Get all fax numbers from address book

[the-pulli]

Hi!

I'm trying to get all contacts with a fax number attached.

I tried the following query:

$addressBook->query([
    ['TEL' => ['TYPE', '/FAX/=']]
])

But I just get an error:

Invalid complex condition: array

Has anyone an idea for a better query?

Thanks!

[the-pulli]

Nevermind found the solution:

$addressBook->query([
    ['TEL', ['TYPE' => '/FAX/']]
]);

😅

[the-pulli]

Actually that did return a subset of my contacts, but only one had a fax number.

So I tried:

$addressBook->query([['TEL', [['TYPE', '/FAX/'], 'matchAll' => true]]]);

But this returned 0 contacts.

So any help is appreciated 🙌

[mstilkerich]

What is the carddav server? Unfortunately, the addressbook-query report is very inconsistently supported by CardDAV servers. You can take a look at doc/QUIRKS.md in the repository where I have collected from my tests with all common carddav servers my experiences, you will find many notes regarding this specific request. If you presume there is an issue with the library, you can enable logging of the HTTP traffic, then you can see if the request is submitted correctly, and what the server returns.

[the-pulli]

Thanks, I'll have a look at that and try out logging. My server is hosted at mailbox.org. But what kind of server exactly it is, I don't know. But it must be an open source software. That's what they advertise.

Meanwhile, I've downloaded all vcf files and filter them locally. Is there also a command to download a complete address book collection at once?

[mstilkerich]

Btw the filter looks strange to me, ['TEL' => ['TYPE' => '/fax/']] should be right for getting all cards with a fax number.

To get an entire addressbook you could use synchronize and multiget, which would also allow for incremental sync, or just getChildren and multiget. There are examples in the quickstart.php script

[the-pulli]

Ok, that one I tried too. It results in an:

   InvalidArgumentException

  Param filter on property TEL must be an element of two entriesarray (
  'TYPE' => '/fax/',
)

I also tried:

$addressBook->query([['TEL', ['//', ['TYPE', '/FAX/']]]]);

Thanks, I'll check that out 👍

[mstilkerich]

sorry, it’s
$addressBook->query(['TEL' => ['TYPE', '/fax/']]);

The example in the API doc is wrong…

[the-pulli]

I see 👍

But with that one, I also get no results.

[the-pulli]

@mstilkerich if that helps to investigate I found the Software mailbox.org is using: Open-Xchange 8.44.40

[mstilkerich]

Ah, OX I have never tested, I don't have a test system and it seems quite a bit of effort to set up just for that purpose.

[the-pulli]

Totally understandable, just wanted to let you know.