Exporting phone list to a fritz router (.xml) & android phone app.

[Chris H]

On Thu, 30 Nov 2017 00:01:20 +0100 "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs at berklix.com> said

> "Chris H" wrote:
> > On Mon, 27 Nov 2017 22:42:14 +0100 "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs at berklix.com> said
> > 
> > > Hi ports@ people
> > > Any reccomendations of ports/ that may manage phone & address booke,
> > > & import/export to Fritz Routers & Android phone app ?  Should I
> > > be using a stack of vCards format as a common intermediary to edit
> > > the master with vi, or some port ?
> > > 
> > > My large phone+address book has for 20 years been vi editable in my own
> > > format:
> > > 	http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/src/bsd/jhs/bin/public/phone/
> > > which supports lots of additional fields way beyond phone & address,
> > > & Makefiles export to 3 device formats:
> > > 	BSD ISDN i4b S0 card man(8) isdnd
> > > 	ports/comms/gnokii nokia etc mobiles
> > > 	ports/misc/estic Istec 1008 etc (PBX=LCO=TK Anlage)
> > > 
> > > I now want to export to 2 new device formats:
> > > 	Fritz routers that export & import in xml format, sample appended.
> > > 	Android phone app.  Format unexamined yet
> > > 
> > > I expect to lash up an export from phone.c to Fritz XML,
> > > but probably you can reccomend some nicer standard ports &/or formats ?
> > > Didn't there used to be some [kde?] or similar tool in a larger package ?
> > > 
> > > https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports/ gives with
> > > "phone book"
> > > 
> > > ports/misc/telbook	
> > > 	in Perl and uses the GTK+ 2 p	no mention of xml
> > > 
> > > ports/deskutils/tel/
> > > 	Entries are stored in a simple CSV file. This eases import
> > > 	and export with common spread sheet applications like
> > > 	Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice.org Calc
> > > 
> > > "address book"
> > > 
> > > deskutils/dlume
> > > 	stores your contacts in XML format
> > > 	Export to CSV and HTML formats is also available
> > > 
> > > deskutils/gaddr
> > > 	holds addresses and any other information you want to know
> > > 	about a person
> > > 
> > > deskutils/py-pycarddav
> > > 	CardDAV CLI client
> > > 
> > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CardDAV
> > > 	based on WebDAV, which is based on HTTP, and it uses vCard
> > > 	for contact data.
> > > 
> > > mail/evolution
> > > 	Big, databases/evolution-data-server make broke.
> > > 	pkg install worked .... starts with mail
> > > 
> > > mail/horde-turba
> > > 	supports storing contacts in SQL, LDAP, Kolab, and IMSP
> > > 
> > > "phone numbers"
> > > devel/py-phonenumbers
> > 
> > I guess if it were me; based on as much of your code as I examined, and
> > the ports mentioned above. I'd probably go with: deskutils/dlume
> > or perhaps better, cobble my own.
> > Managing the numbers, and associated info in CSV format seems like it would
> > be almost trivial. In my mind could nearly accomplish the whole matter with
> > awk(1).
> > In fact, I'm currently managing a database with over 9 million records,
> > and extract, and format most of it with awk. *Super* fast, and much easier
> > than sed(1). Which is what I was originally attempting to do it with.
> > 
> > My .02¢ FWIW
> 
> Thanks Chris :-)
You're very welcome. :)
> 
> A small Fritz XML sample 
> 	http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/src/bsd/jhs/bin/public/phone/fritz/samples/
> (better seen with a browser eg firefox that indents, harder to view in vi).
> 
> It now seems best I export to XML via VCF:
> 
> 
> https://en.avm.de/service/support-request/your-support-request/knowlegdebasesupport/detail/en_FRITZ-Box-7390-int/1353_Exporting-smartphone-contacts-to-a-FRITZ-Box-telephone-book/
>  "Exporting smartphone contacts to a FRITZ!Box telephone book"
>  "You can use FRITZ!App Fon to export entries saved in the People
>   app on your smartphone to a FRITZ!Box telephone book."
> 
> An android phone app exported Contacts.vcf via mail (method:
> 	http://berklix.com/~jhs/android/#phone_book
> ) to FreeBSD & `file' reports: vCard visiting card
> A stack of vCards, with inter record seperators:
> 	BEGIN:VCARD^M
> 	VERSION:2.1^M
> 
> So I will write an exporter from my phone.c multiple field format to VCF,
> export into Android phone, then reduce VCF & export the few phone number
> fields the Fritz router needs, either by:
> - export with FRITZ!App Fon,
> - &/or or maybe also find a VCF to XML exporter for BSD.
> 
Sweet! Nice work!

--Chris

> Cheers,
> Julian
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