Get contacts

The following example shows you how to get all contacts from the Contacts folder.

C++ example

#include <iostream>
#include <memory>
#include <optional>
#include <vector>

#include "independentsoft/pst/pst_file.hpp"
#include "independentsoft/pst/folder.hpp"
#include "independentsoft/pst/item.hpp"

using namespace independentsoft::pst;

static std::string toUtf8(const text& s)
{
    std::string result;
    for (char16_t c : s)
    {
        if (c < 0x80)
        {
            result += static_cast<char>(c);
        }
        else if (c < 0x800)
        {
            result += static_cast<char>(0xC0 | (c >> 6));
            result += static_cast<char>(0x80 | (c & 0x3F));
        }
        else
        {
            result += static_cast<char>(0xE0 | (c >> 12));
            result += static_cast<char>(0x80 | ((c >> 6) & 0x3F));
            result += static_cast<char>(0x80 | (c & 0x3F));
        }
    }
    return result;
}

int main()
{
    PstFile file("c:\\testfolder\\Outlook.pst");

    Folder* startFolder = file.mailbox_root();

    std::optional<Folder> contacts = startFolder->get_folder(text(u"Contacts"));

    if (contacts)
    {
        std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Item>> items = contacts->get_items();

        for (size_t m = 0; m < items.size(); m++)
        {
            if (items[m]->messageClass.rfind(text(u"IPM.Contact"), 0) == 0)
            {
                std::cout << "Id: " << items[m]->id << std::endl;
                std::cout << "GivenName: " << toUtf8(items[m]->givenName) << std::endl;
                std::cout << "Email1Address: " << toUtf8(items[m]->email1Address) << std::endl;
                std::cout << "Email1DisplayName: " << toUtf8(items[m]->email1DisplayName) << std::endl;
                std::cout << "BusinessPhone: " << toUtf8(items[m]->businessPhone) << std::endl;
                std::cout << "BusinessAddress: " << toUtf8(items[m]->businessAddress) << std::endl;
                std::cout << "----------------------------------------------------------------" << std::endl;
            }
        }
    }

    file.close();
    return 0;
}

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