Class: SimpleVCF

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/simplevcf.rb

Overview

A simple class for importing and parsing a .vcf contact file. Currently works only on single vCard per file.

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#import(vcard) ⇒ Object

To import, pass the contents of the file as string



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# File 'lib/simplevcf.rb', line 6

def import(vcard)
	@file_contents = vcard
end

#output ⇒ Object

The output returns the contact information in form of a hash.



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# File 'lib/simplevcf.rb', line 33

def output
	return @fields
end

#parse ⇒ Object

The parser strips the beginning and ending sections of a vCard, iterates to create an array of lines and creates # a hash containing fields with respective values.



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# File 'lib/simplevcf.rb', line 12

def parse
		@fields = Hash.new()
	@file_contents["BEGIN:VCARD"] = ""
	@file_contents["END:VCARD"] = ""
	@lines = @file_contents.split("\n")
	for i in 0..(@lines.length-1) do
		if @lines[i].include? "\r"
			@lines[i]["\r"] = ""
		end
		x = @lines[i]
		unless x == "" or x.nil?
			y = x.split(":")
			field_name = y[0]
			field_value = y[1]
			@fields[field_name] = field_value
		end
	end
end