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tell application "Contacts"

set fullName to {first name:"Joe", last name:"Bloe"}

# create a new person object

# TODO: If there is already a person with the same first and last name, it would

# be good to ask the user for a confirmation before creating a new person

set thePerson to make new person with properties fullName

make new phone at end of phones of thePerson with properties {label:"mobile", value:"0422123456"}

make new email at end of emails of thePerson with properties {label:"Work", value:"email@hidden"}

# create a group called "TestGroup" (if it doesn't already exist)

set theGroupName to "TestGroup"

if not (group theGroupName exists) then

set theGroup to make new group with properties {name:theGroupName}

end if

# add thePerson to theGroup

add thePerson to group theGroupName

# save all changes

save

end tell

I think that it is helpful to check if a group by that name already exists before trying

to create a group with the same name.

I think too, that when there is already a person with the same first and last

names that the script should ask the user for a confirmation before adding

a new person with the same name as an existing person in Contacts.

But, I wasn't able to do this.

-- Kaydell

http://learnmacprogramming.com

On Jun 23, 2013, at 5:08 PM, Shoddy <email@hidden> wrote:

Hi all,

Im fairly new to applescript, although i have successfully added a new contact to the contacts app locally however i can not get it to add the contact to the carddav account or in the group of the carddav account.

My code so far is

tell application "Contacts"
set thePerson to make new person with properties{first name:"Joe", last name:"Bloe"}

make new phone at end of phones of thePerson with properties{label:"mobile", value: "0422123456"}
make new email at end of emails of thePerson with properties{label:"Work", value: "email@hidden"}

save
end tell

If i try to do

add thePerson to group "TestGroup"

With TestGroup being a group in the carddav account the error i get is

Contacts got an error: You can only add a person to a group.

The machine i am using is the carddav server as well.

I am also using the latest version of os x. 10.8.4 with all software updates completed.

With Thanks
Brendon Schodel

--
Shoddy
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	>Re: add contact to carddav with applescript (From: Kaydell Leavitt <email@hidden>)