AnkiTools 0.1.8

Anki *.apkg reader in a human-readable format; and an editor

# AnkiTools

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An Anki \*.apkg and \*.anki2 reader/editor to work with in Python. Also included a module on [AnkiConnect](https://github.com/FooSoft/anki-connect).

## Installation

pip install AnkiTools

## Parsing \*.apkg and \*.anki2 in a human readable and easily manageable format.

>>> from AnkiTools.tools.read import readApkg
>>> anki = readApkg('test/testfile/Chinese.apkg')
>>> anki.models
{'1514177308904': {'mid': '1514177308904',
'name': 'Chinese Hanzi Freq',
'fields': ['frequency', 'Hanzi', 'Count', ...],
'templates': [{'name': 'Writing',
'qfmt': '<a href="http://hanzi.koohii.com/study/?framenum={{text:Count}}">{{English}}</a>',
'did': None,
'bafmt': '',
'afmt': '{{FrontSide}}\n\n<hr id=answer>\n ...',
'ord': 0,
'bqfmt': ''},
{'name': 'Meaning',
'qfmt': '<span class="hanzi"><a href="http://www.nciku.com/search/zh/{{text:Hanzi}}" style="text-decoration:none; color: black">{{Hanzi}}</a></span>\n<br>\nMeaning:\n{{type:English}}',
'did': None,
'bafmt': '',
'afmt': '{{FrontSide}}\n\n<hr id=answer>\n ...',
'ord': 1,
'bqfmt': ''},
{'name': 'Reading',
'qfmt': '<span class="hanzi"><a href="http://www.nciku.com/search/zh/{{text:Hanzi}}" style="text-decoration:none; color: black">{{Hanzi}}</a></span><br>\nReading:\n{{type:Pinyin}}',
'did': None,
'bafmt': '',
'afmt': '{{FrontSide}}\n\n<hr id=answer>\n ...',
'ord': 2,
'bqfmt': ''}]},
...
}
>>> anki.decks
{'1518095427151': {'did': '1518095427151',
'name': 'Chinese::Vocab::English::21-30 Death::Level 21'},
'1518098032250': {'did': '1518098032250',
'name': 'Chinese::Hanzi::Meaning::61-100 Infinity::Level 77'},
'1518097744745': {'did': '1518097744745',
'name': 'Chinese::Hanzi::Writing::41-50 Paradise::Level 49'},
...
}
>>> anki.notes
{'1419644212689': {'nid': '1419644212689',
'mid': '1377171239634',
'model': {'mid': '1377171239634',
'name': 'SpoonFed',
'fields': ['English', 'Pinyin', 'Hanzi', 'Audio'],
'templates': [{'name': 'CE',
'qfmt': '<font style="font-family:SimSun;">{{Hanzi}}</font><br>\n[sound:silence.mp3]\n{{Audio}}',
'did': None,
'bafmt': '',
'afmt': '<font style="font-family:SimSun;">{{Hanzi}}</font><br>\n{{Pinyin}}<br>\n{{English}}<br>\n{{Audio}}',
'ord': 0,
'bqfmt': ''},
{'name': 'EC',
'qfmt': '{{English}}',
'did': None,
'bafmt': '',
'afmt': '{{English}}<br>\n{{Pinyin}}<br>\n<font style="font-family:SimSun;">{{Hanzi}}</font><br>\n{{Audio}}',
'ord': 1,
'bqfmt': ''}]},
'content': ['Hello!', 'Nǐ hǎo!', '你好！', '[sound:tmp1cctcn.mp3]'],
'tags': ['']},
...
}
>>> anki.cards
{'1419644220831': {'cid': '1419644220831',
'nid': '1419644212689',
'note': {'nid': '1419644212689',
'mid': '1377171239634',
'model': {'mid': '1377171239634',
'name': 'SpoonFed',
'fields': ['English', 'Pinyin', 'Hanzi', 'Audio'],
'templates': [{'name': 'CE',
'qfmt': '<font style="font-family:SimSun;">{{Hanzi}}</font><br>\n[sound:silence.mp3]\n{{Audio}}',
'did': None,
'bafmt': '',
'afmt': '<font style="font-family:SimSun;">{{Hanzi}}</font><br>\n{{Pinyin}}<br>\n{{English}}<br>\n{{Audio}}',
'ord': 0,
'bqfmt': ''},
{'name': 'EC',
'qfmt': '{{English}}',
'did': None,
'bafmt': '',
'afmt': '{{English}}<br>\n{{Pinyin}}<br>\n<font style="font-family:SimSun;">{{Hanzi}}</font><br>\n{{Audio}}',
'ord': 1,
'bqfmt': ''}]},
'content': ['Hello!', 'Nǐ hǎo!', '你好！', '[sound:tmp1cctcn.mp3]'],
'tags': ['']},
'did': '1518099616462',
'deck': {'did': '1518099616462',
'name': 'Chinese::sentence::CE:: 1-10 Pleasant::Level 1'},
'ord': 0},
...
}
>>> anki.close()

Using `readApkg()` as a context manager also works.

```python
from AnkiTools.tools.read import readApkg
with readApkg('Chinese.apkg') as anki:
pass
```

`readAnki2()` also works the same way, but without `readAnki2.close()` function.

```python
from AnkiTools.tools.read import readAnki2
with readAnki2('collection.anki2') as anki:
pass
```

Result formats
```
# Model
{
'mid': model_id,
'name': model_name,
'fields': fieldNames,
'templates': [{
"name": template_name,
"qfmt": question_markup,
"did":null,
"bafmt":"",
"afmt": answer_markup,
"ord": order_in_template,
"bqfmt":""
}, ... ]
}

# Deck
{
'did': deck_id,
'name': deck_name
}

# Note
{
'nid': note_id,
'mid': model_id,
'model': {
'mid': model_id,
'name': model_name,
'fields': fieldNames,
'templates': templateNames
}
'content': list_of_contents,
'tags': list_of_tags
}

# Card
{
'cid': card_id
'nid': note_id,
'note': {
'nid': note_id,
'mid': model_id,
'model': {
'name': model_name,
'fields': fieldNames,
'templates': list_of_templates
}
'content': content,
'tags': tags
}
'did': deck_id,
'deck': {
'did': deck_id,
'name': v['name']
}
'ord': ord
}
```

See also the \*.apkg format documentation from [Anki decks collaboration Wiki](http://decks.wikia.com/wiki/Anki_APKG_format_documentation) and [AnkiDroid](https://github.com/ankidroid/Anki-Android/wiki/Database-Structure)

## Editing a \*.apkg and \*.anki2 file without Anki

It will also generate a new model/deck/note/card, if one doesn't exist. The ID's are Unix timestamp in milliseconds.

Subdecks can be made by putting in `::`; for example, `Chinese::SpoonFedChinese`.

```python
from AnkiTools.tools.edit import editApkg

with edit.editApkg('Chinese.apkg') as anki:
anki.updateModels([{
'mid': model_id, # May be left out
'name': model_name,
'fields': list_of_field_names,
'templates': list_of_template_names

}])

anki.updateDecks([{
'did': deck_id, # May be left out
'name': deck_name
}])

anki.updateNotes([{
'nid': note_id, # May be left out
'mid': model_id, # Must specify either mid or model
'model': { # Will be ignored if mid is specified
'name': model_name,
'fields': list_of_field_names,
'templates': list_of_template_names

}
'content': list_of_field_contents,
'tags': list_of_tags
}])

anki.updateCards([{
'cid': card_id, # May be left out
'nid': note_id, # Must specify either nid or note
'note': {
'model': {
'name': model_name,
'fields': list_of_field_names,
'templates': list_of_template_names

}
'content': list_of_field_contents,
'tags': list_of_tags
}
'did': deck_id, # Must specify either did or deck
'deck': {
'name': deck_name
}
'ord': order_in_list_of_template_names
}])
```

## Exporting \*.anki2 to \*.apkg

```python
from AnkiTools.tools.edit import editAnki2

with edit.editAnki2('Chinese.anki2') as anki:
anki.export()
```

## AnkiConnect module

```python
from AnkiTools.AnkiConnect import POST

POST('deckNames')
```

You can also specify `params=dict()` in POST. Version is set to `5` as per default. For what you can put in, please refer to [AnkiConnect](https://github.com/FooSoft/anki-connect).