gistfile1.rb

# Export old iphone address book backup to vcards so you can reimport.
# Use a tool like the Backup extractor (http://supercrazyawesome.com/)
# to get the backup created, then grab Library/AddressBook/AddressBook.sqlitedb
# and AddressBookImages.sqlitedb.  Put them in this directory.
#
# Requires sqlite3 gem and vpim gem
# Usage: ruby export.rb > filename.vcf

require 'rubygems'
require 'sqlite3'
require 'vpim/vcard'

address_book = SQLite3::Database.new('AddressBook.sqlitedb')
address_book_images = SQLite3::Database.new('AddressBookImages.sqlitedb')


multi_value_entry_keys = Hash.new
multi_value_labels = Hash.new

# The tables dont have a row id column but refer to them some how anyway.
row_id = 1
address_book.execute("select * from ABMultiValueEntryKey") do |ab_multi_value_entry_key|
  value = ab_multi_value_entry_key
  multi_value_entry_keys[row_id] = value
  row_id += 1
end

row_id = 1
address_book.execute("select * from ABMultiValueLabel") do |ab_multi_value_label|
  multi_value_labels[row_id] = ab_multi_value_label.first.gsub('_$!<', '').gsub('>!$_', '')
  row_id += 1
end

vcards = []

address_book.execute("select * from ABPerson") do |person|
  row_id, first, last, middle, first_phonetic, last_phonetic, organization, \
  department, note, kind, birthday, jobtitle, nickname, prefix, suffix, \
  first_sort, last_sort, creation_date, modification_date, \
  composite_name_fallback, external_identifier, store_id, display_name, \
  first_sort_selection, last_sort_selection, first_sort_lang_idx, \
  last_sort_language_index = person

  card = Vpim::Vcard::Maker.make2 do |maker|
    maker.add_name do |name|
      name.prefix = prefix unless prefix.nil?
      name.suffix = suffix unless suffix.nil?
      name.family = last   unless last.nil?
      name.given  = first  unless first.nil?
    end

    address_book.execute("select * from ABMultiValue where (record_id = #{row_id})") do |multi_value|
      uid, record_id, property, identifier, label, value = multi_value

      if !value.nil? # phone or email
        if value =~ /\w+\@\w+/ # email?
          maker.add_email(value) { |email| email.location = multi_value_labels[label.to_i] }
        else # phone..
          maker.add_tel(value) { |phone| phone.location = multi_value_labels[label.to_i] }
        end
      else
        # street address, etc
        maker.add_addr do |addr|
          addr.location = [multi_value_labels[label.to_i]]

          address_book.execute("select * from ABMultiValueEntry where (parent_id = #{record_id})") do |multi_value_entry|
            parent_id, multi_value_entry_key, multi_value_entry_key_value = multi_value_entry
            address_line = multi_value_entry_keys[multi_value_entry_key.to_i].first.downcase
            next if address_line == 'countrycode'
            address_line = "postalcode" if address_line == 'zip'
            address_line = "region"     if address_line == 'state'
            address_line = "locality"   if address_line == "city"
            addr.send("#{address_line}=", multi_value_entry_key_value)
          end
        end
      end
    end
  end

  vcards << card
end

vcards.each {|card| puts card.to_s}