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 ``` This is all I get: ``` {'CATEGORIES': (0, None, None), 'ADR': (0, None, None), 'UID': (0, None, None), 'PHOTO': (0, None, None), 'LABEL': (0, None, None), 'VERSION': (1, 1, None), 'FN': (1, 1, None), 'ORG': (0, None, None), 'N': (1, 1, None), 'PRODID': (0, 1, None)} ``` How can I populate the dictionary with my VCard data?

Accepted Answer

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
```

How do I parse a VCard to a Python dictionary?

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