i''m doing a site for someone that has a form set up to collect contact information from the user. i installed the vpim gem and was hoping to give my client a way to download all of the contact''s information as a vcard. using the examples, i was able to get it working in ruby, but i''m not quite sure how to generate and download a vcard on the fly. has anyone done anything like that? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
i was able to modify the examples to do what i needed. i would be
interested in hearing from others to see if this is an ok way of
generating the vcard when the user wants to download one:
require ''vpim/vcard''
class VcardController < ApplicationController
def get_card
contact = Contact.find(params[:id])
card = Vpim::Vcard::Maker.make2 do |maker|
maker.add_name do |name|
name.given = contact.name
end
maker.add_addr do |addr|
addr.location = ''home''
addr.street = contact.address
addr.locality = contact.city
addr.region = contact.state
addr.postalcode = contact.zip
end
if !contact.phone.empty?
maker.add_tel(contact.phone) do |tel|
tel.location = ''home''
tel.preferred = true
end
end
if !contact.fax.empty?
maker.add_tel(contact.fax) do |tel|
tel.location = ''home''
tel.capability = ''fax''
end
end
maker.add_email(contact.email) do |e|
e.location = ''home''
end
end
send_data card.to_s, :filename => "contact_#{contact.id}.vcf"
end
end
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On Aug 10, 2006, at 10:50 AM, Josh Kieschnick wrote:> i''m doing a site for someone that has a form set up to collect contact > information from the user. i installed the vpim gem and was hoping to > give my client a way to download all of the contact''s information as a > vcard. using the examples, i was able to get it working in ruby, > but i''m > not quite sure how to generate and download a vcard on the fly. > > has anyone done anything like that?We are doing this using the SimplyRESTful stuff... In the controller for example we have: def show respond_to do |format| format.html format.xml { render :xml => @contact.to_xml } format.vcf do send_data @contact.to_vcard, :filename => "#{@contact.id}.vcf", :type => ''text/directory'' end end end This allows us to get a contact back as html, xml or vcard. Then in the contact model you can add something like: def to_vcard card = Vpim::Vcard::Maker.make2 do |maker| maker.add_name do |name| name.prefix = prefix unless self.prefix.blank? name.given = first_name name.family = last_name name.suffix = suffix unless self.suffix.blank? end if preferred_location maker.add_addr do |addr| addr.preferred = true addr.location = ''work'' addr.street = preferred_location.address_line_1 unless preferred_location.address_line_1.blank? addr.locality = preferred_location.city unless preferred_location.city.blank? addr.postalcode = preferred_location.postal_code unless preferred_location.postal_code.blank? addr.country = preferred_location.country unless preferred_location.country.blank? end maker.add_tel(preferred_location.voice_number) do |tel| tel.location = ''work'' tel.preferred = true end unless preferred_location.voice_number.blank? maker.add_tel(preferred_location.fax_number) do |tel| tel.location = ''work'' tel.capability = ''fax'' end unless preferred_location.fax_number.blank? maker.add_email(preferred_location.email) do |e| e.location = ''work'' e.preferred = ''yes'' end unless preferred_location.email.blank? end end card.to_s end -- Derek Neighbors Integrum Technologies http://www.integrumtech.com Work: 602.792.1270 x1101 Mobil: 480.330.7892 Email: derek.neighbors@integrumtech.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060810/4bce897f/attachment.html
Josh Kieschnick wrote:> i was able to modify the examples to do what i needed. i would be > interested in hearing from others to see if this is an ok way of > generating the vcard when the user wants to download one: >> maker.add_name do |name| > name.given = contact.name > endI don''t think it''s possible to do this "right", but you might want to try something like this, depending on the format of contact.name: tmp = contact.name.split case tmp.size when 1 n.given = tmp[0] when 2 name.given = tmp[0] name.family = tmp[1] when 3 name.given = tmp[0] name.family = tmp[2] when 4 name.given = tmp[1] name.family = tmp[3] end Cut to fit, paint to match:-) --Al Evans -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Derek Neighbors wrote:> On Aug 10, 2006, at 10:50 AM, Josh Kieschnick wrote: > >> i''m doing a site for someone that has a form set up to collect contact >> information from the user. i installed the vpim gem and was hoping to >> give my client a way to download all of the contact''s information as a >> vcard. using the examples, i was able to get it working in ruby, >> but i''m >> not quite sure how to generate and download a vcard on the fly. >> >> has anyone done anything like that? > > We are doing this using the SimplyRESTful stuff... > > In the controller for example we have: > > def show > respond_to do |format| > format.html > format.xml { render :xml => @contact.to_xml } > format.vcf do > send_data @contact.to_vcard, :filename => "#{@contact.id}.vcf", > :type => ''text/directory'' > end > end > end >Using this technique gives me a server response with: "uninitialized constant Mime::VCF" I found several mime-type related files in the following directory: /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/ mime_responds.rb mime_type.rb mime_types.rb Is there a way to add the .vcf mime-type? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---