CardDav (contacts) support

poVoq

It was mentioned during one of the last Q&A's that OTR-13 will be all about merging stuff that was less important than the Mir update in OTR-12. So I have hope that CardDAV is one of those features that seems almost there but needs to be merged into the system. Same for the qtwebengine update that is equally requested a lot.

I guess the PinePhone/Tab is binding too many developer resources instead of adding new developers (for now at least)

Thatoo

Thank you @arubislander for this clear answer.

Thatoo

I have tried, with the help I could find here and there, to make a script to sync only our contacts to nextcloud, see below one of the version that I think should be working.

Unfortunately, all my attempt failed. I always get the same error : [ERROR] error code from SyncEvolution fatal error (local, status 10500) : no such datastore(s): NextcloudContactDatastore

Any idea why do I get this error and how to fix it? How to improve the script?
Cheers to all,

#!/bin/bash
# It is script to sync contacts between my Nexus 5 with UBports ubuntu touch OTA 12 and a nextcloud server
# --------------- [ Server ] ---------------- #
echo "What is the URL of your nextcloud server?":
read NEXTCLOUD_URL
echo "What is your username?":
read USERNAME
echo "What is your password?":
read PASSWORD

# ----------------- [ Phone ] ----------------- #
CONTACTS_CONFIG_NAME="NextcloudContactConf"
CONTACTS_NAME="NextcloudContactDatastore"
echo "What name do you want to give to your local Adressbook?":
read CONTACTS_VISUAL_NAME

CRON_FREQUENCY="hourly"

export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=$(ps -u phablet e | grep -Eo 'dbus-daemon.*address=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-[A-Za-z0-9]{10}' | tail -c35)

#Create contact list
syncevolution --create-database backend=evolution-contacts database=$CONTACTS_VISUAL_NAME
#Create Peer
syncevolution --configure --template webdav username=$USERNAME password=$PASSWORD syncURL=$NEXTCLOUD_URL/remote.php/dav/addressbooks/users/$USERNAME/contacts/ keyring=no target-config@$CONTACTS_CONFIG_NAME
#Create New Source
syncevolution --configure backend=evolution-contacts database=$CONTACTS_VISUAL_NAME @default $CONTACTS_NAME
#Add remote database
syncevolution --configure database=$NEXTCLOUD_URL/remote.php/dav/addressbooks/users/$USERNAME/contacts/ backend=carddav target-config@$CONTACTS_CONFIG_NAME $CONTACTS_NAME
#Connect remote contact list with local databases
syncevolution --configure --template SyncEvolution_Client Sync=None syncURL=local://@$CONTACTS_CONFIG_NAME username=$USERNAME password=$PASSWORD $CONTACTS_CONFIG_NAME $CONTACTS_NAME
#Add local database to the source
syncevolution --configure sync=two-way backend=evolution-contacts database=$CONTACTS_VISUAL_NAME $CONTACTS_CONFIG_NAME $CONTACTS_NAME
#Start first sync
syncevolution --sync refresh-from-remote $CONTACTS_CONFIG_NAME $CONTACTS_NAME

#Add Sync Cronjob
sudo mount / -o remount,rw
COMMAND_LINE="export DISPLAY=:0.0 && export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=$(ps -u phablet e | grep -Eo 'dbus-daemon.*address=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-[A-Za-z0-9]{10}' | tail -c35) && /usr/bin/syncevolution $CONTACTS_CONFIG_NAME"
sudo sh -c "echo '$COMMAND_LINE' > /sbin/sogosync"
sudo chmod +x /sbin/sogosync

CRON_LINE="@$CRON_FREQUENCY /sbin/sogosync"
(crontab -u phablet -r;) # only if no other cronjob already exist in the crontab
(crontab -u phablet -l; echo "$CRON_LINE" ) | crontab -u phablet -
sudo mount / -o remount,ro
sudo service cron restart

Thatoo

I found this old tutorial that add a

--template webdav

to the #Add remote database part but it didn't solve my issue

https://itectec.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-how-to-sync-contacts-and-the-calendar-on-ubuntu-touch-with-owncloud/

I have tried also to contribute to this script : https://github.com/UT-ilities/UTouch_CalDAV_and_CardDAV_synchronization
but it isn't working neither.

I have spent hours trying to make something working without success. Too bad... I'll wait for some good news to come then or some help on how to make such script working on UT 16.04 with nextcloud.

gwengui

Hi everyone,

@mardy wrote in last september on Github that CardDav support could be available in OTA21. As we now all use OTA22, I guess that we are getting closer
Good news is that the solution seems almost ready.

@mardy : Could you make any progress since that last message ?

x.Dub

I don't like creating zombie threads. But I would like to ask when to expect carddav support in UT?

gwengui

@x-dub It seems that we have never been so close :

https://github.com/orgs/ubports/projects/35/views/1

gwengui

Hi,

@mardy does not seem to connect to this forum anymore.

Does anyone has any news about the new address book app and CardDav support ? It was almost there in Xenial OTA 24 before its removal.

CardDav synchronisation would be a great feature with Focal !

lduboeuf

@gwengui said in CardDav (contacts) support:

Hi,

@mardy does not seem to connect to this forum anymore.

Does anyone has any news about the new address book app and CardDav support ? It was almost there in Xenial OTA 24 before its removal.

CardDav synchronisation would be a great feature with Focal !

Hi,

AFAIK no one have worked on it. I personally fixed some regressions here and there, but there is still the missing piece of contact synchronisation and i have no idea how to do that.
Hope @mardy or someone can push it back again soon

DPITTI

@lduboeuf said in CardDav (contacts) support:

AFAIK no one have worked on it. I personally fixed some regressions here and there, but there is still the missing piece of contact synchronisation and i have no idea how to do that.
Hope @mardy or someone can push it back again soon

Mardy has a video from Youtube on his homepage of a song sung in Russian. I don't think we'll hear anything more from him any time soon. His FM radio app doesn't work on Focal either.

lduboeuf

@lduboeuf said in CardDav (contacts) support:

@gwengui said in CardDav (contacts) support:

Hi,

@mardy does not seem to connect to this forum anymore.

Does anyone has any news about the new address book app and CardDav support ? It was almost there in Xenial OTA 24 before its removal.

CardDav synchronisation would be a great feature with Focal !

Hi,

AFAIK no one have worked on it. I personally fixed some regressions here and there, but there is still the missing piece of contact synchronisation and i have no idea how to do that.
Hope @mardy or someone can push it back again soon

FYI i got carddav with new backend working on my device. Still early to celebrate though and with manual config only. Lots of testing and reverse engineering to do.

lduboeuf

@lduboeuf said in CardDav (contacts) support:

FYI i got carddav with new backend working on my device. Still early to celebrate though and with manual config only. Lots of testing and reverse engineering to do.

New backend, carddav with NC account: It works! ( still need UI fixes)

lduboeuf

Got "generic Cerddav" working too, but for that one there is not any check and feedback when you create your account.