I have a list of names, some of them complete, some truncated. I would like to search the Outlook address list for matches for these names.
The closest I have come is this Python code which came from ActiveState Code, but it does not search the global addresses, only my (local?) list, which has 3 addresses in it, which is obviously not right. There should be thousands of records.
Any hints welcome. I have googled and read dozens of pages, but nothing conclusive. I'd rather not connect to the LDAP directly, I think that is a policy violation in my org and besides I am not sure it's possible. Would like to do this via the Outlook API if possible.
DEBUG=1
class MSOutlook:
def __init__(self):
self.outlookFound = 0
try:
self.oOutlookApp = \
win32com.client.gencache.EnsureDispatch("Outlook.Application")
self.outlookFound = 1
except:
print("MSOutlook: unable to load Outlook")
self.records = []
def loadContacts(self, keys=None):
if not self.outlookFound:
return
# this should use more try/except blocks or nested blocks
onMAPI = self.oOutlookApp.GetNamespace("MAPI")
ofContacts = \
onMAPI.GetDefaultFolder(win32com.client.constants.olFolderContacts)
if DEBUG:
print("number of contacts:", len(ofContacts.Items))
for oc in range(len(ofContacts.Items)):
contact = ofContacts.Items.Item(oc + 1)
if contact.Class == win32com.client.constants.olContact:
if keys is None:
# if we were't give a set of keys to use
# then build up a list of keys that we will be
# able to process
# I didn't include fields of type time, though
# those could probably be interpreted
keys = []
for key in contact._prop_map_get_:
if isinstance(getattr(contact, key), (int, str, unicode)):
keys.append(key)
if DEBUG:
keys.sort()
print("Fields\n======================================")
for key in keys:
print(key)
record = {}
for key in keys:
record[key] = getattr(contact, key)
if DEBUG:
print(oc, record['FullName'])
self.records.append(record)
Random links:
MSDN - How to create a Global Address List programmatically using Visual Basic
Infinitec - How to get the Global Address List programatically
Return Boolean True - Downloading the Global Address List from Outlook/Exchange
Grokbase - [python-win32] getting global addressbook with extended mapi
Stack Overflow - Searching Outlook Global Address
Another failed attempt at List
ActiveStater Code - RE: Email Address Lookup
Stack Overflow - Retrieving outlook Contacts via python
This is where I got the link above
Stack Overflow - Fetching Outlook Contacts with Python
Doesn't run at all
Python for Windows - Automating Microsoft Outlook
Just default address book. Besides I want to search, not list all.
If anyone can come up with a solution I don't mind if it's C++, VB, Perl, Python, etc.