From 2e09db9dab2242f69c1979fdd5f19e9c651ba869 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Bailey <techdavid@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2017 17:15:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add modelNamesAndIds action

---
 AnkiConnect.py | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 README.md      | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+)

diff --git a/AnkiConnect.py b/AnkiConnect.py
index 391e6ce..036e935 100644
--- a/AnkiConnect.py
+++ b/AnkiConnect.py
@@ -512,6 +512,18 @@ class AnkiBridge:
             return collection.models.allNames()
 
 
+    def modelNamesAndIds(self):
+        models = {}
+
+        modelNames = self.modelNames()
+        for model in modelNames:
+            mid = self.collection().models.byName(model)['id']
+            mid = int(mid)  # sometimes Anki stores the ID as a string
+            models[model] = mid
+
+        return models
+
+
     def modelNameFromId(self, modelId):
         collection = self.collection()
         if collection is not None:
@@ -884,6 +896,11 @@ class AnkiConnect:
         return self.anki.modelNames()
 
 
+    @webApi
+    def modelNamesAndIds(self):
+        return self.anki.modelNamesAndIds()
+
+
     @webApi
     def modelFieldNames(self, modelName):
         return self.anki.modelFieldNames(modelName)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8d2c1fc..05320b5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -187,6 +187,27 @@ Below is a list of currently supported actions. Requests with invalid actions or
     ]
     ```
 
+*   **modelNamesAndIds**
+
+    Gets the complete list of model names and their corresponding IDs for the current user.
+
+    *Sample request*:
+    ```
+    {
+        "action": "modelNamesAndIds"
+    }
+    ```
+
+    *Sample response*:
+    ```
+    {
+        "Basic": 1483883011648
+        "Basic (and reversed card)": 1483883011644
+        "Basic (optional reversed card)": 1483883011631
+        "Cloze": 1483883011630
+    }
+    ```
+
 *   **modelFieldNames**
 
     Gets the complete list of field names for the provided model name.