VCard

nim-vcard is a pure nim implementation of the VCard format defined in RFCs 2425, 2426, and 6350. It allows you to parse and serialize VCards, as well as create VCards programmatically. It aims to be a complete implememtation, supporting all of the features of the VCard3 standard. Because the standard provides many features that may be rarely used, this library also provides a simplified API for more typical use-cases.

Example Usage

BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
UID: 5db6f100-e2d6-4e8d-951f-d920586bc069
N:Foster;Jack;Allen;;
FN:Allen Foster
REV:20230408T122102Z
EMAIL;TYPE=home;TYPE=pref:allen@fosters.test
EMAIL;TYPE=work:jack.foster@company.test
TEL;TYPE=CELL:+1 (555) 123-4567
END:VCARD

nim-vcard/examples/simple.nim

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	import vcard
	# Reading in an existing vcard
	let vcards = parseVCard3File("jack.vcf")
	assert vcards.len == 1
	let vcAllen = vcards[0]
	assert vcAllen.email.len == 2
	assert vcAllen.email[0].value == "allen@fosters.test"
	assert vcAllen.n.given[0] == "Jack"
	# Creating a new VCard
	var vcSusan: VCard3
	vcSusan.add(@[
	newVC3_N(given = @["Susan"], family = @["Foster"]),
	newVC3_Email(value = "susan@fosters.test", emailType = @["PREF",
	$etInternet]),
	newVC3_Tel(
	value = "+1 (555) 444-3889",
	telType = @[$ttHome, $ttCell, $ttVoice, $ttMsg])
	])
	writeFile("susan.vcf", $vcSusan)

Future Goals

• VCard 4.0 support

Debugging

Need to clean up and organize

Run tvcard3 tests in gdb:

$ cd tests
$ nim --debuginfo --linedir:on c tvcard3
$ gdb --tui tvcard3