An Anki add-on that launches an HTTP server upon startup and exposes Anki's data via a REST-ish API

• Work in progress.
• Quick and dirty hack.
• It works but I don't love the code.

I needed a way to use Alfred on OS X to add notes to Anki. Mucking around with Anki's sqlite database directly didn't sound appealing. A lightweight HTTP server, on the other hand, opens a lot of possibilities. (ClojureScript frontend for Anki, anyone?)

The Alfred extension can be found here.

Copy the contents of src to your Anki's add-on folder (without the src folder itself). The code has no external dependencies.

By default listens on port 41837. To change it, edit anki_http_server_init.py - it'll be obvious.

Only 3 endpoints for now:

Returns names of all Anki decks in a json object with key 'decks':

{
    "decks": [
        "Python cheatsheets",
        "Clojure study"
    ]
}

Returns names of all Anki note models in a json object with key 'models':

{
    "models": [
        "Basic (optional reversed card)",
        "Cloze",
        "Basic",
        "Basic (and reversed card)"
    ]
}

Creates a "basic" note in the deck with the given deckName. Expects a urlencoded body with 2 params: front and back for the two sides of the note. Returns something meaningless.

No time right now, but it's easy to add more. Look at the bottom of __init__.py

The endpoints I really want to add:

• /notes
• /notes/:id
• A more flexible POST /decks that accepts the name of the note model and dynamically extracts necessary fields based on fields defined in the said model