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Asked: 2026-05-23T18:34:23+00:00

I’m using Vpim to generate .vcf files that users can then import into their

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I’m using Vpim to generate .vcf files that users can then import into their address books. The problem that I’m having is that the information that their downloading is for a Company and not a person so I need to mark the card as being such. Is there a way to do this using Vpim or is there another gem that I could use to accomplish this?

def to_vcf
  card = Vpim::Vcard::Maker.make2 do |maker|
  ...
  end
end

Source of a Business Card from Address Book

BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
N:;;;;
FN:The Flow Skatepark
ORG:The Flow Skatepark;
item1.TEL;type=pref:(614) 864-1610
item1.X-ABLabel:Work #
item2.ADR;type=WORK;type=pref:;;4252 Groves Rd;Columbus;OH;43232;USA
item2.X-ABADR:us
BDAY;value=date:2001-07-06
X-ABShowAs:COMPANY
X-ABUID:5F7349CB-369F-4EAC-AB65-49ED902BEF9F\:ABPerson
END:VCARD

Source of a Non-Business Card from Address Book

BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
N:;The Flow Skatepark;;;
FN:The Flow Skatepark
item1.TEL;type=pref:(614) 864-1610
item1.X-ABLabel:Work #
item2.ADR;type=WORK;type=pref:;;4252 Groves Rd;Columbus;OH;43232;USA
item2.X-ABADR:us
BDAY;value=date:2001-07-06
X-ABUID:5F7349CB-369F-4EAC-AB65-49ED902BEF9F\:ABPerson
END:VCARD

Obviously there are two main differences in these code samples:

  • ORG:The Flow Skatepark;
  • X-ABShowAs:COMPANY

I don’t know how this translates into Vpim however.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Quick and dirty implementation, I hope that I understood you correctly:

    require 'vpim/vcard'

vcards = <<VCARD
BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
N:;;;;
FN:The Flow Skatepark
ORG:The Flow Skatepark;
item1.TEL;type=pref:(614) 864-1610
item1.X-ABLabel:Work #
item2.ADR;type=WORK;type=pref:;;4252 Groves Rd;Columbus;OH;43232;USA
item2.X-ABADR:us
BDAY;value=date:2001-07-06
X-ABShowAs:COMPANY
X-ABUID:5F7349CB-369F-4EAC-AB65-49ED902BEF9F\:ABPerson
END:VCARD
BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
N:;The Flow Skatepark;;;
FN:The Flow Skatepark
item1.TEL;type=pref:(614) 864-1610
item1.X-ABLabel:Work #
item2.ADR;type=WORK;type=pref:;;4252 Groves Rd;Columbus;OH;43232;USA
item2.X-ABADR:us
BDAY;value=date:2001-07-06
X-ABUID:5F7349CB-369F-4EAC-AB65-49ED902BEF9F\:ABPerson
END:VCARD
VCARD

contacts = []
Vpim::Vcard.decode(vcards).each do |vcard|
  contacts << {
    first_name:        vcard.name      ? vcard.name.given         : '',
    last_name:         vcard.name      ? vcard.name.family        : '',
    organisation_name: vcard.org       ? vcard.org.first          : '',
  }
end

def to_vcard(card)
  Vpim::Vcard::Maker.make2 do |maker|
    maker.add_name do |name|
      name.given = card[:first_name] unless card[:first_name].empty? || card[:first_name].nil?
      name.family = card[:last_name] unless card[:last_name].empty?  || card[:last_name].nil?
    end
    maker.org = card[:organisation_name] unless card[:organisation_name].empty? || card[:organisation_name].nil?
  end
end

contacts.each_with_index do |contact, idx|
  File.open("contact#{idx}.vcf", 'w') {|f| f.write(to_vcard(contact)) }  
end

    Normal vs Company

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