ContactParser

The contact_parser gem takes in a string of contacts with the format of FirstName LastName <email@address.com>, etc and returns a hash of values that can be treated like a traditional Ruby object.

Additionally, the gem also includes the email_address gem to perform email validations.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'contact_parser'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install contact_parser

Example:

contacts = "Darth Vader <darth@vader.com>, Oops Sanderson <oops@gmail>, Han Solo <han@solo.com>, Mace X Windu <mace@windu.com>, Yoda <yoda@lightsaber.com>, Leia Organa leia@organa.com"
ContactParser.new(contacts).bulk_parse

Will return the hash:

{
  accepted: [
    {
      first_name: 'Darth',
      last_name: 'Vader',
      email: 'darth@vader.com'
    },
    {
      first_name: 'Han',
      last_name: 'Solo',
      email: 'han@solo.com'
    },
    {
      first_name: 'Mace',
      last_name: 'Windu',
      email: 'mace@windu.com'
    },
    {
      first_name: 'Leia',
      last_name: 'Organa',
      email: 'leia@organa.com'
    }
  ],
  rejected: [
    'Oops Sanderson oops@gmail',
    'Yoda yoda@lightsaber.com'
  ]
}

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/jordanhudgens/contact_parser. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Everyone interacting in the ContactParser project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.