A small program that grabs the information of every contact on a user's mac

contact_reaper.py

import plistlib
import os
import sys
import getpass

# usage: python contact_reaper.py or python3 contact_reaper.py
# tested on macOS Mojave (10.14)

def get_main_dir_path():
	return "/Users/" + getpass.getuser() + "/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/Sources/"

def get_source_subdirs():
	main_dir_path = get_main_dir_path()
	main_dir = os.fsencode(main_dir_path)
	sub_dirs = []
	for file in os.listdir(main_dir):
		filename = os.fsdecode(file)
		if not filename.endswith(".DS_Store"):
			sub_dirs.append(os.path.join(main_dir_path, filename))
	return sub_dirs

def get_contact_plist(path):
	try:
		contact_file = open(path, "rb")
		pl = plistlib.load(contact_file)
		return pl
	except PermissionError:
		print("[PermissionError] Unable to open file")
		return None
	except:
		print("[Unknown Error] Unable to generate plist object")
		return None
	
def get_contact_plist_for_name(name):
		first_name = name.split(" ")[0]
		last_name = name.split(" ")[1]
		
		dirs = get_source_subdirs()
		
		for dir in dirs:
			dir_path = dir + "/Metadata/"
			if os.path.isdir(dir_path): # because some folders may not contain the Metadata folder
				directory = os.fsencode(dir_path)
				print(dir_path, "is a dir")
				for file in os.listdir(directory):
					filename = os.fsdecode(file)
					if filename.endswith(".abcdp"): 
							contact_filepath = os.path.join(dir_path, filename)
							contact_pl = get_contact_plist(contact_filepath)
							if contact_pl is None:
								print("[Err] Unable to get contact plist for", name)
								return None
							try:
								if contact_pl['First'] == first_name and contact_pl['Last'] == last_name:
									return contact_pl
							except:
								""
								#print("[debug]No first or last name found for contact at path", contact_filepath)
		return None

def get_number_for_name(name):
	pl = get_contact_plist_for_name(name)
	if pl is not None:
		try:
			return pl['Phone']['values']
		except:
			print("[Oof] Contact does not contain phone number information")
		
	else:
		print("[Err] Unable to get phone number for", name)
		return None

def get_address_for_name(name):
	pl = get_contact_plist_for_name(name)
	if pl is not None:
		try:
			return pl['Address']['values'][0]['Street']
		except:
			print("[Oof] Contact does not contain address information")
	else:
		print("[Err] Unable to get address for", name)
		return None

def get_all_contacts():
	dirs = get_source_subdirs()

	contacts = []
	for dir in dirs:
		dir += "/Metadata/"
		if os.path.isdir(dir): # because some folders may not contain the Metadata folder
			for file in os.listdir(dir):
				filename = os.fsdecode(file)
				if not filename.endswith(".DS_Store"):
					contact = get_contact_plist(os.path.join(dir, filename))
					if contact is not None:
						contacts.append(contact)
	return contacts

contacts = get_all_contacts()

for contact in contacts:
	try:
		print("First name:", contact['First'])
	except:
		print("First name: (null)")
		
	try:
		print("Last name:", contact['Last'])
	except:
		print("Last name: (null)")
	
	try:
		number = ''.join(filter(lambda x: x.isdigit(), contact['Phone']['values'][0]))
		print("Phone number:", number)
	except:
		print("Phone number: (null)")
		
	try:
		if len(contact['Email']['values']) > 0:
			print("Email: ", end="")
		for i in range(0, len(contact['Email']['values'])):
			if i == 0 :
				print(contact['Email']['values'][i], end="")
			else:
				print(",", contact['Email']['values'][i], end="")
		print()
	except:
		print("Email: (null)")	
		
	try:
		print("Street:", contact['Address']['values'][0]['Street'])
	except:
		""
	
	try:
		print("State:", contact['Address']['values'][0]['State'])
	except:
		""
	
	try:
		print("City:", contact['Address']['values'][0]['City'])
	except:
		""
		
	try:
		print("Zip:", contact['Address']['values'][0]['Zip'])
	except:
		""
		
	print()