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NAME

Org::To::VCF - Export contacts in Org document to VCF (vCard addressbook)

VERSION

This document describes version 0.04 of Org::To::VCF (from Perl distribution Org-To-VCF), released on 2014-07-22.

SYNOPSIS

use Org::To::VCF qw(org_to_vcf);

my $res = org_to_vcf(
    source_file   => 'addressbook.org', # or source_str
    #target_file  => 'addressbook.vcf', # defaults return the VCF in $res->[2]
    #include_tags => [...], # default exports all tags
    #exclude_tags => [...], # behavior mimics emacs's include/exclude rule
);
die "Failed" unless $res->[0] == 200;

DESCRIPTION

Export contacts in Org document to VCF (vCard addressbook).

My use case: I maintain my addressbook in an Org document addressbook.org which I regularly export to VCF and then import to Android phones.

How contacts are found in an Org document: each contact is written in an Org headline (of whatever level) in a rather free-form format, e.g.:

** dad # [2014-01-25 Sat]  :remind_anniv:
- fullname :: frasier crane
- birthday :: [1900-01-02 ]
- cell :: 0811 000 0001
- some note
*** TODO get dad's jakarta office number

Todo items (headline with todo labels) are currently excluded.

Contact fields are searched in list items. Currently Indonesian and English phrases are supported. If name field is not found, the title of the headline is used. I use timestamps a lot, so currently timestamps are stripped from headline titles.

Perl-style comments (with # to the end of the line) are allowed.

Org-contacts format is also supported, where fields are stored in a properties drawer:

* Friends
** Dave Null
:PROPERTIES:
:EMAIL: dave@null.com
:END:
This is one of my friend.
*** TODO Call him for the party

FUNCTIONS

org_to_vcf(%args) -> [status, msg, result, meta]

Export contacts in Org document to VCF (vCard addressbook).

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

  • default_country => str

    Specify default country code.

    Free-form phone numbers on phone fields are formatted by this function, e.g. 081 123 4567 becomes 0811234567. If default country is specified (e.g. "ID"), the number will be formatted as +62811234567. Setting this option is recommended so the phone numbers are nicely formatted as international number.

  • exclude_tags => array

    Exclude trees that carry one of these tags.

    If the whole document doesn't have any of these tags, then the whole document will be exported. Otherwise, trees that do not carry one of these tags will be excluded. If a selected tree is a subtree, the heading hierarchy above it will also be selected for export, but not the text below those headings.

    exclude_tags is evaluated after include_tags.

  • export_notes => bool (default: 1)

    Whether to export note fields.

  • include_tags => array

    Include trees that carry one of these tags.

    Works like Org's 'org-export-select-tags' variable. If the whole document doesn't have any of these tags, then the whole document will be exported. Otherwise, trees that do not carry one of these tags will be excluded. If a selected tree is a subtree, the heading hierarchy above it will also be selected for export, but not the text below those headings.

  • source_file => str

    Source Org file to export.

  • source_str => str

    Alternatively you can specify Org string directly.

  • target_file => str

    VCF file to write to.

    If not specified, VCF output string will be returned instead.

Return value:

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (result) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

(any)

TODO

This is an early release. An important node, addresses (ADR), not parsed yet because my use case is currently for phone's phonebook.

Other unimplemented nodes are listed in the source code.

SEE ALSO

For more information about Org document format, visit http://orgmode.org/

Org::Parser

Text::vCard

Org-contacts: http://julien.danjou.info/projects/emacs-packages#org-contacts

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/Org-To-VCF.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/sharyanto/perl-Org-To-VCF.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Org-To-VCF

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

AUTHOR

Steven Haryanto <stevenharyanto@gmail.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2014 by Steven Haryanto.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.