Accounts

adx supports various online accounts for each contact. This will be shown mostly as bookmark link (e.g. to twitter) or as direct interaction link (e.g. for Skype).

Example

addressbook.xml:

<contact>
  <forename>Thomas</forename>
  <surname>Bartensud</surname>
  ...
  <account type="twitter">bartensud</account>
  <account type="facebook">bartensud</account>
  <account type="last.fm">Bartensud</account>
  <account type="Skype">bartensud</account>

  <!-- Also any generic account can be used by providing direct URL -->
  <account type="ArbitraryAccount">https://arbitrary.com/users/2342</account>
  ...
</contact>

Result:

Default Definition

<contact>
  ..
  <account type="${type}">${userID}</account>
  ..
</contact>

Supported account types

Currently supported account types (case in-sensitive values for ${type}):

• 8tracks
• aim
• allmusic
• bandcamp
• boardgamegeek
• delicious
• deviantart
• diaspora
• ebay
• facebook
• ffffound
• flickr
• foursquare
• github
• gnusocial
• google
• googlecode
• hi5
• hubzilla
• huffduffer
• hypem.com
• icq
• identi.ca
• imdb
• instagram
• jabber
• jappy.de
• last.fm
• libre.fm
• linkedin
• listenbrainz
• lokalisten.de
• matrix
• msnim
• myspace
• ohloh
• openhub
• paypal
• picasa
• pinterest
• pixelfed
• reddit
• skype
• sourceforge
• spin.de
• stackexchange
• stackoverflow
• superuser
• tumblr
• tiktok
• trakt
• twitter
• viadeo
• vimeo
• vkontakte
• xing
• xmpp
• yelp
• yim
• youtube

Value for ${userID} is basically an unique user id used at the specific account type. ${userID} is part of the URL which is built from for this account, e.g.
<account type="twitter">bartensud</account>
results in http://www.twitter.com/bartensud

Note: Not all supported account types result in an according icon. Some of them will just show a textual representation of the account type.

Generic support for account types

There's also a generic way to link to arbitrary accouts:

• Value for ${type}: arbitrary string which will be shown as link text (e.g. abcdef)
• Value for ${userID}: Complete URL to your account (e.g. https://abc-def.net/user/bartensud)
  <account type="abcdef">https://abc-def.net/user/bartensud</account>
  Remark: Unsupported account types are displayed as text (not icons)

Account types

ebay

<account type="ebay">${userID}</account>

will be resolved to your profile site at ebay.com
Possible values for userID:

• Your user id for ebay logon (e.g. bartensud results in http://myworld.ebay.com/bartensud)
• Seems that country specific urls (Top level domain) works, too: http://myworld.ebay.de/{userid} for profile in german language.

Facebook

<account type="facebook">${userID}</account>

will be resolved to your profile site at facebook.com
Possible values for userID:

• Your user name at Facebook (short URL, e.g. bartensud results in http://www.facebook.com/bartensud)
• Your long member id at Facebook (e.g. Thomas-Bartensud/1544540268 results in http://www.facebook.com/people/Thomas-Bartensud/1544540268)

Flickr

<account type="flickr">${userID}</account>

will be resolved to your profile site at flickr.com
Possible values for userID:

• Flickr web address alias (e.g. bartensud results in http://www.flickr.com/people/bartensud). Alias needs to be enabled in flickr account settings.
• Flickr ID (e.g. 50469194@N02 results in http://www.flickr.com/people/50469194@N02)

GitHub

<account type="GitHub">${userID}</account>

will be resolved to your profile site at github.com
Possible values for userID:

• Your user name at GitHub (e.g. bartensud results in https://github.com/bartensud)

Google (profile URL seems not to work any more)

<account type="Google">${userID}</account>

will be resolved to your profile site at Google: https://www.google.com/profiles/${userID}
It may be necessary to create your Google profile explicitly although you've already an account.
Values for userID:

• Your unique name at Google (gmail user), e.g. thomas.bartensud
• Your unique id at Google, e.g. 101681298830585489713

studiVZ (rest in peace)

<account type="studiVZ">${userID}</account>

will be resolved to your profile site at studiVZ: https://www.studivz.net/Profile/${userID}
Values for userID:

• Logon to studiVZ and go to your profile site (Meine Seite), e.g. www.studivz.net/Profile/250c34b1fe2eafa2/tid/102. UserID is the bold marked part.

Example:

<account type="studiVZ">250c34b1fe2eafa2</account>

...