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	jvesiluoma	2010-08-19 , 07:20
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Ahh, found this ==> https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9865 about bsddb, but can't find libdb4.2-dev , argh...

That bus is marked as fixed, but can't find libdb4.2 package for maemo(arm)?

Well, have to keep digging...

// Jarkko

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	jvesiluoma	2010-08-19 , 07:44
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Okay, got it working (bsddb I mean).

If anyone is interested, first update python2.5-minimal 2.5.4-1maemo6 and then python2.5_2.5.4-1maemo6.

After that you can import bsddb, now it's just a matter of coding a small python program that exports contacts.

Thanks for your help.

Regards,
Jarkko

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	b666m	2011-04-17 , 12:36
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sorry for bringing this thread back to the daylight

but right now i'm in the same situation as the OP.
i need a solution for fetching the phonenumber of a contact from the cli.
something like: db_get -n name -o options
where "name" is the nickname (or complete name) of the contact and options could be "phone1" "phone2" (and so on) "email1" "address1" or something.

so... any news on this topic?

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	b666m	2011-04-17 , 14:51
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an (somehow) unsatisfying workaround is the vcf-method mentioned here before.
in the contacts app gui i export them into a folder as 3.0 vcfs.
(works perfectly within seconds)
then i open up xterm and cd into that folder where i can get the cellphone number via cat | grep | cut.

because this is really fast and easy my new question is:
can i export my contacts to vcf via cli?

Last edited by b666m; 2011-04-17 at 14:53.

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	nicolai	2011-04-17 , 16:22
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Quick Python script

PHP Code:


			
import evolution

import sys



from optparse import OptionParser



def search_contact(options):

    ebook = evolution.ebook.open_addressbook("default")

    if not options.contact is None:

        contacts = ebook.search(options.contact)

    elif not options.full_name is None:

        contacts = []

        for c in ebook.get_all_contacts():

            if c.get_name() == options.full_name:

                contacts.append(c)

    elif not options.nick_name is None:

        contacts = []

        for c in ebook.get_all_contacts():

            if c.get_property("nickname") == options.nick_name:

                contacts.append(c)

    

    if (not options.attributes is None) and (len(options.attributes) > 0):

        for contact in contacts:

            print contact.get_property("full-name")

            for a in options.attributes:

                print contact.get_property(a)

    if options.list:

        for contact in contacts:

            for p in contact.props:

                value = contact.get_property(p.name)

                if not value is None: 

                    print p.name, value



    if options.export:

        for contact in contacts:

            print contact.get_vcard_string()



def main():

    parser = OptionParser()

    parser.add_option("-c", "--contact", help="contact name to search for", action="store", type="string", dest="contact")

    parser.add_option("-f", "--full-name", help="select contact with this name", action="store", type="string", dest="full_name")

    parser.add_option("-n", "--nickname", help="select contact with this nickname", action="store", type="string", dest="nick_name")

    parser.add_option("-a", "--attribute", help="contact attributes -a attribute1 -a attribute2 ..", action="append", type="string", dest="attributes")

    parser.add_option("-e", "--export", help="print vcard string", action="store_true", dest="export", default=False)

    parser.add_option("-l", "--list-attributes", help="list vcard attributes", action="store_true", dest="list", default=False)

    

    (options, args) = parser.parse_args(sys.argv)

    

    if len(sys.argv) <= 1:

        parser.print_help()

    else:

        search_contact(options)



if __name__ == "__main__":

    main()

Last edited by nicolai; 2011-04-17 at 21:13.

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	b666m	2011-04-17 , 17:56
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hi nicolai!

first of all: thanks for your work!

[ignore me]
but:
if i call your script with "python yourscript -c name" there is no output.
for name i tried nickname, last name, first name, first last, last first and even separated with commas and set in " ".

how do i use it correctly?

[/ignore me]

EDIT:

okay "python yourscript -c lastname -e" produces the vcf, cool!

but i would love to search for the nickname instead of the lastname.
EDIT2:
next problem is that -e makes the vcf for all contacts who contain the nickname-string.
example: search for "chris" matches "chris" but "christina" too. :/

and i'm struggeling with the -a attributes; what are they?
-a email is working.
but how do i get the cellphone number?

Last edited by b666m; 2011-04-17 at 18:38.

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	nicolai	2011-04-17 , 21:16
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changed my script in the post above.
python yourscript -f "Pink Panther" -l
searches for the contact with the fullname Pink Panther
and prints all defined contact attributes (mobile-phone, email-1, ...)

python yourscript -n pinky -l
searches for the contact with the nickname pinky

Nicolai

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khuong	2011-04-17 , 21:32
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Nicolai, how do i search for a name in ebook by given phone number? thanks

what i try to do is search for certain phone if it exist in the ebook and return a true or false.

Last edited by khuong; 2011-04-17 at 21:46.

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gionni88	2011-04-17 , 22:01
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Try this, call it in terminal and give as argument the nickname you wanna get the number off. Nickname must exactly match, no more christina while looking for chris.

Code: