Use a minimal JSON Schema for vcard 2.1 to generate a QR code that can be scanned by any modern smartphone. The QR code contains all the information needed to add a contact to the address book. This simple python script uses qrcode and PIL to generate the QR code image and reportlab for pdf generation.
Included example:
Console output when the example gump.vc21.json is used:
{'email': 'Forrest@example.com',
'formatted_name': 'Forrest Gump',
'name': {'first_name': 'Forrest',
'honorifics': '',
'last_name': 'Gump',
'middle_name': ''},
'note': 'My best good friend.\n'
' Newlines are ignored by iphone.\n'
' see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VCard',
'org': 'Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.',
'rev': '20240430T085554Z',
'tels': [{'num': '(555) 555-5555', 'type': 'work'},
{'num': '(555) 555-5555', 'type': 'cell'}],
'title': 'Shrimp Boat Captain',
'tz': 'America/Central'}
BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:2.1
FN:Forrest Gump
N:Gump;Forrest;;
ORG:Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
TITLE:Shrimp Boat Captain
EMAIL:Forrest@example.com
TEL;WORK;VOICE:(555) 555-5555
TEL;CELL;VOICE:(555) 555-5555
REV:20240430T085554Z
TZ:America/Central
NOTE:My best good friend.
Newlines are ignored by iphone.
see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VCard
END:VCARD
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