[Kde-pim] Re: query akonadi contact database with cli tools

[Kevin Krammer]

On Sunday, 2010-10-10, Andreas Wuest wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> i was wondering if it is possible to query akonadi (especially the contacts
> in the adressbook)  using command line tools (expected result should then
> be csv, or something like that, so it can be handled with awk/sed).
> background: i have a custom application using ncurses/dialog and i would
> like to access the contacts data in the adressbook to display the names.

Short answer: there are currently no command line tools for Akonadi.

Longer answer: there is a command line tool for KDE's previous contact API 
called kabcclient.
If you enable the Akonadi compatibility plugin for KDE's previous contact API 
(systemsettings -> advanced tab -> KDE resources -> contacts), it should be 
able [1] to give you access to the contacts stored in Akonadi.

Cheers,
Kevin

[1] I used this approach when creating and testing the compatibility plugins 
but I have to admit I didn't test if it still works for quite some time.

-- 
Kevin Krammer, KDE developer, xdg-utils developer
KDE user support, developer mentoring
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