Direct link to contact

[janpekar]

I have shared contact lists on my nextcloud with users.

I would like to create link to contact and share that link with other users.
I noticed, that contact has some UID, which is generated to URL (when I'm searching the name), but this link is not working, when I open it in new tab or I share it with another user (who is sharing the same contact list with me). The link also contains my contact list name, which can be different for another user, so it looks useless.

Is it possible to create direct link to a contact somehow?

Thank you

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[nextcloud-bot]

GitMate.io thinks possibly related issues are #669 (Direct link on relations between Contacts), #154 (Question and Improvement of "Contacts"), #33 (Contact image improvements), #70 (Merge duplicate contacts), and #487 (Broken contact links in web interface).

[skjnldsv]

Hello!

I'm not sure I get your question. Are you talking about the contacts menu on the top right header?

[janpekar]

I'm talking about creating link to some certain contact in my contact list so I can share that link (send by email for example) and any other user that I'm sharing contact list with, can open the link and see contact details of that person.

[skjnldsv]

Ah, sorry :)
You cannot publicly share contacts on nextcloud (yet?)

Your request is a duplicate of #111 ;)

[janpekar]

It is not duplicate of #111 - I don't want to share single contact. I have shared with my colegues whole contact list, so they all see the same contacts as I see, but when I want to point somebody to some certain contact for example Mr. John Smith and I have two John Smith contacts (different people) I just want to link to the correct one.
I notice UUID in URL, but it is not opening any contact, when I save that link to that contact and open it in another tab (even in my browser instance).

[skjnldsv]

@janpekar Sorry
Then I really don't get you issue.
So assuming:

1. you have a contact with the uuid XXXXX
2. you shared the addressbook the XXXXX contact belong to with one of your user on nextcloud

When you share the url xxxx.xxx/apps/contacts/All%20contacts/XXXXX~addressbook to your user, it does not open the contact in his/her nextcloud instance?

[janpekar]

Yes, you are right - it does not open the contact in his/her nextcloud instance
It does not even open in my instance (in another tab).

Also - you mentioned xxxx.xxx/apps/contacts/All%20contacts
but when you map shared addressbook, you can rename it.
Also - when you use localization, it is no All%20contacts, but it is in different language etc.

So that is my problem. Hope now it is clear.

[skjnldsv]

All%20contacts is translated depending on your locale yes.
Mine was set in English.

It does not even open in my instance (in another tab).

This is an issue. What nextcloud version are you using?

[janpekar]

I noticed, that is working for some contacts, but I can find some contacts, where it is not, so some debugging is necessary.

I'm using Nextcloud 14.0.4, Contact app 2.1.8

[skjnldsv]

What happens when it's not working?
Error message? Redirect to files? White page?

[janpekar]

When I open problematic contact link, page is loading at contacts page and after my contacts are loaded (after few seconds page fills with contacts) it opens the first contact, that is in my list and URL (UUID in URL) changes/rewrites to that first contact.

[skjnldsv]

I'm using Nextcloud 14.0.4, Contact app 2.1.8

Okay, now I get it!
Please update to the latest. I should have asked for that first ^^
Please reopen if it still happens on nc15 and contacts 3.0.0

[thomas-mc-work]

I'm facing the same problem. I'm unable to send the URL of a contact to other users of the same instance. The address book is shared with the receiver. The first contact is selected when the receiver opens the link.

Nextcloud: 24.0.4
Contacts: 4.2.0

[janpekar]

And do they have same language settings?

[thomas-mc-work]

Yes. Though I'd expect this to be independent of the selected language, as it is with internal file links in the file app.