# Where to find cardDAV dummy/example data for testing?

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/where-to-find-carddav-dummy-example-data-for-testing/163457>\
**Category:** ℹ️ Support\
**Tags:** contacts-app\
**Created:** [June 5, 2023, 9:29am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/where-to-find-carddav-dummy-example-data-for-testing/163457 "2023-06-05T09:29:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![alexanderdd](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/alexanderdd/32/61096_2.png) [@alexanderdd](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/alexanderdd)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 9:30am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/where-to-find-carddav-dummy-example-data-for-testing/163457/1 "2023-06-05T09:30:00Z")

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Hello,

where can I find cardDAV dummy/example data for testing?

I mean a .cardDAV address book with fake entries…

Yours  
Alex

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**Author:** ![tcit](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/tcit/32/5931_2.png) [@tcit](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/tcit)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 10:35am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/where-to-find-carddav-dummy-example-data-for-testing/163457/2 "2023-06-06T10:35:25Z")

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CardDAV is not a file format but an API, you’re thinking of vCard (`.vcf`).

You can simply create a fake address book with fake entry cards and download it.

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**Author:** ![alexanderdd](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/alexanderdd/32/61096_2.png) [@alexanderdd](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/alexanderdd)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/where-to-find-carddav-dummy-example-data-for-testing/163457/3 "2023-06-12T20:54:21Z")

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Thank you (yes .vcf). I know I can just make my own but I thought this is needed for testing Nextcloud anyway, so someone has made something like that available.

Or do you know of **fake calendar entries that can be used for testing?** I am sure devs don’t fill calendars by hand when they want to test a new NC version/development branch…

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**Author:** ![tcit](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/tcit/32/5931_2.png) [@tcit](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/tcit)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 6:25am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/where-to-find-carddav-dummy-example-data-for-testing/163457/4 "2023-06-13T06:25:20Z")

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I can neither confirm nor deny this affirmation. 🙃

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**Author:** ![system](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/system/32/29333_2.png) [@system](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 6:26am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/where-to-find-carddav-dummy-example-data-for-testing/163457/5 "2023-09-11T06:26:31Z")

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