How do I parse a VCard to a Python dictionary?

Question

I'm trying to figure out how to parse a VCard to a Python dictionary using VObject.

vobj=vobject.readOne(string)
print vobj.behavior.knownChildren

This is all I get: {'CATEGORIES': (0, None, None), 'ADR': (0, None, None), 'UID': (0, None, None), 'PHOTO': (0, None, None), 'LABEL': (0, None, None), 'VERSION': (1, 1, None), 'FN': (1, 1, None), 'ORG': (0, None, None), 'N': (1, 1, None), 'PRODID': (0, 1, None)}

How can I populate the dictionary with my VCard data?

Answer 1

You don't want to look at the behavior, you want to look at vobj itself. The behavior is a data structure describing what children are required/expected, and how to translate those children into appropriate Python data structures.

The vobj object is a vobject Component. Its contents attribute is a dictionary of vobject ContentLines and possibly Components, so

vobject.contents

will give you a dictionary of objects.

If you want a more human readable view of what was parsed, do:

vobj.prettyPrint()

To access individual children, do, for instance:

vobj.adr

Answer 2

You could try vCard module (disclaimer: I'm the author) - It's pretty strict, but if you pass it a valid vCard 3.0 string you can use the VCard object's properties attribute.