jheitzeb · October 8, 2025 05:05 · jheitzeb · Mar 7, 2024
diff --git a/dump_all_contacts.sh b/dump_all_contacts.sh
 #!/bin/bash

 # MIT License
 # Copyright (c) 2025 Joe Heitzeberg
 #
 # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 # of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 # in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
 # to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
 # copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
 # furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 #
 # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
 # copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 #
 # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
 # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
 # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
 # AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
 # LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 # SOFTWARE.

 # DESCRIPTION:
 # This script exports all contacts from the macOS Contacts app to a text file.
 # It uses AppleScript to access the Contacts application, iterates through each
 # person in the address book, and extracts their name and all associated phone
 # numbers. The output is written in comma-separated format (phone number, name)
 # to files/imessages/address_book.txt. Progress is displayed as the script
 # processes contacts, and all names and phone numbers are sanitized to remove
 # newline characters.

 # Output file path
 OUTPUT_FILE="files/imessages/address_book.txt" # Changed to .txt since it's no longer JSON
 mkdir -p "$(dirname "$OUTPUT_FILE")"

 # AppleScript to fetch contacts' names and phone numbers with progress reporting, outputting one line per phone, name pair
 read -r -d '' APPLESCRIPT <<'EOF'
 tell application "Contacts"
    set thePeople to every person
    set totalPeople to count of thePeople
    set output to ""
    
    repeat with i from 1 to totalPeople
        set thisPerson to item i of thePeople
        set theName to name of thisPerson
        -- Remove newlines from the name
        set theName to my replaceText(return, "", theName)
        set theName to my replaceText(linefeed, "", theName)
        
        repeat with thisPhone in phone of thisPerson
            set theNumber to value of thisPhone
            -- Remove newlines from the phone number
            set theNumber to my replaceText(return, "", theNumber)
            set theNumber to my replaceText(linefeed, "", theNumber)
            set output to output & theNumber & ", " & theName & linefeed
        end repeat
        
        -- Progress reporting
        set progress to (i / totalPeople) * 100
        log "Progress: " & progress & "%"
    end repeat
 end tell
 return output

 -- Helper subroutine to replace text
 on replaceText(find, replace, subject)
    set prevTIDs to text item delimiters of AppleScript
    set text item delimiters of AppleScript to find
    set subjectParts to text items of subject
    set text item delimiters of AppleScript to replace
    set subject to subjectParts as string
    set text item delimiters of AppleScript to prevTIDs
    return subject
 end replaceText
 EOF

 # Function to handle AppleScript output and progress
 handle_output() {
  while IFS= read -r line; do
    if [[ "$line" == "Progress: "* ]]; then
      echo "$line"
    else
      echo "$line" >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
    fi
  done
 }

 # Execute AppleScript, handle progress and output
 osascript -e "$APPLESCRIPT" | handle_output

 echo "Address book exported to $OUTPUT_FILE."
	#!/bin/bash

	# MIT License
	# Copyright (c) 2025 Joe Heitzeberg
	#
	# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
	# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
	# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
	# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
	# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
	# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
	#
	# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
	# copies or substantial portions of the Software.
	#
	# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
	# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
	# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
	# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
	# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
	# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
	# SOFTWARE.

	# DESCRIPTION:
	# This script exports all contacts from the macOS Contacts app to a text file.
	# It uses AppleScript to access the Contacts application, iterates through each
	# person in the address book, and extracts their name and all associated phone
	# numbers. The output is written in comma-separated format (phone number, name)
	# to files/imessages/address_book.txt. Progress is displayed as the script
	# processes contacts, and all names and phone numbers are sanitized to remove
	# newline characters.

	# Output file path
	OUTPUT_FILE="files/imessages/address_book.txt" # Changed to .txt since it's no longer JSON
	mkdir -p "$(dirname "$OUTPUT_FILE")"

	# AppleScript to fetch contacts' names and phone numbers with progress reporting, outputting one line per phone, name pair
	read -r -d '' APPLESCRIPT <<'EOF'
	tell application "Contacts"
	set thePeople to every person
	set totalPeople to count of thePeople
	set output to ""

	repeat with i from 1 to totalPeople
	set thisPerson to item i of thePeople
	set theName to name of thisPerson
	-- Remove newlines from the name
	set theName to my replaceText(return, "", theName)
	set theName to my replaceText(linefeed, "", theName)

	repeat with thisPhone in phone of thisPerson
	set theNumber to value of thisPhone
	-- Remove newlines from the phone number
	set theNumber to my replaceText(return, "", theNumber)
	set theNumber to my replaceText(linefeed, "", theNumber)
	set output to output & theNumber & ", " & theName & linefeed
	end repeat

	-- Progress reporting
	set progress to (i / totalPeople) * 100
	log "Progress: " & progress & "%"
	end repeat
	end tell
	return output

	-- Helper subroutine to replace text
	on replaceText(find, replace, subject)
	set prevTIDs to text item delimiters of AppleScript
	set text item delimiters of AppleScript to find
	set subjectParts to text items of subject
	set text item delimiters of AppleScript to replace
	set subject to subjectParts as string
	set text item delimiters of AppleScript to prevTIDs
	return subject
	end replaceText
	EOF

	# Function to handle AppleScript output and progress
	handle_output() {
	while IFS= read -r line; do
	if [[ "$line" == "Progress: "* ]]; then
	echo "$line"
	else
	echo "$line" >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
	fi
	done
	}

	# Execute AppleScript, handle progress and output
	osascript -e "$APPLESCRIPT" \| handle_output

	echo "Address book exported to $OUTPUT_FILE."
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