create org-contacs entries from vCard input. Only telephone and name so far.

vCard2org.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#
# Converts VCard to org-mode/org-contacts files
#
# 2012 by Simon Thum
#
# Requires the vpim gem, which in turn needs patches to run (github xing/vpim)
#
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require 'rubygems'
gem 'vpim'
require 'erb'
require 'vpim/vcard'

# simple ISO 8601
def isoDate(t)
  "%04d-%02d-%02d" % [ t.year, t.month, t.day ]
end


# put errors to stderr
def putError(err, vc)
  warn err
  warn err.backtrace
  warn "------ (vcard) --------"
  warn vc
  warn "-----------------------"
end

# TODO include some richer vCards, normalize number prefix (+49)
OrgContactTemplate = ERB.new <<-'EOT', nil, "%<>"
<%#-*- coding: UTF-8 -*-%>
** <%= result[:fullName] %>
  :PROPERTIES:
  :TEL:        <%= vc.telephones.first %>
  :BIRTHDAY:   <%= if (vc.birthday.nil?) then "missing" else isoDate(vc.birthday) end %>
  :END:
  :VCARD:
<%= vc.to_s %>
  :END:
EOT

# this can be used to fix up stuff before the template processing starts
def evaluateContact(vc)

  {
    :fullName => vc.name.fullname,
#    :bday =>
    :tel => vc.telephone.to_s
  }
end

def orgContactSection(vc)
  result = evaluateContact(vc)
  OrgContactTemplate.result(binding)
rescue StandardError => e
  putError(e, ev)
end

# filter contacts, e.g. see if VCard already in some file
def includeContact?(vc)
  true
end

vcf = (ARGV[0].nil?) ? STDIN : open(ARGV[0])

cards = Vpim::Vcard.decode(vcf)

puts "* Imported using vcard2org.rb"
cards.each do |vcard|
  puts orgContactSection(vcard) if includeContact?(vcard)
end