Import gmail / yahoo / hotmail / aol address book with rails

Question

I want to import the users address book from my gmail / hotmail / yahoo and aol mailboxes. I am looking for a gem / plugin in rails that can help me do this. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.

Answer 1

I'm trying Contacts :

http://github.com/cardmagic/contacts

Allows you to import contacts from gmail with 2 lines of code !!! Works great for me. Still need to check if it supports installation and synchronization (??).

Answer 2

I once used a gem called a Blackbook: http://github.com/purzelrakete/blackbook

It supports multiple mail services. But it seems that it has not been updated for some time.