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CSV to vCard Transformer

This is a small tool which transforms a simple csv file into a serie of vcard files.

The csv file must contain the following columns:

First Name
Last Name
Title
E-mail Address
E-mail 2 Address
E-mail 3 Address
Home Phone
Home Phone 2
Business Phone
Business Phone 2
Mobile Phone
Home Street
Home City
Home State
Home Postal Code
Home Country/Region
Birthday

The file must be seperated by real commas. The birthday must be formatted in YYY-MM-DD.

Prerequisites

For the installation, please have Maven and JDK 11 installed.

Get started

Clone the repository and compile it with maven.

Then, execute the jar with the parameter -i as the input file.

Example:

java -jar target/transformer-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar -i "contacts.csv"

Example

The csv file might look like:

First Name,Last Name,Title,E-mail Address,E-mail 2 Address,E-mail 3 Address,Home Phone,Home Phone 2,Business Phone,Business Phone 2,Mobile Phone,Home Street,Home City,Home State,Home Postal Code,Home Country/Region,Birthday
Max,Mustermann,Dr.,[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],00 49 123456789,00 49 123456789,00 49 123456789,00 49 123456789,00 49 123456789,Hauptsraße 14,Berlin,Berlin,12345,Deutschland,1970-01-01

The resulting vcard file looks like:

BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
PRODID:ez-vcard 0.11.3
N:Mustermann;Max;;Dr.
BDAY:1970-01-01
EMAIL:[email protected]
EMAIL:[email protected]
EMAIL:[email protected]
TEL;TYPE=home:00 49 123456789
TEL;TYPE=home:00 49 123456789
TEL;TYPE=work:00 49 123456789
TEL;TYPE=work:00 49 123456789
TEL;TYPE=cell:00 49 123456789
ADR;TYPE=home:;;Hauptsraße 14;Berlin;;12345;Deutschland
UID:urn:uuid:34632400-a918-4578-8c68-f5f589f2e2c9
REV:2022-06-15T21:27:14Z
END:VCARD

You might import this file directly into to your contacts app, "Apple Contacts" for example.

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