Where to find a java library to read vcard files?

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I need a java library to read vcard files (vcf).

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Michael · Answer 1 · 2015-04-25T13:14:16.187

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ez-vcard supports versions 2.1, 3.0, and 4.0 of the vCard standard, as well as XML-encoded vCards ("xCard" standard), HTML-encoded vCards ("hCard" microformat), and JSON-encoded vCards ("jCard" standard).

https://github.com/mangstadt/ez-vcard

To read a vCard file, use the Ezvcard.parse() method. Then, call the various getter methods on the returned VCard object to retrieve the vCard data fields.

File file = new File("my-vcard.vcf");
VCard vcard = Ezvcard.parse(file).first();
System.out.println("Name: " + vcard.getFormattedName().getValue());
System.out.println("Email: " + vcard.getEmails().get(0).getValue());

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answered Jul 25 '12 at 19:12

Michael

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Hey, seems like best .vcf parser so far, but lets say I have .vcf that has email home, email work and email other. Can you please show detailed example of how would I store different types of emails (home, other, work) to String emailHome, emailWork, emailOther? vcard.getEmails().get(0).getValue(); always gives first, but how to know if that is home email or work email or other email? – Marko Niciforovic Jul 01 '13 at 15:20
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@Marko Call the "getTypes()" method on each email object to get its list of "type" parameters. You can then check to see if its type is "home" or "work": email.getTypes().contains(EmailTypeParameter.HOME); – Michael Jul 02 '13 at 11:41
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+1 active development – kommradHomer Oct 20 '14 at 12:32

Jon Skeet · Accepted Answer · 2009-03-23T09:55:16.557

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A search for Java and vcard yields quite a few results.

In particular there's the Mime-Dir-j which is no longer under active development, but may be all you need, and vcard4j which seems to have been dormant for even longer (last release 2003!).

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answered Mar 23 '09 at 09:43

Jon Skeet

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I already found those projects and was hoping for something else in active development, but I'll try them anyway, thank you all. – Giorgio Gelardi Mar 23 '09 at 15:57
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As a quick FYI, Mime-Dir-j seems to include the vcard4j code but also has more recent bug fixes applied. – Luke Quinane Mar 10 '11 at 03:07

score 8 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 12 '18 at 11:53

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Cardme seems to be the best vcard library around with active development and there is even a wiki site up.

Check the project homepage.

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answered Mar 15 '12 at 14:47

George

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score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 14 '09 at 15:48

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Haven't used it yet (about to try it out), but this looks promising.

http://code.google.com/p/android-vcard/

answered Sep 14 '09 at 15:48

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered May 16 '09 at 12:18

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http://wiki.modularity.net.au/ical4j/index.php?title=VCard

answered May 16 '09 at 12:18

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 23 '09 at 09:42

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I found this API that might do the trick: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mime-dir-j/

answered Mar 23 '09 at 09:42

Mario Ortegón

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 23 '09 at 09:42

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Try Google, Yahoo, whatever and find http://vcard4j.sourceforge.net/

answered Mar 23 '09 at 09:42

guerda

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Mar 23 '09 at 11:05

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Well, just in case you want to use a mobile phone, JSR75 does it right out of the box:

javax.microedition.pim.PIM.fromSerialFormat is specified as supporting vCard 3.0

answered Mar 23 '09 at 11:05

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Where to find a java library to read vcard files?

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