nextcloud / nextcloud/contacts

Social Network parsing for imports

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enhancement feature: import
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Description

When I imported from Gmail, I had a lot of URL's in peoples records that were links to their social networking profiles. Because you can detect the string of twitter.com/___, you could probably re-write many of my imported links from full URL's to social media usernames. Maybe you could even have the parsed data for username pushed into a link testing function to see if your parsing guessed right. Same goes for the Instant Messaging contact object. I had URL's for people's Skype address.


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Start by locating the Gmail import parsing entry point; the issue names no files, tests, or specific implementation path. Review how imported social-network and Skype URLs are represented before defining the supported parsing cases and validation behavior. Done should include agreed handling for the mentioned URL patterns and coverage for the resulting imported contact data.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
data
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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