NAME

Text::vCard::Precisely - Read, Write and Edit the vCards 3.0 and/or 4.0 precisely

SYNOPSIS

use Text::vCard::Precisely;
my $vc = Text::vCard::Precisely->new();
# Or now you can write like below if you want to use 4.0:
my $vc4 = Text::vCard::Precisely->new( version => '4.0' );
#or $vc4 = Text::vCard::Precisely::V4->new(); # it's same

$vc->n([ 'Gump', 'Forrest', , 'Mr', '' ]);
$vc->fn( 'Forrest Gump' );

use GD;
use MIME::Base64;
my $gd = GD::Image->new();

my $img = $gd->png();
my $base64 = MIME::Base64::encode($img);

$vc->photo([
   { content => 'https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/2944869?v=3&s=400',  media_type => 'image/jpeg' },
   { content => $img, media_type => 'image/png' }, # Now you can set a binary image directly
   { content => $base64, media_type => 'image/png' }, # Also accept the text encoded in Base64
]);

$vc->org('Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.'); # Now you can set/get org!

$vc->tel({ content => '+1-111-555-1212', types => ['work'], pref => 1 });

$vc->email({ content => '[email protected]', types => ['work'] });

$vc->adr( {
   types => ['work'],
   pobox     => '109',
   extended  => 'Shrimp Bld.',
   street    => 'Waters Edge',
   city      => 'Baytown',
   region    => 'LA',
   post_code => '30314',
   country   => 'United States of America',
});

$vc->url({ content => 'https://twitter.com/worthmine', types => ['twitter'] }); # for URL param

print $vc->as_string();

DESCRIPTION

A vCard is a digital business card. vCard and Text::vFile::asData provides an API for parsing vCards

This module is forked from Text::vCard because some reason below:

• Text::vCard doesn't provide full methods based on RFC2426
• Mac OS X and iOS can't parse vCard4.0 with UTF-8 precisely. they cause some Mojibake
• Android 4.4.x can't parse vCard4.0

To handle an address book with several vCard entries in it, start with Text::vFile::asData and then come back to this module.

Note that the vCard RFC requires VERSION and FN. This module does not check or warn yet if these conditions have not been met

Constructors

load_hashref($HashRef)

Accepts a HashRef that looks like below:

my $hashref = {
   N   => [ 'Gump', 'Forrest', '', 'Mr.', '' ],
   FN  => 'Forrest Gump',
   SORT_STRING => 'Forrest Gump',
   ORG => 'Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.',
   TITLE => 'Shrimp Man',
   PHOTO => { media_type => 'image/gif', content => 'http://www.example.com/dir_photos/my_photo.gif' },
   TEL => [
       { types => ['WORK','VOICE'], content => '(111) 555-1212' },
       { types => ['HOME','VOICE'], content => '(404) 555-1212' },
   ],
   ADR =>[{
       types       => ['work'],
       pref        => 1,
       extended    => 100,
       street      => 'Waters Edge',
       city        => 'Baytown',
       region      => 'LA',
       post_code   => '30314',
       country     => 'United States of America'
   },{
       types       => ['home'],
       extended    => 42,
       street      => 'Plantation St.',
       city        => 'Baytown',
       region      => 'LA',
       post_code   => '30314',
       country     => 'United States of America'
   }],
   URL => 'http://www.example.com/dir_photos/my_photo.gif',
   EMAIL => '[email protected]',
   REV => '2008-04-24T19:52:43Z',
};

load_file($file_name)

Accepts a file name

load_string($vCard)

Accepts a vCard string

METHODS

as_string()

Returns the vCard as a string with non-decoded UTF-8. if you have `use utf8;` in your scope, you have to do Encode::decode_utf8

as_file($filename)

Write data in vCard format to $filename. Dies if not successful

SIMPLE GETTERS/SETTERS

These methods accept and return strings

version()

returns Version number of the vcard. Defaults to '3.0' and this method is READONLY

rev()

To specify revision information about the current vCard

sort_string()

To specify the family name, given name or organization text to be used for national-language-specific sorting of the FN, N and ORG.

This method is DEPRECATED in vCard4.0 Use SORT-AS param instead of it.

COMPLEX GETTERS/SETTERS

They are based on Moose with coercion. So these methods accept not only ArrayRef[HashRef] but also ArrayRef[Str], single HashRef or single Str.

Read source if you were confused

n()

To specify the components of the name of the object the vCard represents

tel()

Accepts/returns an ArrayRef that looks like:

[
   { types => ['work'], content => '651-290-1234', preferred => 1 },
   { types => ['home'], content => '651-290-1111' },
]

After version 0.18, content will not be validated as phone numbers All Str types are accepted.

So you have to validate phone numbers with your way.

adr(), address()

Accepts/returns an ArrayRef that looks like:

[
   { types => ['work'], street => 'Main St', pref => 1 },
   {   types     => ['home'],
       pobox     => 1234,
       extended  => 'asdf',
       street    => 'Army St',
       city      => 'Desert Base',
       region    => '',
       post_code => '',
       country   => 'USA',
       pref      => 2,
   },
]

email()

Accepts/returns an ArrayRef that looks like:

[
   { types => ['work'], content => '[email protected]' },
   { types => ['home'], content => '[email protected]', pref => 1 },
]

or accept the string as email like below

'[email protected]'

url()

Accepts/returns an ArrayRef that looks like:

[
   { content => 'https://twitter.com/worthmine', types => ['twitter'] },
   { content => 'https://github.com/worthmine' },
]

or accept the string as URL like below

'https://github.com/worthmine'

photo(), logo()

Accepts/returns an ArrayRef of URLs or Images: Even if they are raw image binary or text encoded in Base64, it does not matter

Attention! Mac OS X and iOS ignore the description beeing URL

use Base64 encoding or raw image binary if you have to show the image you want

note()

To specify supplemental information or a comment that is associated with the vCard

org(), title(), role(), categories()

To specify additional information for your jobs

In these, CATEGORIES may have multiple content with being separated by COMMA. multiple content is expressed by using ArrayRef like this:

$vc->categories([qw(Internet Travel)]);

fn(), full_name(), fullname()

A person's entire name as they would like to see it displayed

nickname()

To specify the text corresponding to the nickname of the object the vCard represents

Like CATEGORIES, It ALSO may have multiple content with being separated by COMMA.

$vc->nickname([qw(Johny John)]);

geo()

To specify information related to the global positioning of the object the vCard represents

key()

To specify a public key or authentication certificate associated with the object that the vCard represents

label()

ToDo: because It's DEPRECATED in vCard4.0

To specify the formatted text corresponding to delivery address of the object the vCard represents

uid()

To specify a value that represents a globally unique identifier corresponding to the individual or resource associated with the vCard

tz(), timezone()

Both are same method with Alias

To specify information related to the time zone of the object the vCard represents

utc-offset format is NOT RECOMMENDED from vCard4.0

TZ can be a URL, but there is no document in RFC2426 or RFC6350

So it just supports some text values

bday(), birthday()

Both are same method with Alias

To specify the birth date of the object the vCard represents

prodid()

To specify the identifier for the product that created the vCard object

source()

To identify the source of directory information contained in the content type

sound()

To specify a digital sound content information that annotates some aspect of the vCard

This property is often used to specify the proper pronunciation of the name property value of the vCard

socialprofile()

There is no documents about X-SOCIALPROFILE in RFC but it works in iOS and Mac OS X!

I don't know well about in Android or Windows. Somebody please feedback me

label()

It's DEPRECATED in vCard4.0 You can use this method Just ONLY in vCard3.0

For operating files with multiple vCards

See Text::vCard::Precisely::Multiple

aroud UTF-8

If you want to send precisely the vCard with UTF-8 characters to the ALMOST of smartphones, Use 3.0

It seems to be TOO EARLY to use 4.0

for under perl-5.12.5

This module uses \P{ascii} in regexp so You have to use 5.12.5 and later

SEE ALSO

• RFC 2426
• RFC 2425
• RFC 6350
• Text::vCard::Precisely::Multiple
• Text::vFile::asData

AUTHOR

Yuki Yoshida(worthmine)

LICENSE

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl.