SILIGURI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

SILIGURI -734009

Project On:

Contact Book

By

Arjun Singh
Subhankar Roy
Sudip Chanda
Suvajit Sarkar
Saroj Kumar Gouda

Under the guidance of Ripum Kundu(Trainer)

 Siliguri Institute Of Technology

(Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (WBUT)

FACULTY OF EE DEPARTMENT

Certificate of Recommendation

This is to certify that Group 3 has completed his project work titled “ Project on:
“Contact Book”, under the direct supervision and guidance of Ripam Kundu. We
are satisfied with their work, which is being presented for the partial fulfillment of
the degree of Bachelor of Technology (BTech), West Bengal University of
technology (WBUT), Kolkata– 700032.

Signature Of TPO (Name of Teacher in charge of Project )

Date: Date:

Signature Of Director Arup Das

Siliguri Institute of Technology HOD EE Department (Siliguri Institute of Technology)

Date
 Siliguri Institute Of Technology
FACULTY OF EE DEPARTMENT
Certificate of Approval
The foregoing project is hereby approved as a creditable study of Bachelor of
Technology (BTech) and presented in a manner satisfactory to warrant its
acceptance as a pre-requisite to the degree for which it has been submitted. It is
understood that by this approval the undersigned do not necessarily endorse or any
statement made, opinion expressed or conclusion therein but approve this Minor
project only for the purpose for which it is submitted.

Arjun Singh

Subhankar Roy

Shuvajit Sarkar

Sudip Chanda
Saroj Kumar Gauda

Signature of the Members

 Table of Contents

Certificate of Recommendation.............................................................................. 2
Certificate of Approval .......................................................................................... 3
Introduction ........................................................................................................... 5
Project Description ................................................................................................ 6
Thinking ................................................................................................................ 7
Snapshot ................................................................................................................ 8
Conclusion ............................................................................................................12
References ............................................................................................................12
 Introduction
Our task is to implement a smartphone directory that collects contact data from
the user until the user prompts the program to. Contact data refers to the contact’s
name, phone number, date-of-birth, a category that contact belongs to (Friends,
Family, Work, Other), e-mail address. The user may enter as much data as he can
in the mentioned data labels. If some labels remain void of data, store it as None.
A name & the number is mandatory to create contact. Implement the following
operations on the directory: Insert, Delete, Search, Display.
 Project Description
To build your contact book application, you need to organize the code into
modules and packages and give your project a coherent structure. In this project,
we’ll use the following directories and files structure:

rpcontacts_project/
│
├── rpcontacts/
│ ├── __init__.py
│ ├── views.py
│ ├── database.py
│ ├── main.py
│ └── model.py
│
├── requirements.txt
├── README.md
└── rpcontacts.py
Here’s a brief summary of the contents of your project directory:

 rpcontacts project/ is the project’s root directory. It’ll contain the following
files:
o requirements.txt provides the project’s requirements list.
o README.md provides general information about the project.
o rpcontacts.py provides the entry-point script to run the application.
 rpcontacts/ is a subdirectory that provides the application’s main package. It
provides the following modules:
o __init__.py
o views.py
o database.py
o main.py
o model.py

You’ll cover each of these files step by step in this tutorial. The name of each file
gives an idea of its role in the application. For example, views.py will contain the
code to generate the GUI of windows and dialogs, database.py will contain code to
work with the database, and main.py will host the application itself.
Finally, model.py will implement the model to manage the data in the application’s
database.
In general, the application will have a main window to display, add, remove, and
update contacts. It’ll also have a dialog to add new contacts to the database.

Thinking

We come across lots of people daily. We make acquaintances and friends. We get
their contacts to keep in touch later on. Sadly, keeping the received contact details
can be hard. One way to do this is to write the contact details down. But this is not
secure as the physical book can easily be lost.

This is where the Contact Book project comes in. A contact book is a tool for
saving a contact’s details, such as name, address, phone number, and email
address. With this contact book project, you can build a software tool that people
can use to save and find contact details.

With the contact book project idea, users can save their contacts with less risk of
losing the saved contact details. It’ll always be accessible from their computer,
through the command-line.

Examples of Contact Book Tools

There are Contact Book applications, but it’s rare to find command-line Contact
Book products, as most are web, mobile, or GUI applications.

Note: For an in-depth explanation of how to build a GUI-based contact book,

check out Build a Contact Book With Python, PyQt, and SQLite.
Here are some implementations of the Contact Book idea:

 Simple Contacts
 Pobuca Connect

Technical Details

The main objective of this project is to save contact details. It’s important that you
set up the commands users can use to enter the contact details. You can use
the argparse or click command-line frameworks. They abstract a lot of complex
stuff, so you only have to focus on the logic to be run when executing commands.

Some features you should implement include the commands to delete contacts,
update contact information, and list saved contacts. You can also allow users to list
contacts using different parameters, such as alphabetical order or contact creation
date.
Since it’s a command-line project, the SQLite database will be fine for saving
contacts. SQLite is user-friendly to set up. You may save the contact details in a
file, but a file will not offer the benefits you can gain from using SQLite, such as
performance and security.

To use the SQLite database in this project, the Python sqlite3 module will be very
useful.

Extra Challenge

Remember how the database is stored on the user’s computer? What if something
happens, like the user losing their files? It means they’ll also lose the contact
details.

You can challenge yourself further and backup the database to an online storage
platform. To do this, you can upload the database files to the cloud at certain
intervals.

You can also add a command that allows users to backup the database themselves.
This way, the user can still have access to the contacts if the database file is lost.

You should note that you may need some form of identification, so the contact
book can tell which database file belongs to which user. Implementing a user
authentication feature is one way to go about it.

Snapshot
import sys

def save():
rows, columns = int(input("\nEnter how many contacts you want to save first: ")), 2
contacts = []
print(contacts)
for i in range(rows):
print("\nEnter %d contact details : " % (i+1))
var1 = []
for j in range(columns):
if j == 0:
var1.append(str(input("\n\nEnter name: ")))
if j == 1:
var1.append(int(input("\n\nEnter number: ")))
contacts.append(var1)
print(contacts)
x="".join(str(e) for e in contacts)
f=open("project.txt","w")
f.write(x)
 f.close()
return contacts

def add(s):
var2 = []
for i in range(len(s[0])):
if i == 0:
var2.append(str(input("\nEnter name: ")))
if i == 1:
var2.append(int(input("\nEnter number: ")))
s.append(var2)
x=" ".join(str(e) for e in var2)
f=open("project.txt","a")
f.write(x)
f.close()
return s

def remove(s):
var = str(input("\nEnter the name: "))
var4 = 0
for i in range(len(s)):
if var == s[i][0]:
var4 += 1
print(s.pop(i))
print("\nContact has now been removed")
return s
if var4 == 0:
print("\nThere's no contact saved by this name")
return s

def delete(pb):
return pb.clear()

def find(s):
var5 = []
check = -1
var = str(input("\nEnter the name: "))
for i in range(len(s)):
if var == s[i][0]:
check = i
var5.append(s[i])
if check == -1:
return -1
else:
show(var5)
return check

def show(s):
if not s:
 print("\nList is empty: []")
else:
for i in range(len(s)):
print(s[i])

print("\nThis is Contact book")

ch = 1
s= save()
while ch in (1, 2, 3, 4, 5):
print("\nChoose any option from below:\n")
print("1. Add a new contact")
print("2. Remove any contact")
print("3. Delete all ")
print("4. Search ")
print("5. Display all contacts")
print("6. Exit ")

ch = int(input("\nPlease enter your choice: "))

if ch == 1:
s = add(s)
elif ch == 2:
s = remove(s)
elif ch == 3:
s = delete(s)
elif ch == 4:
d = find(s)
if d == -1:
print("\nThe contact does not exist.")
elif ch == 5:
show(s)
else:
sys.exit()

Output:
 Conclusion
Building a contact book GUI application with Python, PyQt, and SQLite is an
excellent exercise for you to expand your skills with these tools and as a developer
in general. Coding projects like this allows you to apply the knowledge and skills
you already have and also pushes you to research and learn about new topics every
time you encounter a new programming problem.

References
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/implementing-a-contacts-directory-in-python/

https://realpython.com/python-contact-book/