| Mail-Addressbook-Convert documentation | Contained in the Mail-Addressbook-Convert distribution. |
Mail::Addressbook::Convert::Ldif - convert to and from Ldif formatted addressbooks
use strict;
use Mail::Addressbook::Convert::Ldif;
my $LDIF = new Mail::Addressbook::Convert::Ldif();
my $LdifInFile ="ldifSample.txt"; # name of the file containing the Ldif data
# Convert Ldif to Standard Intermediate format
# see documentation for details on format.
my $raIntermediate = $LDIF->scan(\$LdifInFile);
# This will also work
#my @LdifInArray = @arrayContainingTheLdifData;
#my $raIntermediate = $LDIF->scan(\@LdifInArray);
# Convert back to Ldif
my $raLdifOut = $LDIF->output($raIntermediate);
print join "", @$raIntermediate;
print "\n\n\n\n";
print join "", @$raLdifOut;
Perl, version 5.001 or higher
Carp
This module is meant to be used as part of the Mail::Addressbook::Convert distribution.
It can convert a Ldif addressbook to a Standard Intermediate format(STF) and a STF to Ldif As part of the larger distribution, it will allow conversion between Ldif and many other formats.
To use to convert between Ldif and Eudora as an example, you would do the following
use Mail::Addressbook::Convert::Ldif;
use Mail::Addressbook::Convert::Eudora;
my $Ldif = new Mail::Addressbook::Convert::Ldif();
my $Eudora = new Mail::Addressbook::Convert::Eudora();
my $LdifInFile ="ldifSample.txt"; # name of the file containing the Ldif data
my $raIntermediate = $Ldif->scan(\$LdifInFile);
my $raEudora = $Eudora->output($raIntermediate); # reference to an array containing a Eudora addressbook
Standard Intermediate Format(STF) :
The addressbook format that is used as an intermediate between conversions. It is rfc822 compliant and can be used directly as a Eudora addressbook. Do not use a Eudora addressbook as an STF. Some versions of Eudora use a format, that while RFC822 compliant, will not work as an STF. Run the Eudora addressbook through $Eudora->scan()
Ldif addressbook: A ldif addressbook. (LDAP Data Interchange Format) This module works on ldif files ouputted by the Netscape Client and Netscape Server. You can find information on various formats by searching for ldif on google.com .
no arguments needed.
Input : a reference to an array containing a ldif file or a reference to a scalar containing the file name with the ldif data.
Returns: a reference to a STF ( see above).
Input: a reference to a STF ( see above). Returns : a reference to an array containing a ldif file.
This only converts email address, aliases, and mailing lists. Phone numbers, postal addresses and other such data are not converted.
This has only been tested on Ldif files produced by Netscape Communicator and the Netscape Server.
You can find information on the ldif format by searching for "ldif" on google.com .
I derived the format by visually inspecting examples, not by reading a document.
This code is derived from the code used on www.interguru.com/mailconv.htm . The site has been up since 1996 ( but ldif was only included on 1997, when Netscape 3 started using it.) The site gets about 8000 unique visitors a month, many of whom make addressbook conversions. The code has been well tested.
Maybe use Net::LDAP::LDIF for the scan method.
Mozilla::LDAP::LDIF Net::LDAP::LDIF
Original Version 2001-Sept-09
Copyright (c) 2001 Joe Davidson. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Perl Artistic License (see http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html). or the GPL copyleft license ( http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html)
Mail::Addressbook::Convert was written by Joe Davidson <jdavidson@interguru.com> in 2001.
| Mail-Addressbook-Convert documentation | Contained in the Mail-Addressbook-Convert distribution. |
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------ use strict; package Mail::Addressbook::Convert::Ldif; use Mail::Addressbook::Convert::PersistentUtilities; use Mail::Addressbook::Convert::Utilities; use 5.001; sub new { bless {},shift; } ###################################################################### sub scan { my $Ldif = shift; my $inputParm = shift; # reference to input ldif data as an array or reference to a # scalar containing the name of a file containing the ldif. my $perUtil = new Mail::Addressbook::Convert::PersistentUtilities(); my $raLdifArray= getInput($inputParm); #NOTE # This method has been modified and never cleaned up # There may be some sections of code which are either never # executed, or irrelevant to the output. #As it stands, it can process ldif output from Netscape Communicator # and the Netscape LDAP server # jhd 19980925 my ($alias, $fullName, $outLine, %aliasOf, @outputFile); push (@$raLdifArray,"dn:\n\n"); #put final dn: line in for processing purposes # as "dn:" acts as an end of record marker in this code my (%group,$address); foreach my $i (@$raLdifArray) { my ($temp,$isGroup, $xalias) ; $i =~ s/[\x88\xa9\xd8]//g; $i =~ s/[\x7e-\xff]//g; if ($i =~ /^objectclass: groupOfNames|^objectclass: groupOfUniqueNames/) { $isGroup = 1; } if ($i =~ /^objectclass: person/) { $isGroup = 0; } if ($i =~ /^xnavnickname:|^xmozillanickname:/) { ($temp,$xalias) = split(/\:/,$i); chomp $xalias; $xalias =~ s/\s+//g; } if ($i =~ /^mail\:/) { $i =~ s/:\s+/:/; ($temp,$address) = split(/\:/,$i); chomp $address; $address =~ s/\s+//g; } if ($i =~ /^member\:|^uniquemember\:/) { my ($rm, $rawMember); $i =~ s/:\s+/:/; ($temp, $rawMember) = split(/\:/,$i); chomp $rawMember; if ($rawMember =~ /,mail=/) { ($a,$rm) = split(/\,mail=/,$rawMember) #($a,$rawMember) = split(/\,mail=/,$rawMember) } else { ($a,$rm) = split(/cn=/,$rawMember) } $rawMember = (split(",",$rm))[0]; $rawMember =~ tr/A-Z/a-z/; $rawMember =~ s/ /_/g; if ($aliasOf{$rawMember}) { $rawMember = $aliasOf{$rawMember}; } $group{$alias} .=$rawMember.','; $group{$alias} =~ s/\n|\r//g; } if ($i =~ /^dn/) { $i =~ s/:\s+/:/; ($temp,$fullName) = split(/\:/,$i); $fullName = (split(",",$fullName))[0]; {local $^W; $fullName =~ s/cn=//; $fullName =~ s/"//g; chomp $fullName; $alias = $fullName; $alias =~ s/ /_/g ; } } if ($i !~ /\S/) { local $^W; my ($outline); if(!$isGroup and $alias) { $alias = $xalias if $xalias; $alias = $perUtil->makeAliasUnique($alias,"_"); $aliasOf{$address} = $alias; if ($fullName !~ /@/) { $outLine = qq(alias $alias "$fullName"<$address>); } else { $outLine = qq(alias $alias $address); } $outLine =~ s/\n|\r|\015//g; push (@outputFile, $outLine."\n"); undef $address; undef $outline; undef $alias; undef $xalias; undef $fullName; } } } #end of input array foreach my $key (sort keys %group) { my $mems = $group{$key}; chop $mems; my $hold = "alias $key $mems"; $hold =~ s/\n|\r//g; push (@outputFile, "$hold\n"); } return \@outputFile; } ########################### sub output ####################### sub output { my (@outputFile, $alias1,); my $Ldif = shift; my $raInputArray = shift; # reference to input Input data as an array my $id = 0; my $k=0; my $numberOfGroups=0; my ($aliasold, %aliasid, %note, $firstName, $lastName, $name, $address, @groupaddr); my (@indivname, @indivaddr, @indivalias, @groupalias, %indivnameForLists); my (%indivaddrForLists, %isGroup, $aliasid1 , @groupmembers); foreach (@$raInputArray ) { my @line = split(" ",$_,3); my $alias= $line[1]; $aliasold = $alias; $alias = &cleanalias($aliasold); my $rest = $line[2]; my $rest1 = $rest; if ($aliasid{$alias} && ($line[0] ne "note") ) # this alias alrady exists { } else # unique alias, process the data { my %aliasid; if ($line[0] eq "alias") # This is an alias line { $id++; $aliasid{$alias} = $id; my $commas_outside_quotes1 = &commas_outside_quotes($rest); if ($commas_outside_quotes1) { # There are commas not enclosed in quotes #we have a group list. $isGroup{$alias} = 1; $groupalias[$numberOfGroups] = $alias; $groupaddr[$numberOfGroups] = $rest; $groupaddr[$numberOfGroups] =~ s/\s*//g; # get rid of all spaces $numberOfGroups++; } else # we have an individual address { $indivalias[$k] = $alias; if ( $rest =~ /</) # compound address of form Name<Address> { ($name,$address) = split(/</,$rest); chop ($address); $address =~s/>*//g; $name =~ s/\"//g; $name =~ s/\'//g; $indivname[$k] = $name; #$holdname{$alias} = $name; $rest = $address; } elsif ( $rest =~ /\(/) # compound address of form Address(Name) { ($address,$name) = split(/\(/,$rest); $name =~s/\)*//g; $name =~ s/\"//g; $name =~ s/\'//g; chomp($name); chop($address); $indivname[$k] = $name; #$holdname{$alias} = $name; $rest = $address; } else # no name give, use the alias as a name { $indivname[$k] = $alias; } $indivaddr[$k] = $rest; $indivaddrForLists{$alias} = $indivaddr[$k] ; $indivnameForLists{$alias} = $indivname[$k] ; $k++; } } else #we have a note { $note{$alias} = $rest1; } } # end of processing addresses } # Write individual alias section foreach my $kk (0 .. $k-1) { my @hold; $alias1 = $indivalias[$kk]; if ($note{$alias1}) { if ($note{$alias1} =~ /name:(.+)>/) { @hold = split(/>/,$1); $indivname[$kk] = $hold[0] if length($hold[0]) =~ /\S/; } } @hold = split(" ",$indivname[$kk]); $lastName = pop(@hold); $firstName = join(" ",@hold); push (@outputFile,"\ndn: cn=$indivname[$kk],mail=$indivaddr[$kk]\n"); push (@outputFile,"cn: $indivname[$kk]\n"); push (@outputFile,"sn: $lastName\n"); push (@outputFile,"objectclass: top\n"); push (@outputFile,"objectclass: person\n"); push (@outputFile,"mail: $indivaddr[$kk]\n"); push (@outputFile,"givenname: $firstName\n"); push (@outputFile,"uid: $alias1\n"); push (@outputFile,"xnavnickname: $alias1\n"); push (@outputFile,"xmozillanickname: $alias1\n"); if ($note{$alias1}) { push (@outputFile,"description: $note{$alias1}\n"); if ($note{$alias1} =~ /phone:(.+)>/) { @hold = split(/>/,$1); push (@outputFile, "telephonenumber: $hold[0]\n"); } } if ($note{$alias1} and $note{$alias1} =~ /fax:(.+)>/) { @hold = split(/>/,$1); push (@outputFile, "facsimiletelephonenumber: $hold[0]\n"); } if ($note{$alias1} and $note{$alias1} =~ /Home phone.+:(.+)/) { @hold = split(/</,$1); $hold[0] =~ s/^\s+//; push (@outputFile, "homephone: $hold[0]\n"); } } # Write group lists section foreach my $jj (0 .. $numberOfGroups -1) { $alias1 = $groupalias[$jj]; push (@outputFile,"\ndn: cn=$alias1\n"); push (@outputFile,"cn: $alias1\n"); push (@outputFile,"objectclass: top\n"); push (@outputFile,"objectclass: groupOfNames\n"); push (@outputFile,"uid: $alias1\n"); push (@outputFile,"xnavnickname: $alias1\n"); @groupmembers = split(",",$groupaddr[$jj]); my $localalias; for (@groupmembers) { if (!/\@/) # We do not have an internet address as a group member { $localalias = &cleanalias($_); } else # We have a internet address -- do not modify # This makes the error message clearer { $localalias = $_; } if ($aliasid{$localalias}) # alias exists { $aliasid1 = $aliasid{$localalias}; if ($isGroup{$localalias}) #The alias belongs # to a group { push (@outputFile, "member: cn=$localalias\n"); } else #An individual alias { push (@outputFile, "member: cn=$indivnameForLists{$localalias},mail=$indivaddrForLists{$localalias}\n"); } } } } return \@outputFile; } ########################### end sub output ####################### 1;