vCard Exporting to *.vcf file through RubyOnRails

To Export vCard of Contacts for offline access, install vpim gem,

gem install vpim

In Controller, code to export contact to vCard (export to *.vcf file) should be as follows

require 'vpim/vcard'
class VcardController < ApplicationController
def get_contact
contact = Address.find(params[:id])
company = OfficeAddress.find(contact.office_address_id)

card = Vpim::Vcard::Maker.make2 do |maker|

maker.add_name do |name|
name.given = contact.firstname + ‘ ‘ + contact.lastname
end

maker.add_addr do |addr|
addr.location = ‘home’
addr.street = contact.street
addr.locality = contact.area
addr.region = contact.state
addr.postalcode = contact.pin
addr.country = contact.country
end

maker.add_addr do |addr|
addr.location = ‘work’
addr.street = company.street
addr.locality = company.area
addr.region = company.state
addr.postalcode = company.pin
addr.country = company.country
end

if !contact.ph_resi.empty?
maker.add_tel(contact.ph_resi) do |tel|
tel.location = ‘home’
tel.preferred = true
end
end

if !contact.ph_office.empty?
phone = contact.ph_office
maker.add_tel(phone) do |tel|
tel.location = ‘work’
tel.preferred = true
end
end

if !contact.fax.empty?
maker.add_tel(contact.fax) do |tel|
tel.location = ‘work’
tel.capability = ‘fax’
end
end

if !contact.mobile.empty?
maker.add_tel(contact.mobile) do |tel|
tel.location = ‘home’
tel.capability = ‘mobile’
end
end

maker.add_email(contact.email) do |e|
e.location = ‘work’
end

end

send_data card.to_s,
:filename => “contact.vcf”
end
end

iCal ( iCalendar ) Publishing to *.ics file through RubyOnRails

To publish iCal through Rails, install iCalendar gem

gem install icalendar

then in Controller, code to export event ( export to *.ics file ) should look like,

require 'icalendar'
class EventController < ApplicationController
def export_events
@event = Event.find(params[:id])
@calendar = Icalendar::Calendar.new
event = Icalendar::Event.new
event.start = @event.dt_time.strftime("%Y%m%dT%H%M%S")
event.end = @event.dt_time.strftime("%Y%m%dT%H%M%S")
event.summary = @event.summary
event.description = @event.description
event.location = @event.location
@calendar.add event
@calendar.publish
headers['Content-Type'] = "text/calendar; charset=UTF-8"
render_without_layout :text => @calendar.to_ical
end
end