@dan/vcards
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Create vCards to import contacts into Outlook, iOS, Mac OS, Android devices, and more.
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vCards JS
This is a fork of https://github.com/enesser/vCards-js made for the web. Removes any local file use cases and more specifically, the dependency on the 'fs' package.
Create vCards to import contacts into Outlook, iOS, Mac OS, and Android devices from your website or application.
Install
npm install vcards-js --save
Usage
Below is a simple example of how to create a basic vCard and how to save it to a file, or view its contents from the console.
Basic vCard
var vCardsJS = require("vcards-js");
//create a new vCard
var vCard = vCardsJS();
//set properties
vCard.firstName = "Eric";
vCard.middleName = "J";
vCard.lastName = "Nesser";
vCard.organization = "ACME Corporation";
vCard.photo.attachFromUrl(
"https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/5659221?v=3&s=460",
"JPEG"
);
vCard.workPhone = "312-555-1212";
vCard.birthday = new Date(1985, 0, 1);
vCard.title = "Software Developer";
vCard.url = "https://github.com/enesser";
vCard.note = "Notes on Eric";
//save to file
vCard.saveToFile("./eric-nesser.vcf");
//get as formatted string
console.log(vCard.getFormattedString());
On the Web
You can use vCards JS on your website. Below is an example of how to get it working on Express 4.
var express = require("express");
var router = express.Router();
module.exports = function(app) {
app.use("/", router);
};
router.get("/", function(req, res, next) {
var vCardsJS = require("vcards-js");
//create a new vCard
var vCard = vCardsJS();
//set properties
vCard.firstName = "Eric";
vCard.middleName = "J";
vCard.lastName = "Nesser";
vCard.organization = "ACME Corporation";
//set content-type and disposition including desired filename
res.set("Content-Type", 'text/vcard; name="enesser.vcf"');
res.set("Content-Disposition", 'inline; filename="enesser.vcf"');
//send the response
res.send(vCard.getFormattedString());
});
Embedding Images
You can embed images in the photo or logo field instead of linking to them from a URL using base64 encoding.
//can be Windows or Linux/Unix path structures, and JPEG, PNG, GIF formats
vCard.photo.embedFromFile("/path/to/file.png");
vCard.logo.embedFromFile("/path/to/file.png");
//can also embed images via base-64 encoded strings
vCard.photo.embedFromString("iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAA2...", "image/png");
vCard.logo.embedFromString("iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAA2...", "image/png");
Date Reference
MDN reference on how to use the Date
object for birthday and anniversary can be found at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date.
Complete Example
The following shows a vCard with everything filled out.
var vCardJS = require("vcards-js");
//create a new vCard
var vCard = vCardsJS();
//set basic properties shown before
vCard.firstName = "Eric";
vCard.middleName = "J";
vCard.lastName = "Nesser";
vCard.uid = "69531f4a-c34d-4a1e-8922-bd38a9476a53";
vCard.organization = "ACME Corporation";
//link to image
vCard.photo.attachFromUrl(
"https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/5659221?v=3&s=460",
"JPEG"
);
//or embed image
vCard.photo.attachFromUrl("/path/to/file.jpeg");
vCard.workPhone = "312-555-1212";
vCard.birthday = new Date(1985, 0, 1);
vCard.title = "Software Developer";
vCard.url = "https://github.com/enesser";
vCard.workUrl = "https://acme-corporation/enesser";
vCard.note = "Notes on Eric";
//set other vitals
vCard.nickname = "Scarface";
vCard.namePrefix = "Mr.";
vCard.nameSuffix = "JR";
vCard.gender = "M";
vCard.anniversary = new Date(2004, 0, 1);
vCard.role = "Software Development";
//set other phone numbers
vCard.homePhone = "312-555-1313";
vCard.cellPhone = "312-555-1414";
vCard.pagerPhone = "312-555-1515";
//set fax/facsimile numbers
vCard.homeFax = "312-555-1616";
vCard.workFax = "312-555-1717";
//set email addresses
vCard.email = "[email protected]";
vCard.workEmail = "[email protected]";
//set logo of organization or personal logo (also supports embedding, see above)
vCard.logo.attachFromUrl(
"https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/5659221?v=3&s=460",
"JPEG"
);
//set URL where the vCard can be found
vCard.source = "http://mywebpage/myvcard.vcf";
//set address information
vCard.homeAddress.label = "Home Address";
vCard.homeAddress.street = "123 Main Street";
vCard.homeAddress.city = "Chicago";
vCard.homeAddress.stateProvince = "IL";
vCard.homeAddress.postalCode = "12345";
vCard.homeAddress.countryRegion = "United States of America";
vCard.workAddress.label = "Work Address";
vCard.workAddress.street = "123 Corporate Loop\nSuite 500";
vCard.workAddress.city = "Los Angeles";
vCard.workAddress.stateProvince = "CA";
vCard.workAddress.postalCode = "54321";
vCard.workAddress.countryRegion = "United States of America";
//set social media URLs
vCard.socialUrls["facebook"] = "https://...";
vCard.socialUrls["linkedIn"] = "https://...";
vCard.socialUrls["twitter"] = "https://...";
vCard.socialUrls["flickr"] = "https://...";
vCard.socialUrls["custom"] = "https://...";
//you can also embed photos from files instead of attaching via URL
vCard.photo.embedFromFile("photo.jpg");
vCard.logo.embedFromFile("logo.jpg");
vCard.version = "3.0"; //can also support 2.1 and 4.0, certain versions only support certain fields
//save to file
vCard.saveToFile("./eric-nesser.vcf");
//get as formatted string
console.log(vCard.getFormattedString());
Multiple Email, Fax, & Phone Examples
email
, otherEmail
, cellPhone
, pagerPhone
, homePhone
, workPhone
, homeFax
, workFax
, otherPhone
all support multiple entries in an array format.
Examples are provided below:
var vCardsJS = require("vcards-js");
//create a new vCard
var vCard = vCardsJS();
//multiple email entry
vCard.email = [
"[email protected]",
"[email protected]",
"[email protected]"
];
//multiple cellphone
vCard.cellPhone = ["312-555-1414", "312-555-1415", "312-555-1416"];
Apple AddressBook Extensions
You can mark as a contact as an organization with the following Apple AddressBook extension property:
var vCardsJS = require("vcards-js");
var vCard = vCardsJS();
vCard.isOrganization = true;
React Native
A React Native version exists here at this repository -- https://github.com/idxbroker/vCards-js/tree/react-native
Testing
You can run the vCard unit tests via npm
:
npm test
Contributions
Contributions are always welcome!
Additional thanks to --
- Tobias Müller (https://github.com/webdepp)
- Julian Krenge (https://github.com/jkrenge)
- Charlie Hulcher (https://github.com/c-h-)
- Jimmy Tsao (https://github.com/jimmytsao)
- Michael Polino (https://github.com/mplno)
- Randy Stevens (https://github.com/RandyStevens)
Donations
BTC 18N1g2o1b9u2jNPbSpGHhV6x5xs6Qou3EV
License
Copyright (c) 2014-2019 Eric J Nesser MIT