) (point-max))
(setq contacts-string (concat contacts-string (eh-org-contacts-parse-csv-line (buffer-substring (point) (progn (end-of-line) (point)))) "\n"))
(forward-line 1)
(beginning-of-line 1)))
(switch-to-buffer buffer)
(goto-char point)
(insert contacts-string)))
#+end_src
>
> If there's interest, I might migrate the script to a proper Github
> repository and develop it further, i.e., merge your pull-requests ;-)
>
> Titus
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2014-03-25 0:07 ` Feng Shu
@ 2014-03-25 0:52 ` Ken Mankoff
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Ken Mankoff @ 2014-03-25 0:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Feng Shu; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
And I posted a solution a few weeks ago that parses the Apple
AddressBook to Org contacts. Wrapped in a LaunchAgent that runs the
script whenever the addressbook is updated (file timestamp changes)
and it keeps mu4e up-to-date with Apple OS X and iDevices.
-k.
On 2014-03-24 at 20:07, Feng Shu wrote:
> Titus von der Malsburg <malsburg@posteo.de> writes:
>
>> Hi list!
>>
>> I decided to give org-contacts a try. Since there doesn't seem to be a
>> facility for importing contacts in vcard format, I wrote a little Python
>> script for that. Perhaps someone on this list finds it useful.
>>
>> https://gist.github.com/tmalsburg/9747104
>>
>> The script uses the Python package vobject for parsing vcard files. On
>> Debian-like systems this package is available as python-vobject. I
>> tested the script with contacts exported from Apple's iCloud service and
>> that worked well. However, the vcard format is somewhat messy and I
>> don't know what happens with vcard files generated in other contact
>> managers. Use at your own risk.
>
> Import from csv is a solution too, I use the below hack functions to import a
> csv file...
>
> #+begin_src
>
> (defun eh-org-contacts-parse-csv-line (line)
> "Build a org contact from a csv line"
> (let ((list (split-string line ",")))
> (concat "* " (nth 0 list) "\n"
> ":PROPERTIES:\n"
> ":PHONE: " (nth 1 list) "\n"
> ":EMAIL: " (let ((string (nth 2 list)))
> (if (string-match-p "@" string) string
> (if (> (length string) 0) (concat string "@qq.com")))) "\n"
> ":NOTE: " (mapconcat 'identity (nthcdr 3 list) "; ") "\n"
> ":END:\n")))
>
> (defun eh-org-contacts-csv-import (&optional filename)
> "Convert a csv file to org contacts format and insert current point"
> (interactive)
> (let ((file (if filename filename (read-file-name "CSV file:")))
> (buffer (current-buffer))
> (point (point))
> contacts-string)
> (with-temp-buffer
> (insert-file-contents file)
> (goto-char (point-min))
> (while (< (point) (point-max))
> (setq contacts-string (concat contacts-string (eh-org-contacts-parse-csv-line (buffer-substring (point) (progn (end-of-line) (point)))) "\n"))
> (forward-line 1)
> (beginning-of-line 1)))
> (switch-to-buffer buffer)
> (goto-char point)
> (insert contacts-string)))
>
> #+end_src
>
>>
>> If there's interest, I might migrate the script to a proper Github
>> repository and develop it further, i.e., merge your pull-requests ;-)
>>
>> Titus
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