Parse or generate a vCard contact

Parse repeated contact properties or generate one RFC 6350 vCard 4.0 contact.

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How it works

Parsing unfolds continuation lines, removes optional property groups, preserves repeated EMAIL and TEL values, and unescapes structured text. Generation writes VERSION:4.0 with required FN, an N structure, CRLF endings, escaped values, and content lines folded at 75 UTF-8 octets.

Parse mode is the default for pasted contacts; generation requires FN because RFC 6350 makes the formatted name mandatory.

Worked example

Read repeated vCard 4.0 contact fields

Preserve both email properties while parsing the formatted name

Input

											Mode: parse
Input: BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:4.0
N:Smith;Jane;;;
FN:Jane Smith
EMAIL:[email protected]
EMAIL:[email protected]
TEL;TYPE=cell:tel:+15550123
END:VCARD

Output

												Found 1 contact(s)

Name: Jane Smith
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
Phone: tel:+15550123

When to use this

Address-book migration, downloadable VCF contacts, and CRM imports preserve repeated email and telephone properties.

Edge cases

A folded FN line is joined before the display name is parsed.
Two EMAIL properties remain two values instead of the second overwriting the first.
An escaped semicolon inside N or ORG is text rather than a structured-field boundary.

References

RFC 6350