- Outlook 2003 CSV (Windows)
To import contacts you use a ContactManager…
contact_manager = ContactCsv::ContactManager.new
contact_manager.read(‘/path/to/file.csv’)
or
contact_manager.parse(‘csv,data,string’)
contact_manager.contacts.each do |contact|
puts contact.name
puts contact.email
puts contact.extras[‘Spouse’]
end
See the Contact class for a complete list of attributes.
A lookup table is used to map the csv columns to Contact class attributes. You can create your own lookup tables by using the LookupTable class and passing it in inside an array to the ContactManager class.
These are the column headers in the csv
headers = [“First Name”,“Last Name”,“Email Address”]
These map the column headers to the attribute of the Contact class
legend = {
‘First Name’ => :first_name,
‘Last Name ’ => :last_name,
’Email Address’ => :email
}
lookup_table = LookupTable.new(headers, legend)
contact_manager = ContactCsv::ContactManager.new([lookup_table])
or
contact_manager.lookup_tables << lookup_table
If you think you have composed a good lookup table email it to me ([email protected]) and I will include it in the gem.
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