carddav-util

carddav-util is a python script capable of processing contact information at CardDAV servers. In particular it can move contact information between a CardDAV server and a local file; it dumps entire addressbooks to a vCard file and then may be used re-upload them to another CardDAV server.

Requirements

The following python libraries are required:

• requests
• vobject
• lxml

On ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install python-requests python-vobject python-lxml

Usage

ownCloud:

./carddav-util.py   \
    --download      \
    --user=username \
    --file=test.vcf \
    --url=https://domain.com/owncloud/remote.php/carddav/addressbooks/username/contacts

Baïkal:

./carddav-util.py   \
    --download      \
    --user=username \
    --file=test.vcf \
    --url=https://domain.com/baikal/card.php/addressbooks/username/bookid

Where:

• username is your username - the one that you specified on the commandline
• bookid is the identifier of your addressbook

Authentication:

• If your server uses digest authentication, you need to add --digest.

Regenerating the formated name (FN) tag:

./carddav-util.py   \
    --fixfn         \
    --user=username \
    --file=dummy    \
    --url=https://domain.com/baikal/card.php/addressbooks/username/bookid

This overwrites the formated name tag with a string created from the following name fields in the following order: prefix first_name middle_name family_name suffix

License

Copyright (c) 2012 by Lukasz Janyst <ljanyst@buggybrain.net>

Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS' AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.