Changed the way to bind to an address other than the default 127.0.0.1

The code does not look at ANKICONNECT_BIND_ADDRESS in the environment.
It gets it from the config.json which can be editted from the Tools
menu.
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kentonself 2023-02-18 14:08:11 -06:00
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@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ plugin will start an HTTP server on port 8765 whenever Anki is launched. Other a
extensions) can then communicate with it via HTTP requests.
By default, Anki-Connect will only bind the HTTP server to the `127.0.0.1` IP address, so that you will only be able to
access it from the same host on which it is running. If you need to access it over a network, you can set the
environment variable `ANKICONNECT_BIND_ADDRESS` to change the binding address. For example, you can set it to `0.0.0.0`
in order to bind it to all network interfaces on your host.
access it from the same host on which it is running. If you need to access it over a network, you can change the
binding address in the configuration. Go to Tools->Add-ons->AnkiConnect->Config and change the "webBindAddress"
value. For example, you can set it to `0.0.0.0` in order to bind it to all network interfaces on your host. This also
requires a restart for Anki.
### Sample Invocation