Print some properties of members of your Mac AddressBook.

print_addressbook_members.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
'''
Print some properties of members of your Mac AddressBook.
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/userexperience/Reference/AddressBook/Miscellaneous/AddressBook_Constants/Reference/reference.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40003952-CH3g-SW6

$ pip install -U pyobjc-core
$ pip install -U pyobjc
'''
from collections import OrderedDict
from Foundation import NSDate, NSDateFormatter
from AddressBook import *


props = OrderedDict([
    ('first_name', kABFirstNameProperty),
    ('creation_date', kABCreationDateProperty),
    ('modification_date', kABModificationDateProperty),
])


def iter_groups(abref):
    for abgroup in abref.groups():
        yield abgroup.uniqueId(), abgroup.name(), abgroup


def iter_member_properties(member, propkeys):
    for key in propkeys:
        yield key, member.valueForProperty_(props[key])


def make_formatter(args):
    date_formatter = NSDateFormatter.alloc().init()
    date_formatter.setDateFormat_(args.date_format)
    def _format(value):
        if isinstance(value, NSDate):
            value = date_formatter.stringFromDate_(value)
        return value

    return _format


def print_member(member, propkeys, formatter):
    for key, value in iter_member_properties(member, propkeys):
        print key
        print formatter(value)
    print '-' * 30


def main(args):
    ab = ABAddressBook.sharedAddressBook()
    propkeys = props.keys()
    sortprop = props[args.member_sort]
    formatter = make_formatter(args)
    for unique_id, name, abgroup in iter_groups(ab):
        if args.group and name not in args.group:
            continue

        members = sorted(abgroup.members(), key=lambda m: m.valueForProperty_(sortprop))
        for member in members:
            print_member(member, propkeys, formatter)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    import argparse
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument('-g', '--group', nargs='*')
    parser.add_argument('--member-sort', default='first_name')
    parser.add_argument('--date-format', default='yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss')
    args = parser.parse_args()
    main(args)