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Text-vCard-3.09
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/ vCard::AddressBook

NAME

vCard::AddressBook - Read, write, and edit vCard address books

SYNOPSIS

use vCard::AddressBook;

# create the object
my $address_book = vCard::AddressBook->new();

# these methods load vCard formatted data
$address_book->load_file('/path/file.vcf');
$address_book->load_string($string);

my $vcard = $address_book->add_vcard; # returns a vCard object
$vcard->full_name('Bruce Banner, PhD');
$vcard->family_names(['Banner']);
$vcard->given_names(['Bruce']);
$vcard->email_addresses([
    { type => ['work'], address => 'bbanner@ssh.secret.army.mil' },
    { type => ['home'], address => 'bbanner@timewarner.com'      },
]);

# $address_book->vcards() returns an arrayref of vCard objects
foreach my $vcard (@{ $address_book->vcards() }) {
    print $vcard->full_name() . "\n";
    print $vcard->email_addresses->[0]->{address} . "\n";
}

# these methods output data in vCard format
my $file   = $address_book->as_file('/path/file.vcf'); # write to a file
my $string = $address_book->as_string();

DESCRIPTION

A vCard is a digital business card. vCard and vCard::AddressBook provide an API for parsing, editing, and creating vCards.

This module is built on top of Text::vCard and Text::vCard::AddressBook and provides a more intuitive user interface.

ENCODING AND UTF-8

Constructor Arguments

The 'encoding_in' and 'encoding_out' constructor parameters allow you to read and write vCard files with any encoding. Examples of valid values are 'UTF-8', 'Latin1', and 'none'.

Both parameters default to 'UTF-8' and this should just work for the vast majority of people. The latest vCard RFC 6350 only allows UTF-8 as an encoding so most people should not need to use either parameter.

MIME encodings

vCard RFC 6350 only allows UTF-8 but it still permits 8bit MIME encoding schemes such as Quoted-Printable and Base64 which are supported by this module.

Getting and setting values on a vCard object

If you set values on a vCard object they must be decoded values. The only exception to this rule is if you are messing around with the 'encoding_out' constructor arg.

When you get values from a vCard object they will be decoded values.

METHODS

add_vcard()

Creates a new vCard object and adds it to the address book. Returns a vCard object.

load_file($filename)

Load and parse the contents of $filename. Returns $self so the method can be chained.

load_string($string)

Load and parse the contents of $string. This method assumes that $string is decoded (but not MIME decoded). Returns $self so the method can be chained.

as_file($filename)

Write all the vCards to $filename. Files are written as UTF-8 by default. Dies if not successful.

as_string()

Returns all the vCards as a single string.

AUTHOR

Eric Johnson (kablamo), github ~!at!~ iijo dot org

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Foxtons for making this module possible by donating a significant amount of developer time.