From 47f9db35bd58ffa93b077dfea4316d11388a2c70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mikhail Pontus <m.pontus@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 20:28:36 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Introduce note deletion functionality

---
 AnkiConnect.py      |  7 +++++++
 README.md           | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tests/test_notes.py |  4 ++++
 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+)

diff --git a/AnkiConnect.py b/AnkiConnect.py
index 7b7cb81..1222e62 100644
--- a/AnkiConnect.py
+++ b/AnkiConnect.py
@@ -1001,6 +1001,13 @@ class AnkiConnect:
         return result
 
 
+    @api()
+    def deleteNotes(self, notes):
+        try:
+            self.collection().remNotes(notes)
+        finally:
+            self.stopEditing()
+
 
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 66c165b..fac2c27 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1018,6 +1018,30 @@ guarantee that your application continues to function properly in the future.
     ```
 
 
+*   **deleteNotes**
+
+	Deletes notes with the given ids. If a note has several cards associated with it, all associated cards will be deleted.
+
+    *Sample request*:
+    ```json
+    {
+        "action": "deleteNotes",
+        "version": 6,
+        "params": {
+            "notes": [1502298033753]
+        }
+    }
+    ```
+
+    *Sample result*:
+    ```json
+    {
+        "result": null,
+        "error": null
+    }
+    ```
+
+
 #### Cards ####
 
 *   **suspend**
diff --git a/tests/test_notes.py b/tests/test_notes.py
index eddac05..b9ac558 100755
--- a/tests/test_notes.py
+++ b/tests/test_notes.py
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ class TestNotes(unittest.TestCase):
         noteIds = util.invoke('findNotes', query='deck:test')
         self.assertEqual(len(noteIds), len(notes) + 1)
 
+        # deleteNotes
+        util.invoke('deleteNotes', notes=noteIds)
+        noteIds = util.invoke('findNotes', query='deck:test')
+        self.assertEqual(len(noteIds), 0)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()