modify what plaxo returns?

[m3avrck]

Right now Plaxo returns emails in the format:

"john doe" <john@doe.com>

While this is standard format, it isn't useful in all cases. For instance, the best format for me would be just a comma separated list of email addresses only. And I'm not the only one, Google that for my people looking to do the same :-)

What if Plaxo's showPlaxoABChooser() had a 3rd parameter to distinguish the *format* of emails returned? Standard, just emails, etc... that would make it much more useful in my opinion.

Till then, here is some JS parsing code I wrote (would be cleaner if I could use jQuery, *wink*) that does just this:


function onABCommComplete() {
// grab all of the emails from Plaxo
// ADJUST TO POINT TO YOUR TEXTAREA
var emails = document.forms[1].elements[0].value;
// strip out all of the names associated with emails
emails = emails.match(/<([^>]+)>/g).join(', ');
// strip out the opening and closing brackets
emails = emails.replace(/[<>]/g,'');

// ADJUST TO POINT TO YOUR TEXTAREA
document.forms[1].elements[0].value = emails;
}

[kas]

>>What if Plaxo's showPlaxoABChooser() had a 3rd parameter to distinguish the *format* of emails returned? Standard, just emails, etc... that would make it much more useful in my opinion.

Interesting idea, m3avrck. I'll pass that along to engineering.

Thanks for sharing your JS parsing code.

Kathy

[Mark Lewis]

Hi,

could you tell me how exactly you get it to point to the text area?

I mean how is it actually written? for example:

replace // ADJUST TO POINT TO YOUR TEXTAREA

with // recipients_list

or // 'recipients list' ... etc

[uncas]

Hi m3avrck,

I have the same exact problem...I think the script is great...

But, unfortunately it is throwing error on this line when I try to execute...

emails = emails.match(/<([^>]+)>/g).join(', ');

Do you have any ideas...

Thanks,
Uncas

[fuzen]

if you only need the email addresses in plain format, the onABCommComplete() function accepts data parameter. Its an array of the contacts returned.

sample:

function onABCommComplete(data) {
// assuming firebug is installed
console.dir(data);
// format of data is
// [ ['Fred Foo','fooman@email.com'] , ['Barney Bar','barman@email.com'] ]
}

[fuzen]

if you only need the email addresses in plain format, the onABCommComplete() function accepts data parameter. Its an array of the contacts returned.

sample:

function onABCommComplete(data) {
// assuming firebug is installed
console.dir(data);
// format of data is
// [ ['Fred Foo','fooman@email.com'] , ['Barney Bar','barman@email.com'] ]
}

[uncas]

I am afraid I don't have firefox installed..Is there another way to do this with PHP or Javascript...

[uncas]

I meant "firebug"...not firefox :)

[plusbryan]

Ironically, the Firefox prereq also applies to Firebug. ;-)