How do I parse a VCard to a Python dictionary?

Question

I\'m trying to figure out how to parse a VCard to a Python dictionary using VObject.

vobj=vobject.readOne(string)
print vobj.behavior.knownChildren

Answer 1

You don't want to look at the behavior, you want to look at vobj itself. The behavior is a data structure describing what children are required/expected, and how to translate those children into appropriate Python data structures.

The vobj object is a vobject Component. Its contents attribute is a dictionary of vobject ContentLines and possibly Components, so

vobject.contents

will give you a dictionary of objects.

If you want a more human readable view of what was parsed, do:

vobj.prettyPrint()

To access individual children, do, for instance:

vobj.adr